The Stonemans

An Appalachian Family and the Music That Shaped Their Lives

By: Ivan M. Tribe

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Paperback | 1 June 1993

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The Stonemans is an eye-opening slice of Americana---a trip through nearly twenty years of country music history following a single family from their native Blue Ridge Mountains to the slums of Washington, D.C., and the glitter of Nashville. As early as 1924 Ernest V. "Pop" Stoneman realized the potential of what is now known as country music, and he tried to carve a career from it. Successful as a recording artist from 1925 through 1929, Stoneman foundered during the Great Depression. He, his wife, and their nine children went to Washington in 1932, struggling through a decade of hardship and working to revive the musical career Pop still believed in. The Stoneman Family won the Country Music Association's Vocal Group of the Year Award in 1967. After Pop's death a year later, some of the children scattered to pursue their own careers.

Ivan Tribe relies on extensive interviews with the Stonemans and their friends in this chronicle of a family whose members have clung to their musical heritage through good times and bad.

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"That the Stonemans allowed their history to be presented so candidly is a testament to their integrity and respect for historical truth." -- Norm Cohen, editor of the abridged edition of Vance Randolph's Ozark Folksongs

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Preface	p. xi
Cast of Characters	p. xvii
Galax, August 1985	p. 1
Prelude to Country Music Pioneerdom, 1893-1924	p. 10
The Golden Years, 1924-29	p. 36
Depression and Disaster, 1929-41	p. 75
The Road to Recovery, 1941-55	p. 108
Struggling Upward, 1956-63	p. 135
The Golden Years--Again, 1964-69	p. 165
Living without Daddy, 1969-85	p. 197
Conclusion: An Update and a Retrospect	p. 239
Two Contrasting Five-Year Periods of Stoneman Economics	p. 257
Stoneman Personal Appearance Schedule, 1969	p. 258
Genealogical Charts	p. 261
Notes	p. 265
Bibliographical Note	p. 289
Stoneman Discography	p. 293
Index	p. 339
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