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Everett Lilly, legendary bluegrass musician

Associated Press

  May 11, 2012

West Virginia bluegrass legend Everett Lilly has died at age 87. Lilly’s son, Daniel, says his father died Tuesday afternoon at his home in Clear Creek, W.Va. Everett Lilly and his brother, Bea, began performing professionally in 1938 on Beckley radio station WJLS. Everett Lilly played mandolin and later the fiddle. Bea Lilly played guitar.

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