‘Certainly one of The usa’s Biggest Soul Voices’

Bruce Springsteen paid tribute to Sam Moore — a musical affect, pal, and collaborator to the E Boulevard rocker — following the loss of life of the soul legend Friday on the age of 89.

“Over on E Boulevard, we’re heartbroken to listen to of the loss of life of Sam Moore, certainly one of The usa’s largest soul voices,” Springsteen wrote on social media Saturday. “There merely isn’t some other sound like Sam’s soulful tenor in American tune.”

Moore, who as soon as referred to as Springsteen “certainly one of my highest pals,” carried out with him each onstage and within the recording studio: Moore sang backup on 3 Human Contact tracks, with Springsteen returning the want on Moore’s “Higher to Have and Now not Want.” 

Springsteen and Moore additionally percentage the degree in combination on a handful of events, maximum particularly on the Rock and Roll Corridor of Status’s twenty fifth anniversary live performance in New York in October 2009, the place they carried out “Soul Guy” and “Cling On, I’m Comin’” with the E Boulevard Band.

“Having had the consideration to paintings with Sam on a number of events, he was once a candy and humorous guy,” Springsteen wrote Saturday. “He was once full of shops of the halcyon days of soul tune, and to the tip had the threshold of deep authenticity in his voice I may best marvel at.”

Springsteen — who stated in a 2022 interview that “Sam and Dave have been gigantic in my musical building” and referred to as Moore “our best dwelling soul singer” — added in his tribute, “We provide our prayers to his spouse Joyce and thank you for the immortal recordings Sam left us. God bless.”

Following information of Moore’s loss of life, Springsteen’s E Boulevard band mate Steven Van Zandt wrote on social media, “RIP Sam Moore. Some of the closing of the good Soul Males. Him and Dave Prater have been the foundation for me and Johnny to start out Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes. A very powerful righteous glorious guy.”