Many English-speaking travellers who journey to North Carolina might struggle to understand the slow heavy Carolina drawl but a love of musicianship should see you bond with the people that you meet there.
That is the conclusion of Times Online writer Steven Bleach, who has just written an article about his experiences of travelling to a town called Drexel.
He soon found a barbershop where banjo, guitar and accordian players gather twice a week to play for free.
Perhaps the unique bluegrass sounds of the mountain music musicians is a result of the fact that a lot of them have body parts missing - "fingers, thumbs, the odd limb - mainly lopped off in the sawmills and furniture workshops that provided the jobs around here".
Bleacher couldn't help but thinking of the 1972 film Deliverance when experiencing sights and sounds of Drexel.
But he was careful not to mention the movie (it's most famous scene stars a mentally-challenged hillbilly youth engaging in a banjo duel) to the locals during his stay.
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