Veronica "Roni" Stoneman
Veronica Loretta “Roni” Stoneman (May 5, 1938–February 22, 2024) was an American bluegrass banjoist and comedian born in Washington, D.C.. She was the daughter of early country music patriarch Ernest "Pop" Stoneman and made history in 1957 when her performance on "Lonesome Road Blues" made her the first woman to play modern, three-finger bluegrass banjo on a commercial recording, appearing on Folkways' American Banjo Scruggs Style (1957). She rose to national prominence as a central member of the family band, The Stoneman Family, winning the Country Music Association's inaugural Vocal Group of the Year award in 1967. Following her father's death, she maintained the family group before finding mainstream television fame in 1973 by joining the regular cast of Hee Haw playing banjo and playing characters including Ida Lee Nagger. She was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame in 2021 as a member of The Stoneman Family.
In the newsletter
- No. 9 Fall 1996
- No. 11 Spring 1997
- No. 15 Spring 1998
- No. 19 Spring 1999
- No. 21 Fall 1999
- No. 22 Winter 2000
- No. 24 Fall 2000
- No. 25 Winter 2001
- No. 26 Spring 2001
- No. 28 January 2002
- No. 29 May 2002
- No. 32 April 2003
- No. 33 September 2003
Wrote
- RONI STONEMAN: COMEDY AND TRAGEDY GO HAND IN HAND: DON'T YOU DARE PLAY LIKE A GIRL! (No. 29) printed “Roni Stoneman” [sic]
- RONI STONEMAN: COMEDY AND TRAGEDY GO HAND IN HAND: SKULL ORCHARDS (No. 29) printed “Roni Stoneman” [sic]
- RONI STONEMAN: COMEDY AND TRAGEDY GO HAND IN HAND: HEE HAW (No. 29) printed “Roni Stoneman” [sic]
- RONI STONEMAN: COMEDY AND TRAGEDY GO HAND IN HAND: STAND STILL! (No. 29) printed “Roni Stoneman” [sic]
- RONI STONEMAN: COMEDY AND TRAGEDY GO HAND IN HAND: BE QUIET! (No. 29) printed “Roni Stoneman” [sic]
- RONI STONEMAN: COMEDY AND TRAGEDY GO HAND IN HAND: NASHVILLE (No. 29) printed “Roni Stoneman” [sic]
- RONI STONEMAN: COMEDY AND TRAGEDY GO HAND IN HAND: STONEMAN TV SHOW (No. 29) printed “Roni Stoneman” [sic]