In this Book
- Pressing On: The Roni Stoneman Story
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: University of Illinois Press
- Series: Music in American Life
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.
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.
Table of Contents
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- Table of Contents
- pp. ix-x
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xi-xii
- 2. A Classy Person: Aunt Jack
- pp. 13-14
- 3. My Childhood
- pp. 15-24
- 5. Learning the Banjo
- pp. 34-43
- 6. Education
- pp. 44-46
- 7. Sex Education
- pp. 47-50
- 8. First Love
- pp. 51-52
- 9. My Brothers and Sisters
- pp. 53-60
- 10. The Performing Stonemans
- pp. 61-64
- 11. First Marriage
- pp. 65-77
- 15. Out West
- pp. 90-95
- 16. Nashville
- pp. 96-112
- 17. George
- pp. 113-122
- 18. Scotty
- pp. 123-127
- 19. Hee Haw
- pp. 128-150
- 20. George after Hee Haw
- pp. 151-152
- 21. The Kids
- pp. 153-159
- 22. The Real Thing
- pp. 160-169
- 23. My Bronze Uterus
- pp. 170-171
- 24. On the Road
- pp. 172-193
- 25. Husbands 3, 4, and 5
- pp. 194-215
- 26. Losing Hee Haw
- pp. 216-224
- 27. My Religion
- pp. 225-231
Additional Information
ISBN
9780252092596
Related ISBN(s)
9780252031915, 9780252074349
MARC Record
OCLC
680129763
Pages
304
Launched on MUSE
2013-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2006