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Belgian immigrant Andre Van Damme created this Charleston institution.
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In the 1930s and 1940s, this company's employees starred in their own national radio variety program.
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Banjo player Sylvia O'Brien was the sister of this traditional musician.
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Roane County's Squire Parsons Jr. wrote this contemporary gospel classic.
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Monroe County's Henry Reed was most closely associated with this instrument.
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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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What was Kathy Mattea's first number one hit?
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This fiddler from Elizabeth won the 1998 Vandalia Award.
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Which Lincoln County native cofounded the band MC-5?
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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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