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South Charleston native Larry Combs is most associated with this instrument.
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"Walk the Way the Wind Blows" was the first major hit for this native West Virginian.
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These brothers' Clay County festival became a pattern for the Vandalia Gathering and other old-time music festivals.
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This person was NOT an inaugural inductee into the West Virginia Hall of Fame in 2007.
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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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Nat Reese was known for his unique stylings of what kind of music?
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Keyser native Jack Rollins did NOT co-write which of these songs?
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Which one of the following songs was NOT a hit for Raleigh County native Bill Withers?
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This duo began performing country music on radio when they were teenagers and later were regular on a Charleston TV show.
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This old-time fiddler from Braxton County wrote the traditional tune "Elk River Blues."
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