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    • Jan 22, 1949
    Exile lead vocalist J.P. Pennington born in Berea, Kentucky, the son of Coon Creek Girl Lily Mae Ledford. Founded in 1963, Exile becomes one of country's top groups during the 1980s, with Pennington--one of Exile's primary songwriters-- exiting in 1988
    Oct 4, 1973
    Mandolin player Esther "Violet" Koehler dies in Berea, Kentucky. She was a longtime member of The Coon Creek Girls, who became the first all-female stringband when the group coalesced in Cincinnati in 1937
    Jul 24, 1976
    Guitarist Charlotte "Rosie" Ledford dies in DeLand, Florida. She was a member of The Coon Creek Girls, the first all-female stringband, which also became the first country act to perform at the White House
    Jul 14, 1985
    Lily May Ledford dies in Lexington, Kentucky. Leader of The Coon Creek Girls, she was also the mother of Exile's J.P. Pennington
    Jul 22, 1987
    Fiddler and banjo player Minnie Ledford dies at Royal Manor Nursing Home in Nicholasville, Kentucky. She was a member of The Coon Creek Girls, recognized as the first all-female stringband
    Oct 28, 1988
    Norman Wayne Perry dies at Clinton County Hospital in Frankfort, Indiana. His widow is Daisy Lange, formerly the bass player for The Coon Creek Girls
    Feb 10, 2002
    Bass player Evelyn "Daisy" Lange dies at Hoover Wood Home in Indianapolis. She was a member of The Coon Creek Girls, a female stringband that had the distinction of becoming the first country act to perform at the White House
    Mar 14, 2003
    The Country Music Foundation publishes "Heartaches By The Number," celebrating country's "500 greatest singles." Among 1930s recordings on the list: The Coon Creek Girls' "Sowing On The Mountain" and The Modern Mountaineers' "Everybody's Truckin'"
    Feb 19, 2004
    The Kentucky Music Hall of Fame adds seven new members during a ceremony at the Frankfort Civic Center: Ricky Skaggs, The Coon Creek Girls, Billy Vaughn, J.D. Crowe, Boots Randolph, Jerry Chesnut and Vestal & Howard Goodman
    Sep 16, 2019
    Episode two of PBS' "Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns" features a bundle of 1930s recordings, including Milton Brown & His Brownies' "Going Up Brushy Fork," The Coon Creek Girls' "Pretty Polly" and The Delmore Brothers' "The Nashville Blues"
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