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Belgian immigrant Andre Van Damme created this Charleston institution.
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The blind musician Ed Haley was best known for playing what instrument?
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This band is largely credited with popularizing bluegrass music in both Boston and Japan.
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"Walk the Way the Wind Blows" was the first major hit for this native West Virginian.
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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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Banjo player Sylvia O'Brien was the sister of this traditional musician.
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The West Virginia Symphony Orchestra is headquartered in this city.
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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 Fayette County native is best known for his country and gospel duets with Eleanora Niera (maiden name)?
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Who had a hit with the 1947 country song "Beyond the Sunset?"
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