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The blind musician Ed Haley was best known for playing what instrument?
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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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These brothers' Clay County festival became a pattern for the Vandalia Gathering and other old-time music festivals.
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Nat Reese was known for his unique stylings of what kind of music?
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Keyser native Jack Rollins did NOT co-write which of these songs?
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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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In 1966, this country singer had a hit with the recitation "History Repeats Itself."
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This banjo player was the subject of a documentary made by international recording artist Taj Majal.
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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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What Fayette County native is best known for his country and gospel duets with Eleanora Niera (maiden name)?
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