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South Charleston native Larry Combs is most associated with this instrument.
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This Wheeling native played bass on Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys album.
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The blind musician Ed Haley was best known for playing what instrument?
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"John Hardy" is a famous folk song about a hanging in what coalfield city.
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West Virginia Hall of Fame member Butch Miles was a master of what instrument?
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Nat Reese was known for his unique stylings of what kind of music?
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Ida L. Reed of Barbour County was best known for writing this style of music.
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What West Virginian, playing with the Lilly Brothers, helped popularize bluegrass music in Boston?
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This musician co-created and served as host of the Mountain Stage radio program for 38 years.
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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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