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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Well. Even though John

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Speaker 1: is seventy five years old, he remains a big fan

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Speaker 1: of modern music, and he uses his position as a

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Speaker 1: legended champion and collaborate with young artists. He believes in

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Speaker 1: his last album, Lockdown Session saw him work with superstars

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Speaker 1: like Young Thug and Dualipa and lesser known artists like

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Speaker 1: Years and Years and S. G. Lewis, and that desire

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Speaker 1: to mentor and celebrate young musicians comes from his own experience.

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Speaker 1: He tells Variety it stems from the support he received

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Speaker 1: from established stars of that air after his now legendary

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Speaker 1: breakout performance in l A nineteen seventies, saying, when I

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Speaker 1: first came to America, I played the Troubadour. Neil Diamond

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Speaker 1: introduced me on stage. Leon Russell was in the audience,

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Speaker 1: the band on that trip, and George Harrison sent me

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Speaker 1: a congratulatory telegram. It was so kind for all my

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Speaker 1: idols growing up to take the time to say well done.

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Speaker 1: I was so touched. It's been in my DNA ever

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Speaker 1: since to always ring up someone doing good work and

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Speaker 1: tell them about it's good for the soul. Elton John

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Speaker 1: Live Farewell from Dodger Stadium, Disney Plus, if you want

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Speaker 1: to see it, that's direct from Hollywood,