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Who was the first native West Virginian elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame?
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This Webster County musician won the fiddle contest at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.
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This person was NOT an inaugural inductee into the West Virginia Hall of Fame in 2007.
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Roane County's Squire Parsons Jr. wrote this contemporary gospel classic.
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Nat Reese was known for his unique stylings of what kind of music?
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Which one of the following songs was NOT a hit for Raleigh County native Bill Withers?
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Logan County native Jim Foglesong was known primarily as a producer of what type of music?
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What West Virginian, playing with the Lilly Brothers, helped popularize bluegrass music in Boston?
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Claude Jeter was the leader of this band.
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This Mingo Countian was the first West Virginian to be honored with a National Heritage Fellowship.
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