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This Wheeling native played bass on Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys album.
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This Raleigh County native's biggest hit was "May The Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose."
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In 1935, this opera singer became the first West Virginian to perform at the Met in New York City.
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Mannington's Russ Fluharty was a master at playing this instrument.
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The blind musician Ed Haley was best known for playing what instrument?
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This West Virginia Music Hall of Fame member was the half-sister of Bessie Smith, known as the "Empress of the Blues."
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This Webster County musician won the fiddle contest at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.
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West Virginia Hall of Fame member Butch Miles was a master of what instrument?
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This Tucker County native was known as "America's Polka King?"
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Logan County native Jim Foglesong was known primarily as a producer of what type of music?
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