GIRLS OF THE GOLDEN WEST

GIRLS OF THE GOLDEN WEST (Mildred Fern Millie, April 11, 1913–May 3, 1993 [gtr, voc], and Dorothy Laverne Dolly, December 11, 1915–November 12, 1967 [gtr, voc], Goad [later Good], both b. Mount Carmel, Ill.) A popular close-harmony Western-styled duo of the 1930s, the Girls brought an Andrews Sisters sensibility to COWBOY-styled singing. Although born in rural Mount Carmel, Illinois, the Goad sisters were raised primarily in Midwestern cities, where their father unsuccessfully tried his hand at…