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This singer and pianist earned the title "West Virginia's First Lady of Gospel Music."
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Curly Ray Cline played fiddle with this bluegrass band.
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Which TV show did this Moundsville native NOT write the theme song for?
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The only 52 known recordings by fiddler Edden Hammons were made here.
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This band is largely credited with popularizing bluegrass music in both Boston and Japan.
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Banjo player Sylvia O'Brien was the sister of this traditional musician.
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This musician won the banjo contest at the West Virginia State Folk Festival at age 67 in 1975.
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In 1966, this country singer had a hit with the recitation "History Repeats Itself."
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This country musician ran a store opposite Wheeling's Capitol Theatre, where he performed regularly.
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What popular country music radio program aired for 10 years on Fairmont's WMMN?
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