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singing to wounded students in Korea; reaching remote villages by bamboo rafts in northern
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He spoke for those who could not speak for themselves ... His was the voice of the underdog, the conscience of youth, the power of conviction. And his was the voice that made me go out and buy a banjo and a Seeger instruction record. I practiced eight hours a day and it wasn't long before I was good
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Mr. Crofut and his companion, Mr. Addiss, have rightly been called the "troubadours of goodwill." This is the story of
African schoolchildren who came for miles to share a performance with them at the top of a hill in Kenya; of the playing to a chorus of artillery fire before Vietnamese villagers;
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at the White House, where they were awarded a citation for their work in the cultural exchange program. The pair also met with United
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in the 1980s. In addition, Crofut made several recordings with
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