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    • Mar 17, 1917
    Lily Mae Ledford is born in Pilot, Kentucky. She becomes the leader of The Coon Creek Girls, the first all-female stringband, and the first country act to perform at the White House. She also gives birth to Exile's J.P. Pennington
    Jan 22, 1949
    Exile lead vocalist J.P. Pennington is born in Berea, Kentucky. Founded in 1963, Exile becomes one of country's top groups during the 1980s, with Pennington and bass player Sonny Lemaire co-writing the bulk of the band's hook-filled hits
    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 20, 1988
    Exile's J.P. Pennington and his wife, Susie, have a son, James Lafayette Pennington
    Mar 10, 1989
    J.P. Pennington announces he's leaving Exile
    May 14, 1991
    Two years after J.P. Pennington left Exile, MCA releases his first solo album, "Whatever It Takes"
    Mar 17, 2008
    The lineup from Exile's commercial peak years reunites for a benefit concert. It's the first time in more than two decades that Sonny Lemaire, J.P. Pennington, Les Taylor, Marlon Hargis and Steve Goetzman have performed together
    May 30, 2011
    J.P. Pennington's father-in-law, Charles Grigsby, dies in Lexington, Kentucky. Exile is forced to cancel shows as a result
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