Lee Sexton
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Lee Sexton (March 23, 1928 – February 10, 2021) was an American banjoist from Letcher County, Kentucky. He began playing the banjo at the age of eight and was proficient in the two-finger picking and "drop-thumb" (clawhammer) traditional styles of east Kentucky. He also sang and played fiddle. His Whoa Mule album includes recordings from a 1952 home recording with fiddler Fernando Lusk to recordings made in 2001. Four solo songs also appear on Smithsonian Folkways album Mountain Music of Kentucky.
In 1999, Kentucky governor Paul Patton presented Lee with the Governor's Award in the Arts.
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