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South Charleston native Larry Combs is most associated with this instrument.
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This Fayette County native played guitar on several Bob Dylan albums and was music director of the TV show Hee Haw.
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This Webster County musician won the fiddle contest at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.
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This person was NOT an inaugural inductee into the West Virginia Hall of Fame in 2007.
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Which one of the following songs did Boone County native Billy Edd Wheeler NOT write or cowrite?
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Giving its first concert in 1929, this is the longest-running orchestra in West Virginia.
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This country musician ran a store opposite Wheeling's Capitol Theatre, where he performed regularly.
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Which country singer from Bluefield had a hit with "Lovin' On Back Streets" in the 1970s?
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What West Virginian had a country hit with "Lonesome 7-7203?"
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This musician co-created and served as host of the Mountain Stage radio program for 38 years.
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