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What country music star began his career in the C-Notes band?
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This singer was known as "Charleston's First Lady of Jazz."
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Curly Ray Cline played fiddle with this bluegrass band.
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Mannington's Russ Fluharty was a master at playing this instrument.
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This band is largely credited with popularizing bluegrass music in both Boston and Japan.
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What's the nickname of the West Virginia University marching band?
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"Salt Pork, West Virginia" tells the story of musician Louis Jordan's arrest in this city.
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This West Virginia Music Hall of Fame pianist was originally from Jamaica, Queens, New York.
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This Braxton County fiddler was the first West Virginian to be named a National Endowment for the Arts Heritage Fellow.
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Logan County native Jim Foglesong was known primarily as a producer of what type of music?
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