Remembering 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. #oldtimemusic #appalachia #folkmusic #countrymusic #cooncreekgirls #

Wendy Lou Holcombe (April 19, 1963 - February 14, 1987) was an American banjo player and singer. Wendy was born in Alabaster, Alabama and began playing the banjo at age eleven. As a child, Holcombe appeared on NBC's The Big Show the Country Boy Eddy Show, and later in 1977 The New Mickey Mouse Club and was featured on Kids are People Too. At the age of twelve she was a regular performer on the television program Nashville on the Road. Holcombe performed at the Grand Ole Opry and on the Eddie Rab