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What country music star began his career in the C-Notes band?
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Belgian immigrant Andre Van Damme created this Charleston institution.
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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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This Webster County musician won the fiddle contest at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.
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This group had hits with "Build Your Treasures in Heaven" and "Moonlight on West Virginia."
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"Salt Pork, West Virginia" tells the story of musician Louis Jordan's arrest in this city.
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Kenova's Michael W. Smith is one of the best-selling artists in this type of music.
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Giving its first concert in 1929, this is the longest-running orchestra in West Virginia.
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This Huntington musician was one of the stars of the Harlem Renaissance, performing with the likes of Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Paul Robeson, and Marian Anderson.
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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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