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Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Women, the Barn Dance Radio Genre, and the Roots of the
Country and Western Music Industry
1. "Family Songs of Surpassing Sweetness" Vaudeville, Appalachia,
Technology, and the Emergence of Barn Dance Radio
2. "Bury Me beneath the Willow" Jeanne Muenich, Linda Parker, and the
Appearance of Southern Female Characters on Barn Dance Stages
3. "Hey, Hey, Hey, the Hayloft Gang Is Here" Lulu Belle Wiseman and the
Emergence of the Professional Radio Barn Dance
4. "Will There Be Any Yodelers in Heaven?" The Girls of the Golden West and
Selling the Stage
5. Banjo Pickin' Girl Lily May Ledford, the Roosevelts, and Constructing
National Identity
Illustrations
6. "Howdee! I'm Jes So Proud T'Be Here" Sarah Colley Cannon (Better Known
as Minnie Pearl), World War II, and the Grand Ole Opry
7. "Oh Carry Me Back to the Mountains" Rose Lee Maphis and Laboring on the
Air
Coda: Barn Dance Radio's New Friend, Loretta Lynn
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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