"1985Z"^^ . . "Lily May Ledford"@en . "Lily May Ledford"@en . . "1985-07-14Z"^^ . "Ledford, Lily"@en . "Lily May Pennington (married name)"@en . . . "1917Z"^^ . "1937Z"^^ . . "1957Z"^^ . . . . "1917-03-17Z"^^ . . "American musician" . "solo_singer" . . "Lily May Ledford (March 17, 1917 \u2013 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\u2014 one of the first all-female string bands to appear on radio\u2014 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."@en .