Pressing on : the Roni Stoneman story / Roni Stoneman ; as told to Ellen Wright.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stoneman, Roni.

Contributor:

Wright, Ellen, 1942-

Series:

Music in American Life

Music in American life

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stoneman, Roni.

Banjoists--United States.

Banjoists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book recounts the fascinating life of Roni Stoneman, the youngest_x000B_daughter of the pioneering country music family, and a girl who, in spite_x000B_of poverty and abusive husbands, eventually became The First Lady of_x000B_Banjo, ? a fixture on the Nashville scene, and, as Hee Haws Ironing Board_x000B_Lady, a comedienne beloved by millions of Americans nationwide._x000B_Drawn from over seventy-five hours of recorded interviews, Pressing On reveals that Roni is also a master storyteller. In her own words and with characteristic spunk and candor, she describes her pooristic? (way beyond poverty-stricken?) Appalachian childhood, and how she learned from her brother Scott 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 including 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

Contents:

""front cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Preface""; ""1. Family""; ""2. A Classy Person: Aunt Jack""; ""3. My Childhood""; ""4. Music""; ""5. Learning the Banjo""; ""6. Education""; ""7. Sex Education""; ""8. First Love""; ""9. My Brothers and Sisters""; ""10. The Performing Stonemans""; ""Illustrations follow page 64""; ""11. First Marriage""; ""12. The Stoneman Family Band Comes Together""; ""13. Opry""; ""14. My First Love Affair: Glen Roquevort/Tony lake""; ""15. Out West""; ""16. Nashville""; ""17. George""; ""18. Scotty""

""19. Hee Haw""""Illustrations follow page 150""; ""20. George after Hee Haw""; ""21. The Kids""; ""22. The Real Thing""; ""23. My Bronze Uterus""; ""24. On the Road""; ""25. Husbands 3, 4, and 5""; ""26. Losing Hee Haw""; ""27. My Religion""; ""28. Now""; ""Afterword""; ""Index""; ""back cover""

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-283-58366-6

9786613896117

0-252-09259-7

OCLC:

680129763