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Which one of the following songs was supposedly inspired by Fairmont native Johnnie Johnson?
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What country music star began his career in the C-Notes band?
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This singer and pianist earned the title "West Virginia's First Lady of Gospel Music."
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Curly Ray Cline played fiddle with this bluegrass band.
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Clarksburg native Phyllis Curtin is best remembered for what style of music?
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The blind musician Ed Haley was best known for playing what instrument?
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In 1927, this Logan Countian blues guitarist made one of the earliest known recordings of "John Henry."
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This Webster County musician won the fiddle contest at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.
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Logan County native Jim Foglesong was known primarily as a producer of what type of music?
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Which country singer from Bluefield had a hit with "Lovin' On Back Streets" in the 1970s?
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