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Which TV show did this Moundsville native NOT write the theme song for?
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This Mercer County native wrote the song "West Virginia, My Home."
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This Fayette County native played guitar on several Bob Dylan albums and was music director of the TV show Hee Haw.
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Bluefield's Maceo Pinkard co-wrote this classic song.
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What college did jazz performer and composer Don Redman attend?
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This Summers County songwriter recorded one of the earliest known songs about the Monongah Mine Disaster.
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In 1966, this country singer had a hit with the recitation "History Repeats Itself."
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"The Wreck on the C&O" is a folk song about a deadly train wreck near which city?
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Ida L. Reed of Barbour County was best known for writing this style of music.
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This fiddler from Elizabeth won the 1998 Vandalia Award.
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