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In what city was country music star Hank Williams found dead on New Year's Day 1953?
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The blind musician Ed Haley was best known for playing what instrument?
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What Huntington native died in the same plane crash that killed country music legend Patsy Cline?
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This group had hits with "Build Your Treasures in Heaven" and "Moonlight on West Virginia."
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Bluefield's Maceo Pinkard co-wrote this classic song.
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This Summers County songwriter recorded one of the earliest known songs about the Monongah Mine Disaster.
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This fiddler from Elizabeth won the 1998 Vandalia Award.
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What Wheeling native has won Grammy Awards for best folk (2006) and bluegrass (2014) albums?
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This musician went by the nickname "Piano Man."
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This musician co-created and served as host of the Mountain Stage radio program for 38 years.
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