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What Putnam County traditional musician was known as the "Banjo Man from Turkey Creek?"
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Which TV show did this Moundsville native NOT write the theme song for?
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"John Hardy" is a famous folk song about a hanging in what coalfield city.
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In the 1930s and 1940s, this company's employees starred in their own national radio variety program.
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"Walk the Way the Wind Blows" was the first major hit for this native West Virginian.
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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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"Salt Pork, West Virginia" tells the story of musician Louis Jordan's arrest in this city.
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On May 1, 1940, the city of Wheeling hosted a special day honoring this opera singer, who was born there.
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This Braxton County fiddler was the first West Virginian to be named a National Endowment for the Arts Heritage Fellow.
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This native of Gary is known as the nation's dean of Black sacred music.
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