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This Wheeling native was one of the most highly regarded saxophonists of the jazz era.
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What country music star began his career in the C-Notes band?
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Curly Ray Cline played fiddle with this bluegrass band.
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South Charleston native Larry Combs is most associated with this instrument.
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This Charleston native received the 1968 Pulitzer Prize for Music.
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Clarksburg native Phyllis Curtin is best remembered for what style of music?
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Bluefield's Maceo Pinkard co-wrote this classic song.
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St. Albans native Tommy Thompson was a founding member of this band.
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This banjo player was the first woman to receive the Vandalia Award, West Virginia's highest folklife honor.
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What gospel group was founded in the West Virginia coalfields by Claude Jeter
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