Red River Valley

And then also, I mean, they're not, they definitely are open to bluegrass and old time being played there.

And then there's a jam going on and it's, you know, it's lively and people are like, wow, I want to, Hear that some more I want to do that myself or maybe they'll invite somebody to come with them and then their friend plays accordion or so it's it's kind of like, you know, just Get involved come join in and sing the songs I mean there are some songs too that I think are worth noting like Red River Valley Oh Susanna some of these songs actually have a history here in Shanghai and in China They have Chinese lyrics And a lot of people know them, but they don't really know where they came from or they don't really think much about them necessarily as a song from another place.

So Red River Valley is really famous here and like everybody knows that melody and usually knows the lyrics too.

Speaking of lyrics, these bluegrass songs are being sung in English?

A lot of them are sung in English.

Ernie and Stan Real Life put out an album and it's really delightful.

Red River Valley is the song.

Yes.

Did you know this song before the show? I did

we

had.

The other thing I wanted to say about Red River Valley was I think that before this, the most famous application of this song in media was The Last Picture Show.

Which I haven't seen since I was a kid, so I probably should re-watch that movie.