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This Wheeling native was one of the most highly regarded saxophonists of the jazz era.
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What country music star began his career in the C-Notes band?
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The only 52 known recordings by fiddler Edden Hammons were made here.
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In 1966, this Kanawha County fiddler performed on the Grand Ole Opry, The Today Show, and at the prestigious Newport Folk Festival.
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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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This Summers County songwriter recorded one of the earliest known songs about the Monongah Mine Disaster.
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This Tucker County native was known as "America's Polka King?"
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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 was Kathy Mattea's first number one hit?
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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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