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This Wheeling native played bass on Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys album.
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This band is largely credited with popularizing bluegrass music in both Boston and Japan.
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St. Albans native Tommy Thompson was a founding member of this band.
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Giving its first concert in 1929, this is the longest-running orchestra in West Virginia.
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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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Who broke Connie Smith's 50-year run for most consecutive weeks with a country song at number one on the charts?
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This musician went by the nickname "Piano Man."
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This musician's original songs include "Buffalo Creek," “Mountaineers Are Always Free," “Coal Country Blues," and “Black Eyed Logan."
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This Mingo Countian was the first West Virginian to be honored with a National Heritage Fellowship.
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This duo began performing country music on radio when they were teenagers and later were regular on a Charleston TV show.
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