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Belgian immigrant Andre Van Damme created this Charleston institution.
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South Charleston native Larry Combs is most associated with this instrument.
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West Virginia Music Hall of Fame composer and arranger Robert Drasnin was born in this city.
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WVU artist-in-residence Ellie Mannette is often considered the "father" of this instrument.
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This fiddler was named a 2020 National Endowment for the Arts Heritage Fellow, one of the highest national awards in the arts.
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Lincoln County's Elaine Purkey wrote this labor anthem.
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This Summers County songwriter recorded one of the earliest known songs about the Monongah Mine Disaster.
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At age 91, Randolph County's Woody Simmons won the over-60 banjo contest at what festival?
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What popular country music radio program aired for 10 years on Fairmont's WMMN?
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Which country singer from Bluefield had a hit with "Lovin' On Back Streets" in the 1970s?
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