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This Mercer County native wrote the song "West Virginia, My Home."
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The only 52 known recordings by fiddler Edden Hammons were made here.
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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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West Virginia Hall of Fame member Butch Miles was a master of what instrument?
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What college did jazz performer and composer Don Redman attend?
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St. Albans native Tommy Thompson was a founding member of this band.
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Which one of the following songs was NOT a hit for Raleigh County native Bill Withers?
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She was the first solo female country artist to have a number one hit for eight weeks straight, a record not broken for 50 years.
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What was Kathy Mattea's first number one hit?
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This Mercer County native was the first bluegrass musician to appear on the cover of Smithsonian Magazine.
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