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What country music star began his career in the C-Notes band?
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This Wheeling native played bass on Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys album.
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West Virginia Music Hall of Fame composer and arranger Robert Drasnin was born in this city.
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Folklorist Pat Gainer founded this festival in 1950.
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In 1927, this Logan Countian blues guitarist made one of the earliest known recordings of "John Henry."
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WVU artist-in-residence Ellie Mannette is often considered the "father" of this instrument.
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These brothers' Clay County festival became a pattern for the Vandalia Gathering and other old-time music festivals.
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What Wheeling native has won Grammy Awards for best folk (2006) and bluegrass (2014) albums?
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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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What gospel group was founded in the West Virginia coalfields by Claude Jeter
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