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Region's West Virginia Music Hall of Fame picks reflect state talent
West Virginia Culture Center honored 10 inductees in the inaugural class. Hazel Dickens from Montcalm and Blind Alfred Reed from Princeton led a diverse group alongside Bill Withers, Little Jimmy Dickens, Billy Edd Wheeler, George Crumb, and deceased honorees Chu Berry, Johnnie Johnson, Clark Kessenger, and Molly O Day. Lipton, leading the project since 2005, praised the breadth of WV musical achievement. The induction ceremony will be held in November.
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Charleston
West Virginia
West Virginia Music Hall of Fame
Hazel Dickens
Montcalm
Alfred Reed
Princeton
Bristol
West Virginia Cultural Center
Michael Lipton
Lipton
Bill Withers
Slab Fork
Raleigh County
Little Jimmy Dickens
Bolt
Billy Edd Wheeler
Boone County
Hits
Ing “Jackson
Coward
George Crumb
Leon “Chu” Berry
Wheeling
Fletcher Henderson
Count Basie
Cab Calloway
Johnnie Johnson
Fairmont
Chuck Berry
Clark
Kessenger
Kanawha County
Molly O’day
Huntington
Forty-niners
Hall of Fame
Tim O’brien
Kay Goodwin
Department of Education and the Arts
Randall Reid-Smith
John Lilly
Goldenseal
Carpenter Ants