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I visited Sam many times
to talk about Hawaiian music.

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I had never met anyone like him, and yet,
I recognized him right away.

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We recognized each other.
I felt I had met my spiritual father.

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And Sam felt that I had been sent
as the one to receive what he knew,

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and remembered.

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He once said, “Eddie, people tend to wait
for the right people to come along.

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You remind me of me
when I was a young man.”

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I felt blessed that he wanted
to share his music with me,

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so that I could one day
share it with others.