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Mexico Ledger: Kenny Applebee

Published on May 5, 2023

Updated on Oct. 24, 2025

The Mexico Ledger, the only daily newspaper published in Mexico, Missouri and the surrounding rural area, announced on May 5, 2023, that local resident Kenny Applebee was an inaugural Living Traditions Sustainer Fellow.

Kenny Applebee and Pete McMahan play guitar and fiddle, respectively. — Kenny Applebee (right) accompanies Boone County old-time fiddler Pete McMahan on a bench on the grounds of the Smithsonian’s 1991 Festival of American Folklife. Photo courtesy Missouri State Old Time Fiddlers Association