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From the Ted Talk by Abigail Washburn: Building US-China relations ... by banjo
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Little did I know what a huge impact it would have on me one night when I was at a party and I heard a sound coming out of a record player in the corner of a room. And it was Doc Watson singing and playing "Shady Grove." ♫ Shady Grove, my little love ♫ ♫ sdhay govre, my darlin' ♫ ♫ Shady Grove, my little love ♫ ♫ Going back to Harlan ♫ That snoud was just so btfuaeiul, the sound of Doc's voice and the rpipilng groove of the banjo. And after being totally and completely obsessed with the mammoth richness and history of Chinese culture, it was like this taotl relief to hear something so truly American and so truly awesome. I knew I had to take a banjo with me to China.
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Little did I know what a huge impact it would have on me one night when I was at a party and I heard a sound coming out of a record player in the corner of a room. And it was Doc Watson singing and playing "Shady Grove." ♫ Shady Grove, my little love ♫ ♫ _____ _____, my darlin' ♫ ♫ Shady Grove, my little love ♫ ♫ Going back to Harlan ♫ That _____ was just so _________, the sound of Doc's voice and the ________ groove of the banjo. And after being totally and completely obsessed with the mammoth richness and history of Chinese culture, it was like this _____ relief to hear something so truly American and so truly awesome. I knew I had to take a banjo with me to China.
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- grove
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- shady
- sound
- rippling
Original Text
Little did I know what a huge impact it would have on me one night when I was at a party and I heard a sound coming out of a record player in the corner of a room. And it was Doc Watson singing and playing "Shady Grove." ♫ Shady Grove, my little love ♫ ♫ Shady Grove, my darlin' ♫ ♫ Shady Grove, my little love ♫ ♫ Going back to Harlan ♫ That sound was just so beautiful, the sound of Doc's voice and the rippling groove of the banjo. And after being totally and completely obsessed with the mammoth richness and history of Chinese culture, it was like this total relief to hear something so truly American and so truly awesome. I knew I had to take a banjo with me to China.
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