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Belgian immigrant Andre Van Damme created this Charleston institution.
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This Clay County traditional musician made his own banjos using torque converter rings from 1956 Buick transmissions.
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This Mercer County native wrote the song "West Virginia, My Home."
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During his career, this South Charleston instrument maker made made 86 violins, 14 violas, 65 cellos, one double bass, and six bows.
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This band is largely credited with popularizing bluegrass music in both Boston and Japan.
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This person was NOT an inaugural inductee into the West Virginia Hall of Fame in 2007.
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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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This Tucker County native was known as "America's Polka King?"
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Who had a hit with the 1947 country song "Beyond the Sunset?"
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Which country singer from Bluefield had a hit with "Lovin' On Back Streets" in the 1970s?
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