Lily May Ledford (March 17, 1917 – July 14, 1985) was an American clawhammer banjo and fiddle player. After gaining regional radio fame in the 1940s and 1950s 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.
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Mike Seeger
American singer
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Bascom Lamar Lunsford
American musician and lawyer
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Red Foley
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Tommy Jarrell
American fiddler and banjo player
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Hobart Smith
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Jean Ritchie
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Abigail Washburn
American banjo player and singer
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David "Stringbean" Akeman
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musical artist
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Willie Watson
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Ralph Stanley
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John Hartford
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Kenny Baker
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Gary Ruley and Mule Train
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Jim & Jesse
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Bess Lomax Hawes
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Ian Campbell Folk Group
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Grandpa Jones
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