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What country music star began his career in the C-Notes band?
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Banjo player Sylvia O'Brien was the sister of this traditional musician.
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This musician won the banjo contest at the West Virginia State Folk Festival at age 67 in 1975.
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Keyser native Jack Rollins did NOT co-write which of these songs?
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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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Which one of the following songs was NOT a hit for Raleigh County native Bill Withers?
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What popular country music radio program aired for 10 years on Fairmont's WMMN?
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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 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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