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In 1966, this Kanawha County fiddler performed on the Grand Ole Opry, The Today Show, and at the prestigious Newport Folk Festival.
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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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Roane County's Squire Parsons Jr. wrote this contemporary gospel classic.
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What college did jazz performer and composer Don Redman attend?
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This Summers County songwriter recorded one of the earliest known songs about the Monongah Mine Disaster.
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This West Virginia Music Hall of Fame pianist was originally from Jamaica, Queens, New York.
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"The Wreck on the C&O" is a folk song about a deadly train wreck near which city?
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Claude Jeter was the leader of this band.
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This musician's original songs include "Buffalo Creek," “Mountaineers Are Always Free," “Coal Country Blues," and “Black Eyed Logan."
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This Mingo Countian was the first West Virginian to be honored with a National Heritage Fellowship.
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