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What country music star began his career in the C-Notes band?
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Lincoln County's Elaine Purkey wrote this labor anthem.
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At age 91, Randolph County's Woody Simmons won the over-60 banjo contest at what festival?
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Which one of the following songs did Boone County native Billy Edd Wheeler NOT write or cowrite?
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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 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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Which Lincoln County native cofounded the band MC-5?
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This musician co-created and served as host of the Mountain Stage radio program for 38 years.
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This Mingo Countian was the first West Virginian to be honored with a National Heritage Fellowship.
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