10/19/2026
Historian Anthony Stanonis will be joining Andrew Kahrl on Ye Olde Tuesday Afternoon Rocke Show, Oct 20, 3-4pm, for a discussion of the sexual and cultural revolutions of the 1960s and 70s in the US South and the world that made Dolly Parton (and that she re-made, in turn). They’ll be discussing white country musicians of the era and how they grappled with, responded to, and shaped broader struggles for racial and gender equality and liberation. The program will include the music of Bobbie Gentry, Loretta Lynn, Billy Joe Shaver, and Dolly Parton. Tune in WTJU Rock, 91.1FM, or streaming at wtju.net.
Anthony Stanonis is an independent historian born and raised in New Orleans. He received his BA in History at Loyola University New Orleans and his MA & PhD at Vanderbilt University. He has taught at Tulane University, University of South Carolina, Texas A&M University, and Queen’s University Belfast in Northern Ireland. He’s written Creating the Big Easy: New Orleans and the Emergence of Modern Tourism (2006), Faith in Bikinis: Politics and Leisure in the Coastal South since the Civil War (2014) which received the Rembert Patrick Award from the Florida Historical Society, and New Orleans Pralines: Plantation Sugar, Louisiana Pecans, and the Marketing of Southern Nostalgia (2024) which received the Michael V. R. Thomason Award from the Gulf South Historical Association. Music forms a core of his research about the American South as songs and lyrics reflect popular perceptions and shifts of public opinion. Having lived most of his life in New Orleans, Nashville, Texas, and Ireland, he’s learned a deeper appreciation of how music reflects local culture and highlights social tensions.
