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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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Roane County's Squire Parsons Jr. wrote this contemporary gospel classic.
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Keyser native Jack Rollins did NOT co-write which of these songs?
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This country musician ran a store opposite Wheeling's Capitol Theatre, where he performed regularly.
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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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What country music singer was born Lois LaVerne Williamson?
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This musician's original songs include "Buffalo Creek," “Mountaineers Are Always Free," “Coal Country Blues," and “Black Eyed Logan."
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This West Virginia Music Hall of Fame member started a degree program in bluegrass at Glenville State.
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This Clarksburg native's "Simpson Creek" is considered one of the earliest environmentalist songs.
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