Pressing on : the Roni Stoneman story /
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| Author / Creator: | Stoneman, Roni. |
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| Imprint: | Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2007. |
| Description: | xv, 248 p., [24] plates : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Music in American life |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6371692 |
| Summary: | Roni Stoneman was the youngest daughter of the pioneering country music family and a woman who overcame poverty and abusive husbands to claim the title of "The First Lady of Banjo," a fixture on the Nashville scene, and, as Hee Haw' s Ironing Board Lady, a comedienne beloved by millions. <p>Drawn from more than seventy-five hours of recorded interviews, Pressing On reveals Roni's gifts as a master storyteller. With characteristic spunk and candor, she describes her "pooristic" ("way beyond 'poverty-stricken'") Appalachian childhood, and how her brother Scott taught her to play the challenging and innovative three-finger banjo picking style developed by Earl Scruggs. She also warmly recounts Hee Haw -era adventures with Minnie Pearl, Roy Clark, and Buck Owens; her encounters as a musician with country greats like Loretta Lynn, Johnny Cash, June Carter, and Patsy Cline; as well as her personal struggles with shiftless and violent husbands, her relationships with her children, and her musical life after Hee Haw. </p> |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | xv, 248 p., [24] plates : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9780252031915 0252031911 9780252074349 0252074343 |