publication date: Thursday, June 25, 2015 (part of Summer 2015)

category: Music

clue: He's a West Virginia singer who shares his name with a Persian fabric pattern and belongs to Nashville's famous opry and had a hit about Old Alabama.

intended difficulty: easy

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, Joanna Woods, Mike Rothstein, Mike Eberhart, and Aaron Shurtleff


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