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This Wheeling native was one of the most highly regarded saxophonists of the jazz era.
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Belgian immigrant Andre Van Damme created this Charleston institution.
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Folklorist Pat Gainer founded this festival in 1950.
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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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West Virginia Hall of Fame member Butch Miles was a master of what instrument?
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This person was NOT an inaugural inductee into the West Virginia Hall of Fame in 2007.
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This banjo player was the subject of a documentary made by international recording artist Taj Majal.
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Which one of the following songs was NOT a hit for Raleigh County native Bill Withers?
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What Wheeling native has won Grammy Awards for best folk (2006) and bluegrass (2014) albums?
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