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Pressing On: The Roni Stoneman Story (Music in American Life)

Pressing on This volume of the Music in American Life series recounts the story of Roni Stoneman, the youngest daughter of a pioneering country music family who, in spite of poverty and abusive husbands, eventually became "The First Lady of Banjo," a fixture on the Nashville scene, and "Hee Haws" Ironing Board Lady.

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Nashville (156)

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Cumberland Plateau (211)
Appalachian Mountains (1,111)