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About Stoneman Tradition
THE STONEMAN TRADITION Patsy Stoneman once said that as long as there was a Stoneman able to play music, they would be out there picking, singing and fulfilling their destiny. This project, their second for Patuxent, made in May 2012, proves her point. The surviving sisters-eighty-seven year-old Patsy and her septuagenarian sisters Donna and Veronica (Roni), demonstrate that they continue to have the touch when it comes to their brand of bluegrass. The material here includes a generous supply of numbers from their father, Ernest (Pop) Stoneman, who possessed a big bag of songs, augmented by some from country tradition and a few originals by Donna and Roni. Patsy sings lead vocals and plays autoharp on songs that once featured Pop. "The Raging Sea, How It Roared" (Child 289) is of British origin and was first recorded by Pop in August 1925 as "The Sailor Song" and in better-known versions for Victor in 1928. Pop also recorded "Bury Me Beneath the Willow" and "Don't Let Your Deal Go Down" in the 1920s. "Watchman Ring the Bell" was the last song Pop recorded for Edison on November 22, 1928 as an instrumental, but it remained unreleased until 1996 on County 3510; Roni leads on this one. "On the Banks of the Wabash Far Away" was Paul Dreiser's 1899 tribute to his home state of Indiana which Pop recorded with the Stoneman Family in 1963. "Rubber Dolly" or "Back Up and Push" is a traditional fiddle tune that makes a nice instrumental here featuring Donna, Roni and fiddler Nate Grower. Through technological magic, " Pop Stoneman sings an intro on William Golden's 1914 hymn, "Were the Soul of Man Never Dies" followed by the others taking over to complete the song. Songs from newer country tradition include Patsy's lead on Lulubelle and Scotty's "Have I Told You Lately that I Love You" from the 1940s. Johnny Russell had a country hit in 1972 with "Catfish John" and Mac Wiseman recorded it into a bluegrass favorite soon afterward; Roni sings lead on it here. Scotty Stoneman an
