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Speaker 1: Adam in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Hello, Hello Rush, Thank you

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Speaker 1: so much for taking my call. Marry Christmas, and sir,

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Speaker 1: you are definitely family to me. No, it's not open

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Speaker 1: lines Friday, but I need to tell you what I

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Speaker 1: mean by family. UM. Grow up, lifelong listener thanks to

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Speaker 1: my father Jeffrey and my grandfather Monroe. UM, we've always

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Speaker 1: listened to you, and my grandfather was fortunate enough to

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Speaker 1: go see you live in your studio. Yeah. He passed

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Speaker 1: away when I was in high school, and when I

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Speaker 1: think of him, I can picture him clearly. I picture

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Speaker 1: him in your studio looking up at the monitors like

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Speaker 1: he's not supposed to lick in his lips. Three years ago,

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Speaker 1: I was driving with my wife after a particularly rough year,

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Speaker 1: turned on the radio and you were there. Started to

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Speaker 1: tear up, and my wife said, what's going on? I said,

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Speaker 1: because when I listen to Rush, when I listen to you,

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Speaker 1: I remember my grandfather and I remember my father who

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Speaker 1: lives in South Carolina. And every time I hear you

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Speaker 1: were all three together. Your voice, sir, transcends time and space.

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Speaker 1: Whether you're listening in heaven, are you're listening on this earth.

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Speaker 1: We all. Thank you. That is heart stopping, that's that's

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Speaker 1: that's incredible. And you know I I happen to know

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Speaker 1: what you mean, which is why it's so meaningful. I've

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Speaker 1: had I've had similar um things happened. Just a short

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Speaker 1: example here. I remember. One of the reasons I like

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Speaker 1: Mannheim steam Roller is I was in an airplane around

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Speaker 1: Christmas time and I was I was flying out to California.

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Speaker 1: I had a rush Jacksons tour stopped, had to do.

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Speaker 1: My father had recently passed away. I was thinking about him,

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Speaker 1: and I'm looking out the window. I've got a window

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Speaker 1: sea and it's a crystal clear night with with the

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Speaker 1: moon just as as visible as it can be, and

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Speaker 1: Mannheim steam Rollers on my my tape deck. That's what

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Speaker 1: we used back then to listen to music. There were

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Speaker 1: no such thing as I pods or things that and

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Speaker 1: so I've had this. I've had marvelous rememberings remembrances of

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Speaker 1: of my dad while I'm listening to Mannheim steam Roller.

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Speaker 1: And it made me every time I heard Mannheim steam

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Speaker 1: Roler's what made me think of my dad. It was

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Speaker 1: we all have these connections. I am so honored and

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Speaker 1: flattered to be yours that I'm on what to say,

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Speaker 1: I just have this profound appreciation. I'm glad you got through,

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Speaker 1: and I really really do appreciate very much all of

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Speaker 1: that