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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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Clarksburg native Phyllis Curtin is best remembered for what style of music?
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In 2011, Landau Eugene Murphy Jr. received national acclaim after winning this TV contest.
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Monroe County's Henry Reed was most closely associated with this instrument.
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In 1966, this country singer had a hit with the recitation "History Repeats Itself."
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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 Braxton County fiddler was the first West Virginian to be named a National Endowment for the Arts Heritage Fellow.
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What famous country music star was born in Bolt (Raleigh County)?
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What West Virginian had a country hit with "Lonesome 7-7203?"
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This fiddler from Elizabeth won the 1998 Vandalia Award.
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