Seated behind his organ at Stax Records’ recording studio in Memphis in the Sixties, Booker T. Jones was a first-hand witness to musical history. As part of Booker T. and the MG’s, Stax’s house band, Jones played on soul landmarks by Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, Carla Thomas and especially Sam …
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Sam Moore, one half of beloved soul duo Sam and Dave, died Friday morning at his home in Coral Gables, Fla. at the age of 89. Moore’s wife and manager, Joyce Moore, confirmed the singer’s death to Rolling Stone. Moore had had unspecified surgery earlier in the week, Joyce tells …
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Following the death of Sam Moore, many of the artists inspired by the Sam and Dave singer turned to social media to pay tribute to the soul legend. “RIP Sam Moore. One of the last of the great Soul Men,” Steven Van Zandt wrote. “Him and Dave Prater were the …
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Bruce Springsteen paid tribute to Sam Moore — a musical influence, friend, and collaborator to the E Street rocker — following the death of the soul legend Friday at the age of 89. “Over on E Street, we are heartbroken to hear of the death of Sam Moore, one of …
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