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Curly Ray Cline played fiddle with this bluegrass band.
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What Huntington native died in the same plane crash that killed country music legend Patsy Cline?
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WVU artist-in-residence Ellie Mannette is often considered the "father" of this instrument.
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This Webster County musician won the fiddle contest at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.
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West Virginia Hall of Fame member Butch Miles was a master of what instrument?
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Keyser native Jack Rollins did NOT co-write which of these songs?
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What Fayette County native is best known for his country and gospel duets with Eleanora Niera (maiden name)?
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Claude Jeter was the leader of this band.
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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 Clarksburg native's "Simpson Creek" is considered one of the earliest environmentalist songs.
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