Lee Sexton

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Born in 1927. Lee ‘Boy’ Sexton, the legendary drop-thumb (clawhammer) banjo stylist and two-finger picker from Letcher County, Kentucky, passed away on February 11, 2021. He was 93 years of age. Recipient of the Kentucky Governor’s Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts. Nephew of Morgan Sexton. Began performing professionally in 1941, with some radio work – one of these was WMVA in Martinsville, Virginia – and with fiddler Marion Sumner (1920-1997), whom he met that year. The duo worked together over a period of 50 years.

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Pretty Polly

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Little Maggie

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Little Maggie (Album Version)

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Fox Chase

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Little Maggie [Live]

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Lee Sexton's most-played tracks include Pretty Polly, Little Maggie, Little Maggie (Album Version), Fox Chase, Little Maggie [Live]. Listen to these songs and explore more from their catalog on this page.

Born in 1927. Lee ‘Boy’ Sexton, the legendary drop-thumb (clawhammer) banjo stylist and two-finger picker from Letcher County, Kentucky, passed away on February 11, 2021. He was 93 years of age. Recipient of the Kentucky Governor’s Award for Lifetim... Read the full biography on this page.

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