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Curly Ray Cline played fiddle with this bluegrass band.
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This Wheeling native played bass on Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys album.
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Which TV show did this Moundsville native NOT write the theme song for?
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WVU artist-in-residence Ellie Mannette is often considered the "father" of this instrument.
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The West Virginia Symphony Orchestra is headquartered in this city.
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This Tucker County native was known as "America's Polka King?"
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What West Virginian had a country hit with "Lonesome 7-7203?"
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This fiddler from Elizabeth won the 1998 Vandalia Award.
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Claude Jeter was the leader of this band.
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This native of Gary is known as the nation's dean of Black sacred music.
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