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South Charleston native Larry Combs is most associated with this instrument.
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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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"John Hardy" is a famous folk song about a hanging in what coalfield city.
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West Virginia Hall of Fame member Butch Miles was a master of what instrument?
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What's the nickname of the West Virginia University marching band?
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Monroe County's Henry Reed was most closely associated with this instrument.
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Nat Reese was known for his unique stylings of what kind of music?
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St. Albans native Tommy Thompson was a founding member of this band.
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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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Claude Jeter was the leader of this band.
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