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Curly Ray Cline played fiddle with this bluegrass band.
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South Charleston native Larry Combs is most associated with this instrument.
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Which one of the following instruments was Frank George NOT associated with?
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This band is largely credited with popularizing bluegrass music in both Boston and Japan.
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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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What's the nickname of the West Virginia University marching band?
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Lincoln County's Elaine Purkey wrote this labor anthem.
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Keyser native Jack Rollins did NOT co-write which of these songs?
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Logan County native Jim Foglesong was known primarily as a producer of what type of music?
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What famous country music star was born in Bolt (Raleigh County)?
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