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This Wheeling native was one of the most highly regarded saxophonists of the jazz era.
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Who was the first native West Virginian elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame?
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This Wheeling native played bass on Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys album.
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This Charleston native received the 1968 Pulitzer Prize for Music.
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This Mercer County native wrote the song "West Virginia, My Home."
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Folklorist Pat Gainer founded this festival in 1950.
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In 1927, this Logan Countian blues guitarist made one of the earliest known recordings of "John Henry."
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This group had hits with "Build Your Treasures in Heaven" and "Moonlight on West Virginia."
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What's the nickname of the West Virginia University marching band?
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This fiddler from Elizabeth won the 1998 Vandalia Award.
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