Ronnie Penque (born March 23, 1962) is a bassist, singer and songwriter who has been working in the music industry for over 30 years. He has been the bassist for the country rock band New Riders of the Purple Sage since 2005. When not working with NRPS Ronnie is busy with his other bands, the Ronnie Penque Band and the Penque-Diomede Band, or doing session work. On November 2, 2010 Penque released his first solo album, titled Only Road Home, on Bayland Records. In 2018 Penque founded Panama Dead, a band dedicated to the music of the New Riders of the Purple Sage.