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Which one of the following instruments was Frank George NOT associated with?
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The only 52 known recordings by fiddler Edden Hammons were made here.
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This band is largely credited with popularizing bluegrass music in both Boston and Japan.
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This group had hits with "Build Your Treasures in Heaven" and "Moonlight on West Virginia."
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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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This country singer, who grew up in Hinton, had hits such as “Then and Only Then,” "Nobody but a Fool (Would Love You)," “The Hurtin’s All Over,” “Cincinnati, Ohio,” “and Just One Time."
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The West Virginia Symphony Orchestra is headquartered in this city.
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What country music singer was born Lois LaVerne Williamson?
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This fiddler from Elizabeth won the 1998 Vandalia Award.
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