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Folklorist Pat Gainer founded this festival in 1950.
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"Walk the Way the Wind Blows" was the first major hit for this native West Virginian.
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This Fayette County native played guitar on several Bob Dylan albums and was music director of the TV show Hee Haw.
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Bluefield's Maceo Pinkard co-wrote this classic song.
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This banjo player was the subject of a documentary made by international recording artist Taj Majal.
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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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This Braxton County fiddler was the first West Virginian to be named a National Endowment for the Arts Heritage Fellow.
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She was the first solo female country artist to have a number one hit for eight weeks straight, a record not broken for 50 years.
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What West Virginian, playing with the Lilly Brothers, helped popularize bluegrass music in Boston?
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This Clarksburg native's "Simpson Creek" is considered one of the earliest environmentalist songs.
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