The
contributions of music legend Sam Moore are unmistakable; with his stand-out
lead vocals in the GRAMMY winning soul duo “Sam & Dave,” and his critically
acclaimed solo career that has lasted over 30 years, Sam has had a successful
60-year career in music. He has received many accolades and has been inducted
into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, The Georgia Music Hall of Fame, The
Memphis Music Museum Hall of Fame, the Florida Music Hall of Fame, and The
Grammy Hall of Fame. He was presented with a British MOBO Lifetime Achievement
Award and is one of a few artists who has performed for The Queen of England
and all five of the living American Presidents of the United States of America
more than once. Sam has collaborated with such icons over his illustrious
career including Eric Clapton, Aretha Franklin, Billy Gibbons, Vince Gill, Jon
Bon Jovi, Wynonna Judd, Reba, Pink Floyd, Billy Preston, Kid Rock, Bruce
Springsteen, Sting, Justin Timberlake, Travis Tritt, Conway Twitty and Jackie
Wilson, among many others.
"I
never thought I'd be able to come home to Miami and be celebrated, but it's
happening,” said Moore. “Most people think I was from Memphis but I grew up in
Overtown. I got my break at The King of Hearts in Liberty City when Steve
Alaimo insisted he wanted to record my partner-at-the-time Dave Prater and
myself. That break is what started it all. Now I'm back and I'm so excited I
can't stand myself. I'm so blessed with friends and my God-given talent, my
good health and my wife who wouldn't ever let me quit.”
Close to his
heart is the Soul, Arts & Music Foundation (The SAM), a not-for-profit
organization founded with Sam’s vision of engaging, educating and inspiring the
new generations to participate in the performing arts. Alongside this mission,
the organization celebrates, recovers and secures rights for legacy American
recording artists to payments and copyright protections, as well as preserving
the histories and legacies of Sam’s peers through education curriculum,
community engagement, and historic and memorial sites.
The SAM has
recently formed a partnership with Florida International University (FIU),
providing learning opportunities for students and communities, particularly
at-risk and disadvantaged youth. This program will help students learn about
some of the most impressive, important and influential genres and styles of
American contemporary music and the artists whose souls are embodied within
them.
“I get to
work with FIU to build the curriculums and leave not only my legacy but those
of so many of my dearly missed departed peers to teach and inspire future
generations while I continue to assert my voice as loud as I can and get my
peers the rights and payments they've deserved all these long, long years. I
can't think of anything better I could do before I’m called to my final
home," said Moore.
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