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These early country music stars from Kanawha County had hits such as Dust On the Bible" and "I Want to be Loved?"
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This singer was known as "Charleston's First Lady of Jazz."
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What Putnam County traditional musician was known as the "Banjo Man from Turkey Creek?"
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Curly Ray Cline played fiddle with this bluegrass band.
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This Clay County traditional musician made his own banjos using torque converter rings from 1956 Buick transmissions.
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This fiddler was named a 2020 National Endowment for the Arts Heritage Fellow, one of the highest national awards in the arts.
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What's the nickname of the West Virginia University marching band?
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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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What country music singer was born Lois LaVerne Williamson?
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