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What Putnam County traditional musician was known as the "Banjo Man from Turkey Creek?"
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Clarksburg native Phyllis Curtin is best remembered for what style of music?
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The only 52 known recordings by fiddler Edden Hammons were made here.
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What Huntington native died in the same plane crash that killed country music legend Patsy Cline?
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In 1927, this Logan Countian blues guitarist made one of the earliest known recordings of "John Henry."
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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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This West Virginia Music Hall of Fame pianist was originally from Jamaica, Queens, New York.
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Logan County native Jim Foglesong was known primarily as a producer of what type of music?
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What country music singer was born Lois LaVerne Williamson?
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What West Virginian, playing with the Lilly Brothers, helped popularize bluegrass music in Boston?
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