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This singer and pianist earned the title "West Virginia's First Lady of Gospel Music."
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Which TV show did this Moundsville native NOT write the theme song for?
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Old-time musician Dwight Diller spent years documenting and teaching others about this musical Pocahontas County family.
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Mannington's Russ Fluharty was a master at playing this instrument.
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These brothers' Clay County festival became a pattern for the Vandalia Gathering and other old-time music festivals.
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What college did jazz performer and composer Don Redman attend?
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This Summers County songwriter recorded one of the earliest known songs about the Monongah Mine Disaster.
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Nat Reese was known for his unique stylings of what kind of music?
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Keyser native Jack Rollins did NOT co-write which of these songs?
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"Salt Pork, West Virginia" tells the story of musician Louis Jordan's arrest in this city.
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