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This is a breath of fresh air with Sandy Kay.
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It’s a beautiful day.
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Hi again, I’m loving having your company.
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Thanks so much for giving me your ear.
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It’s a happy 79th birthday this week to Graham Nash,
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who first found fame with the English pop rock group, The Hollies,
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before Dave Crosby convinced him to move to the US
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to join what was to become the super group, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young.
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Graham is a published photographer
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who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,
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both as a member of Crosby, Stills and Nash in 1997
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and as a member of The Hollies in 2010.
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He performs solo these days
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and was actually here at Byron Blues Fest a couple of years ago.
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Here’s one of my favourite songs of his, written by Neil Young.
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Ten soldiers and Nixon’s coming
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We’re finally on our own
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This summer I hear the drumming
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Fort dead in Ohio
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Gotta get down to it
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Soldiers are putting us down
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Should have been done long ago
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What did you do her hand
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Found her dead on the ground
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How can you run when you know
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La la la la la la la la
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La la la la la la la la
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La la la la la la la la
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La la la la la la la la
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Gotta get down to it
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Soldiers are putting us down
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Should have been done long ago
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What did you do her hand
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Found her dead on the ground
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How can you run when you know
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Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young with Ohio
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and speaking of iconic tunes, take a listen to this one.
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For you
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There’ll be no crying
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For you
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The sun will be shining
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Cause I feel that when I’m with you
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It’s alright
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I know it’s alright
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And the songbirds keep singing like they
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Know the score
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And I love you, I love you, I love you
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Like never before
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The song is Songbird and that unique sweet voice belongs to Eva Cassidy,
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who sadly only really became famous after she died.
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Eva would have been 59 this week had we not lost her in 1996 to melanoma
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at the tender age of 33.
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At the time, Eva was virtually unknown outside of her hometown,
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but her music took off in the UK after Songbird started getting airplay on radio
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almost three years after it was released.
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After that, three of her albums reached number one in several countries,
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selling in excess of 10 million copies.
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Ain’t no sunshine when he’s gone
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It’s not warm when he’s away
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Ain’t no sunshine when he’s gone
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And he’s always gone too long
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Anytime he goes away
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I wonder this time where he’s gone
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Wonder how long he’s gonna stay
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Ain’t no sunshine when he’s gone
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And this house just ain’t no home
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Anytime he goes away
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The late Eva Cassidy with Ain’t No Sunshine.
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Now as you probably know, I like to mix it up a bit,
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so let’s do that right now and head to the unmistakable sound of The Animals,
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for whom John Steele played drums and is the only original member
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who still plays with the band.
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John is turning 80 this week.
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The Animals got together at high school in England
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and were known for their gritty, bluesy sound
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and deep-voiced frontman Eric Burden.
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I know you know their signature song.
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There is a house in New Orleans
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They call the rising sun
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And it’s been the ruin of many a war
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And God, I know I won
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My brother was a tailor
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He sold my new blue jeans
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My brother was a gambling man
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Down the street he sold my new blue jeans
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My brother was a gambling man
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Down in New Orleans
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Now the only thing a gambler needs
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Is a suitcase and a truck
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And the only time he’s satisfied
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Is when he’s on a drum
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I asked John Steele to tell me about the music.
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A large percentage of our audience are young people
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who weren’t even born when we did all those great songs back then.
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But the repertoire we built up then of those songs
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they seem to stand up so well with every generation
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because they can kind of identify with them.
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They’re not trivial pop songs.
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They’re sort of grown-up songs about life and tough breaks
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and a little bit of dark edge.
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I think that’s something to do with it.
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We’ve got audiences where they’re singing along,
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young kids in their teens even.
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We’ve got to get out of this place.
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It’s an anthem.
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It’s my life, things like that.
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You certainly had some really big anthem songs, didn’t you?
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Were they an expression of what was going on
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for the guys in the band at the time?
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They just resonated with us.
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We chose songs that felt right for us.
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We never did anything.
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Nobody forced us to do anything that we didn’t want to do,
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if you know what I mean.
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Do you ever get sick of playing those songs over and over?
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I’ve got to be honest, no.
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They’re such good songs.
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They stand up so well.
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You don’t have to do them exactly the same.
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Which is your favorite song?
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You’ve got to say House and Rising Sun
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because that was a life changer.
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That’s what made the animals suddenly number one globally.
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It’s really important, that song.
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I love playing it.
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I love playing We’ve Got to Get Out of This Place.
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I love playing Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood.
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I love playing It’s My Life, Bring It On Home.
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I love all those songs.
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I read somewhere that you don’t even need to go to the gym
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to fit that drumming workout you get when you’re on stage.
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It is in fact a big workout.
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Absolutely, yeah.
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I’ve heard it’s heard it’s the equivalent of a complete workout.
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Especially as a drummer, you’re using every joint, every limb,
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90 minutes of that and you know you’re being busy.
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John Steele, thank you so much for your time on the phone with me.
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Thanks a lot, Sandy. Great talking to you again.
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Thank you.
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Our hearts are ringing in the key that our souls are singing
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As we dance in the night, remember
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All the stars for the night
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Oh, hey, oh, hey, hey, hey
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Oh, Sandy, you remember
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Oh, dancing in September
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Never was a cloudy day
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My thoughts are with you
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Holding hands with your heart to see you
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Only blue time and love, remember
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How we knew love was here to stay
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Now December, bound to love and share
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September, only blue time and love, remember
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To love and share today
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Meet Al McKay, who’s turning 73 this week,
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playing guitar with Earth, Wind and Fire
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on that fabulous track, September.
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Born in New Orleans, Al was a member of the band
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from 1976 through to 1981.
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Today he leads his own group called the Al McKay All Stars
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and performs a show called the Earth, Wind and Fire Experience.
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The band are actually looking at bringing that show down under ASAP.
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How good will that be?
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Here’s another one of my favourites from EW&F.
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Let us grow
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Set in the shoes of stand up
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All right, all right
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Gonna tell you
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What you can do with my love
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All right
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Let you know, girl, you’re looking good
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You’re out of sight
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All right
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Just move your seat
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And you glide like a 747
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And you lose your seat
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In the sky among the clouds in your heaven calls
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Let us grow
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Fly up the views, it’s all right
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All right, all right
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Let us grow
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Set in the shoes of stand up
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All right, all right
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Let me tell you
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What you can do with my love
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All right
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Gotta let you know, girl, you’re looking good
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You’re out of sight
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All right
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Just tell the DJ
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To play your favourite tune
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Then you know it’s okay
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What you found is happening now
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Let us grow
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Fly up the views, it’s all right
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All right, all right
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Let us grow
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Set in the shoes of stand up
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Stand up
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All right, all right
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Earth, wind and fire with Let’s Groove
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And that’s all the time I’m sorry to say that we have for grooving this week.
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I’ll leave you with the words from motivational speaker, Emory Austin,
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who says some days there won’t be a song in your heart.
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Sing anyway.
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Good advice, I say.
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Thanks so much for your company again today.
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I really hope you’ve enjoyed the show.
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If you’d like to get in touch with me before we meet again,
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please do so using my Facebook page, Sandy K Presents.
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Have a great week everybody, won’t you?
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I’ll look forward to having your company again same time next week.
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See you then.