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This Clay County traditional musician made his own banjos using torque converter rings from 1956 Buick transmissions.
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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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Clarksburg native Phyllis Curtin is best remembered for what style of music?
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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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This musician won the banjo contest at the West Virginia State Folk Festival at age 67 in 1975.
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Which one of the following songs was NOT a hit for Raleigh County native Bill Withers?
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Logan County native Jim Foglesong was known primarily as a producer of what type of music?
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What Fayette County native is best known for his country and gospel duets with Eleanora Niera (maiden name)?
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What was Brad Paisley'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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