Joni Harms
Joni Harms is an American country music singer-songwriter. Between 1990 and 2020, Harms released fourteen studio albums plus her album Oregon to Ireland recorded live with The Sheerin Family Band in Moate, Ireland and released in 2014. She also charted two singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. Her highest charting single, "I Need a Wife," peaked at No. 34 in 1989.
Before launching her professional music career, she held several rodeo queen titles. In 1979, she was crowned Miss Northwest Rodeo Queen by the Northwest Professional Rodeo Association. She later served as Miss Rodeo Oregon and was runner-up for the national Miss Rodeo America title. Harms has credited her experience in rodeo pageants with helping to launch her career in music and public performance.