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Which one of the following songs was supposedly inspired by Fairmont native Johnnie Johnson?
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Belgian immigrant Andre Van Damme created this Charleston institution.
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South Charleston native Larry Combs is most associated with this instrument.
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This Wheeling native played bass on Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys album.
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West Virginia Music Hall of Fame composer and arranger Robert Drasnin was born in this city.
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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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Kenova's Michael W. Smith is one of the best-selling artists in this type of music.
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Giving its first concert in 1929, this is the longest-running orchestra in West Virginia.
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This fiddler from Elizabeth won the 1998 Vandalia Award.
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This Mercer County native was the first bluegrass musician to appear on the cover of Smithsonian Magazine.
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