Lily May Ledford
American banjo player (1917–1985) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lily May Ledford (March 17, 1917 – July 14, 1985) was an American clawhammer banjo and fiddle player.[1] After gaining regional radio fame in the late 1930s as head of the Coon Creek Girls, one of the first all-female string bands to appear on radio, Ledford went on to gain national renown as a solo artist during the American folk music revival of the 1960s. In 1985, she was awarded a National Heritage Fellowship.[2]
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Birth name | Lily May Ledford |
Also known as | Lily May Pennington (married name) |
Born | (1917-03-17)March 17, 1917 Powell County, Kentucky, U.S. |
Died | July 14, 1985(1985-07-14) (aged 68) Lexington, Kentucky, U.S. |
Genres | Appalachian folk |
Instrument(s) | Banjo, fiddle |
Years active | c. 1937–1957, 1968–1983 |
Labels | Greenhays, June Appal |
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