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What Putnam County traditional musician was known as the "Banjo Man from Turkey Creek?"
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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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Which TV show did this Moundsville native NOT write the theme song for?
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Old-time musician Dwight Diller spent years documenting and teaching others about this musical Pocahontas County family.
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Banjo player Sylvia O'Brien was the sister of this traditional musician.
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The West Virginia Symphony Orchestra is headquartered in this city.
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Giving its first concert in 1929, this is the longest-running orchestra in West Virginia.
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"The Wreck on the C&O" is a folk song about a deadly train wreck near which city?
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This Boone County crooner was known for offbeat songs such as "Chicken Walk."
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This native of Gary is known as the nation's dean of Black sacred music.
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