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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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West Virginia Music Hall of Fame composer and arranger Robert Drasnin was born in this city.
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West Virginia Hall of Fame member Butch Miles was a master of what instrument?
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Bluefield's Maceo Pinkard co-wrote this classic song.
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Lincoln County's Elaine Purkey wrote this labor anthem.
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This Summers County songwriter recorded one of the earliest known songs about the Monongah Mine Disaster.
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St. Albans native Tommy Thompson was a founding member of this band.
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The West Virginia Symphony Orchestra is headquartered in this city.
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What popular country music radio program aired for 10 years on Fairmont's WMMN?
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This native of Gary is known as the nation's dean of Black sacred music.
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