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Never Grow Old (EAST MEETS WEST)

A song George Pegram taught me to love Lew Dite -vocal/guitar with Lei Qiang - erhu Lei Qiang was born in Shaanxi province in People's Republic of China and studied at the Xian Conservatory of Music. Between 1982 - 1993 Lei Qiang performed with the...

from YouTube on Thu, Nov 15 2007

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