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>I only saw Sam Neely in concert one time. He performed >at the City Hall here in Portland Maine while >promoting his second album. Just a teenager, I had >been absolutely blown away by "Loving You Just Crossed >My Mind" and to this day and many many conerts later I >can still recall the show as one of my all time >favorite concerts. > >I have been playing and writing music ever since those >days. So many times over the years I would pick up my >guitar to practice for an upcming gig, or work on a >new song. But instead I would just start to drift off >and play some old song that I just LOVED to sing and >it would always just take me away from the job at >hand. "Loving You Just Crossed My Mind" is that song. >I have been singing that song consistently since 1973 >and I know I will never ever be tired of it. > >I played it just last night and it prompted me to >Google Sam Neely. It's a long way from South Texas to >Maine and I had not heard of Sam in a long time. > >I was very saddened to hear he had passed. I wish he >could have known that he had left such an impression >on a young high school kid up in Maine that I would >still be singing and blown away by his great music 30 >years later. > >Thank you and God Bless You Sam, may he hold you in >the palm of his hannd. > >Joe

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