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Lily May Ledford

Lily May Ledford (1917–1985) was an American fiddler, banjo player, and singer from Kentucky's Red River Gorge. She became a star on the Renfro Valley Barn Dance and, with promoter John Lair, founded the Coon Creek Girls in 1937, one of the first all-woman string bands to perform on radio.

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