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West Virginia Hall of Fame member Butch Miles was a master of what instrument?
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This group had hits with "Build Your Treasures in Heaven" and "Moonlight on West Virginia."
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What college did jazz performer and composer Don Redman attend?
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Keyser native Jack Rollins did NOT co-write which of these songs?
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This banjo player was the subject of a documentary made by international recording artist Taj Majal.
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Logan County native Jim Foglesong was known primarily as a producer of what type of music?
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Who had a hit with the 1947 country song "Beyond the Sunset?"
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What West Virginian, playing with the Lilly Brothers, helped popularize bluegrass music in Boston?
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What Wheeling native has won Grammy Awards for best folk (2006) and bluegrass (2014) albums?
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This Clarksburg native's "Simpson Creek" is considered one of the earliest environmentalist songs.
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