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Belgian immigrant Andre Van Damme created this Charleston institution.
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Curly Ray Cline played fiddle with this bluegrass band.
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Cozy Records, one of the most successful companies of its kind in West Virginia, was located in this town.
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In what city was country music star Hank Williams found dead on New Year's Day 1953?
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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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What's the nickname of the West Virginia University marching band?
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In 1966, this country singer had a hit with the recitation "History Repeats Itself."
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This fiddler from Elizabeth won the 1998 Vandalia Award.
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This musician co-created and served as host of the Mountain Stage radio program for 38 years.
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This Mingo Countian was the first West Virginian to be honored with a National Heritage Fellowship.
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