{"product_id":"pressing-on-1","title":"Pressing on","description":"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 \u003ci\u003eHee Haw'\u003c\/i\u003es Ironing Board Lady, a comedienne beloved by millions. \u003cp\u003eDrawn from more than seventy-five hours of recorded interviews, \u003ci\u003ePressing On\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eHee Haw\u003c\/i\u003e-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 \u003ci\u003eHee Haw.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54245068210520,"sku":"9780252031915","price":112.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780252031915_803742cd-6d1a-4ba7-ba7d-2f9e2681d1e9.jpg?v=1778594464","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/pressing-on-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}