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What Putnam County traditional musician was known as the "Banjo Man from Turkey Creek?"
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This Charleston native received the 1968 Pulitzer Prize for Music.
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Which TV show did this Moundsville native NOT write the theme song for?
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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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Bluefield's Maceo Pinkard co-wrote this classic song.
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What famous country music star was born in Bolt (Raleigh County)?
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This fiddler from Elizabeth won the 1998 Vandalia Award.
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This Mingo Countian was the first West Virginian to be honored with a National Heritage Fellowship.
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This old-time fiddler from Braxton County wrote the traditional tune "Elk River Blues."
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This Clarksburg native's "Simpson Creek" is considered one of the earliest environmentalist songs.
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