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This Clay County traditional musician made his own banjos using torque converter rings from 1956 Buick transmissions.
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Old-time musician Dwight Diller spent years documenting and teaching others about this musical Pocahontas County family.
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This group had hits with "Build Your Treasures in Heaven" and "Moonlight on West Virginia."
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Roane County's Squire Parsons Jr. wrote this contemporary gospel classic.
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On May 1, 1940, the city of Wheeling hosted a special day honoring this opera singer, who was born there.
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This West Virginia Music Hall of Fame pianist was originally from Jamaica, Queens, New York.
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"The Wreck on the C&O" is a folk song about a deadly train wreck near which city?
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What popular country music radio program aired for 10 years on Fairmont's WMMN?
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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 Wheeling native has won Grammy Awards for best folk (2006) and bluegrass (2014) albums?
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