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Before James launched into song he spoke on how he and Eddie got to know one another. It was not smooth at first...
“So I got to hang out with Eddie the last probably three years of his life. I saw the cleaned-up version of Eddie. I remember meeting him at a Raiders game, and he had to go out there and sing the National Anthem. I met him before he went out there, and he kinda blew me off. I thought, ‘Who is this pompous ass?’ And if you spot it, you’ve got it, is what I’m saying. So it was like two big dogs going in a circle around each other, which was kind of funny. I saw through it. I saw through that ego, and he saw through mine, and we got to be friends, ’cause I think our egos matched the size or our insecurities.”