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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 Charleston native received the 1968 Pulitzer Prize for Music.
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Clarksburg native Phyllis Curtin is best remembered for what style of music?
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Which one of the following instruments was Frank George NOT associated with?
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The only 52 known recordings by fiddler Edden Hammons were made here.
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Monroe County's Henry Reed was most closely associated with this instrument.
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This country musician ran a store opposite Wheeling's Capitol Theatre, where he performed regularly.
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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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