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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 band is largely credited with popularizing bluegrass music in both Boston and Japan.
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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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This Summers County songwriter recorded one of the earliest known songs about the Monongah Mine Disaster.
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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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Which one of the following songs did Boone County native Billy Edd Wheeler NOT write or cowrite?
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This Huntington musician was one of the stars of the Harlem Renaissance, performing with the likes of Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Paul Robeson, and Marian Anderson.
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What West Virginian had a country hit with "Lonesome 7-7203?"
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This Mercer County native was the first bluegrass musician to appear on the cover of Smithsonian Magazine.
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