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This Charleston native received the 1968 Pulitzer Prize for Music.
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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 band is largely credited with popularizing bluegrass music in both Boston and Japan.
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This Webster County musician won the fiddle contest at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.
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Roane County's Squire Parsons Jr. wrote this contemporary gospel classic.
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Nat Reese was known for his unique stylings of what kind of music?
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What West Virginian had a country hit with "Lonesome 7-7203?"
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This fiddler from Elizabeth won the 1998 Vandalia Award.
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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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