Petticoat Junction

PETTICOAT JUNCTION

  • From Nashville, Tennessee.
  • An all-female band formed in 1988 by Andrea Campbell (Roberts) who had previously worked with Wendy Smith and Blue Velvet, a Detroit-based band.
  • Other members of the band: Robin Roller (banjo), Gail Rudisill (fiddle) and Gena Britt (bass).
  • The group recorded three albums for Pinecastle Records.
  • Several members of Petticoat Junction, past and present, attended South Plains College in Levelland, Texas—at the time, the only college offering a degree in bluegrass music.
  • 1998, the group disbanded and bandleader Roberts joined Special Consensus. She later formed a talent agency in Nashville.