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Which one of the following songs was supposedly inspired by Fairmont native Johnnie Johnson?
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Curly Ray Cline played fiddle with this bluegrass band.
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This Clay County traditional musician made his own banjos using torque converter rings from 1956 Buick transmissions.
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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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In 2011, Landau Eugene Murphy Jr. received national acclaim after winning this TV contest.
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Roane County's Squire Parsons Jr. wrote this contemporary gospel classic.
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Which country singer from Bluefield had a hit with "Lovin' On Back Streets" in the 1970s?
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This fiddler from Elizabeth won the 1998 Vandalia Award.
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This Mingo Countian was the first West Virginian to be honored with a National Heritage Fellowship.
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This Clarksburg native's "Simpson Creek" is considered one of the earliest environmentalist songs.
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