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What country music star began his career in the C-Notes band?
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What Putnam County traditional musician was known as the "Banjo Man from Turkey Creek?"
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This singer and pianist earned the title "West Virginia's First Lady of Gospel Music."
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In 1935, this opera singer became the first West Virginian to perform at the Met in New York City.
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The blind musician Ed Haley was best known for playing what instrument?
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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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Keyser native Jack Rollins did NOT co-write which of these songs?
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This Braxton County fiddler was the first West Virginian to be named a National Endowment for the Arts Heritage Fellow.
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This Huntington musician was one of the stars of the Harlem Renaissance, performing with the likes of Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Paul Robeson, and Marian Anderson.
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