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This Charleston native received the 1968 Pulitzer Prize for Music.
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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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West Virginia Hall of Fame member Butch Miles was a master of what instrument?
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This group had hits with "Build Your Treasures in Heaven" and "Moonlight on West Virginia."
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Roane County's Squire Parsons Jr. wrote this contemporary gospel classic.
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St. Albans native Tommy Thompson was a founding member of this band.
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Ida L. Reed of Barbour County was best known for writing this style of music.
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This Mercer County native was the first bluegrass musician to appear on the cover of Smithsonian Magazine.
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This West Virginia Music Hall of Fame member started a degree program in bluegrass at Glenville State.
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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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