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Mike Lilly

American banjo player and singer. Born May 24, 1950 in Dayton, Ohio, died February 12, 2020 in Dayton. Mike Lilly played banjo for the Powell Brothers at seventeen and for Larry Sparks in one of Larry’s best early bands. He and Wendy Miller left Larry’s band and performed together for a while, making some LPs for Old Homestead. Mike went with the Country Gentlemen for a few months before returning to Dayton. He and Harley Allen formed the Allen-Lilly Band, which was popular in the Dayton area, putting out one LP on the Folkways label. Later, Mike formed his own band, Mike Lilly and the Country Grass, and cut an LP on Old Homestead.

Releases

• Suzanne
• Looking For A New Way To Go
• The House On The Hill
• Banjo Paris Session
• Old Fashioned Love
• Banjo Paris Session Volume 2: Le Bluegrass
• Vernon Mcintyre's Appalachian Grass With Friends Wendy Miller & Mike Lilly
• Hot-N-Grassy
• Country Grass
• Solid Grass
• New Grass Instrumentals
• Bound To Ride: The Best Of Larry Sparks
• The Folkways Years 1964-1983
• Classic Bluegrass Vol. 2 (From Smithsonian Folkways Recordings)
• Classic Bluegrass From Smithsonian Folkways
• Everything Has To Be Big
• The Berkshire Mountains Bluegrass Festival
• Fire On The Fields
• The Red Allen Tradition
• The Testing Times
• Best Of Larry Sparks And The Lonesome Ramblers
• Where The Dim Lights Are The Dimmest
• Dark Hollow
• Early and Essential. Volume 1
• Festival Favorites Volume 2
• Misbehavin'
• Banjo Paris Session
• West Virginia Fiddler
• Bluegrass Fiddle Jam
• You Could Have Called
• Thank You Lord
• Pickin' & Singin'
• Sparklin' Bluegrass
• Ramblin' Bluegrass
• Bluegrass Old And New
• New Gospel Songs
• Old Homestead Bluegrass Special