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The only 52 known recordings by fiddler Edden Hammons were made here.
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This Webster County musician won the fiddle contest at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.
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Banjo player Sylvia O'Brien was the sister of this traditional musician.
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This group had hits with "Build Your Treasures in Heaven" and "Moonlight on West Virginia."
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This Summers County songwriter recorded one of the earliest known songs about the Monongah Mine Disaster.
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Keyser native Jack Rollins did NOT co-write which of these songs?
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At age 91, Randolph County's Woody Simmons won the over-60 banjo contest at what festival?
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This West Virginia Music Hall of Fame pianist was originally from Jamaica, Queens, New York.
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Ida L. Reed of Barbour County was best known for writing this style of music.
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This musician's original songs include "Buffalo Creek," “Mountaineers Are Always Free," “Coal Country Blues," and “Black Eyed Logan."
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