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In what city was country music star Hank Williams found dead on New Year's Day 1953?
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This fiddler was named a 2020 National Endowment for the Arts Heritage Fellow, one of the highest national awards in the arts.
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Monroe County's Henry Reed was most closely associated with this instrument.
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This banjo player was the subject of a documentary made by international recording artist Taj Majal.
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What popular country music radio program aired for 10 years on Fairmont's WMMN?
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What West Virginian, playing with the Lilly Brothers, helped popularize bluegrass music in Boston?
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This Boone County crooner was known for offbeat songs such as "Chicken Walk."
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This musician went by the nickname "Piano Man."
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This duo began performing country music on radio when they were teenagers and later were regular on a Charleston TV show.
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This Clarksburg native's "Simpson Creek" is considered one of the earliest environmentalist songs.
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