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What country music star began his career in the C-Notes band?
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Belgian immigrant Andre Van Damme created this Charleston institution.
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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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The only 52 known recordings by fiddler Edden Hammons were made here.
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This Summers County songwriter recorded one of the earliest known songs about the Monongah Mine Disaster.
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This country singer had hits such as "Giddyup Go," "Phantom 309," and "Teddy Bear."
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Who had a hit with the 1947 country song "Beyond the Sunset?"
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Which Lincoln County native cofounded the band MC-5?
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This musician went by the nickname "Piano Man."
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This musician co-created and served as host of the Mountain Stage radio program for 38 years.
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