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This Wheeling native played bass on Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys album.
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Cozy Records, one of the most successful companies of its kind in West Virginia, was located in this town.
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This Charleston native received the 1968 Pulitzer Prize for Music.
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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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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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In 1966, this country singer had a hit with the recitation "History Repeats Itself."
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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 popular country music radio program aired for 10 years on Fairmont's WMMN?
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What gospel group was founded in the West Virginia coalfields by Claude Jeter
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This old-time fiddler from Braxton County wrote the traditional tune "Elk River Blues."
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