Roni Stoneman, Country Music’s ‘First Lady of the Banjo,’ Dies at 85 Posted by By Bill Friskics-Warren February 26, 2024Posted inBluegrass Music, Country Music, Deaths (Obituaries), Hee Haw (TV Program), Music, Stoneman Family (Music Group), Stoneman, Roni (1938-2024), Tennessee A featured player on ‘Hee Haw’ and member of the famed Stoneman Family, she was the first woman to play modern bluegrass banjo on a phonograph record.
