Title: Soul singer Sam Moore performing at inauguration event (Sam & Dave) Source:
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Sam Moore of the soul duo Sam and Dave has been added to the list of performers for President-elect Donald Trumps inaugural events.
The 81-year-old Moore will perform at the Make America Great Again! Welcome Celebration on Thursday. Others expected to play include country stars Lee Greenwood and Toby Keith.
Moore said he initially planned to attend the event at the Lincoln Memorial because he wanted to see Holliday sing, but when she backed out last week, he asked if he could sing in her place.
I am not going to let them, the left side, intimidate me from doing what I feel is the right thing to do for the country and that (presidential) seal, Moore said in a phone interview Tuesday.
Moore and his late musical partner Dave Prater were hit singers in the late 1960s with Isaac Hayes-penned hits like Hold On, Im Comin' and Soul Man, which earned them a Grammy award. Prater died in 1988, but Moore continues to perform and record as a solo artist.
Moore, who has performed for five other US presidents, said he doesnt know Trump personally and sometimes hes been surprised by opinions expressed by Trump.
Hes got a big mouth, like me, Moore said. Whether you agree with him or not, hes going to say whats on his mind.
But he said Trump deserves a chance to prove himself as the next president.
Give the man a shot, Moore said. He hasnt even said I do yet. Give him a chance. If you dont like him after four years, then dont vote for him next time.
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event at the Lincoln Memorial
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Sam & Dave were great. The band I was in in HS & college played many of their songs at clubs, sororities and fraternities. The crowds always loved them !
Yes, , we had a great time. We also played songs by Temptations, Young Rascals, Vanilla Fudge, Classic IV, Steppenwolf, Paul Revere, Zombies, Mitch Ryder & Detroit Wheels, Bobby Lewis, Kingsmen, Junior Walker, Wilson Picket, and many many others I can't remember.
We were a 4 piece group, Drums, Keyboards ( Hammond B-3 w/two Leslie Tone Cabinets ), bass & guitar. Had great vocal harmony ( I did not sing ) I just played drums.
We were an all white group. Many blacks were shocked that we played a lot of black music so well.
" Hammond B-3 w/two Leslie Tone Cabinets - It must have been fun hauling that around to gigs. "
Yeah, especially at one particular club we played often, it was upstairs, and we had to take it up a fire escape. It was a bitch, but we were all young, and just about always had a couple groupies go with us. We thought a lot of times for some gigs to use the keyboardists Vox. But, it just did not have the right sound.
Some smaller venues we would just use one Leslie. Not as good, but could get by.
We modeled ourselves a lot like Young Rascals, and so many of the songs had to have the Hammond sound.