{"id":3494,"date":"1988-03-29T11:00:58","date_gmt":"1988-03-29T19:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=3494"},"modified":"2026-02-08T07:55:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T15:55:59","slug":"meeting-across-the-river-bruce-springsteen-and-sam-moore-soul-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/1988\/03\/29\/meeting-across-the-river-bruce-springsteen-and-sam-moore-soul-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Soul Man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Soul Man&#8221; made it\u00a0<em>almost<\/em> all the way to Number One when it was first recorded and released in 1967 on the Stax label by Sam Moore and Dave Prater. It actually peaked at #2, but Sam &amp; Dave won the Grammy Award for Best R&amp;B Group Performance and has become one of the all-time classic rock&#8217;n&#8217;soul hits.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S_OX2HwWy-o?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Bruce has often cited Sam Moore as a major influence, and it&#8217;s easy to see why. Check out this contemporaneous concert clip and watch Sam&#8217;s commanding performance. No surprise that Bruce would seek out Sam&#8217;s shows whenever he came through town.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6ffxJUDVNGM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Bruce and Sam finally got a chance to perform live together on the Reunion Tour and at Bruce&#8217;s holiday benefit shows in 2003 (Sam had already appeared on the <em>Human Touch\u00a0<\/em>album), but it was their performance at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame&#8217;s 25th Anniversary Concert, backed by the E Street Band, that got wide notice, and for good reason. Enjoy Sam Moore working his magic with Bruce, more than 40 years after the amazing performance above.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zK42PMBcESo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p><strong>Soul Man<br \/>\nFirst performed:<\/strong> October 15, 1999 (Phoenix, AZ)<br \/>\n<strong>Last performed:<\/strong> April 22, 2017 (Marlboro, NJ)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 July 25, 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two master bandleaders sharing the stage together: Bruce and Sam Moore team up to cover a Stax classic at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary Concert.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":66344,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3609,5],"tags":[1401,1402,1400],"class_list":["post-3494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-little-help","category-meeting-across-the-river","tag-sam-and-dave","tag-sam-moore","tag-soul-man"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/admin-ajax-8.jpg?fit=994%2C1000&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9w3Lk-Um","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":27451,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/1988\/09\/28\/matr-bruce-springsteen-and-sam-moore-when-something-is-wrong-with-my-baby\/","url_meta":{"origin":3494,"position":0},"title":"When Something Is Wrong With My Baby","author":"Ken","date":"September 28, 1988","format":false,"excerpt":"When Bruce finally got the chance to perform with one of his idols, the both brought their full power to bear on this 1966 soul classic.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Cover Me&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Cover Me","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/category\/cover-me\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/somethingwrong.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/somethingwrong.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/somethingwrong.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/somethingwrong.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/somethingwrong.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8767,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/1988\/01\/04\/matr-bruce-springsteen-and-sam-moore-hold-on-im-comin\/","url_meta":{"origin":3494,"position":1},"title":"Hold On, I&#8217;m Comin&#8217;","author":"Ken","date":"January 4, 1988","format":false,"excerpt":"Magic happens when two legendary front men share the stage. 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