Sam Moore | The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan

The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan

Billy Corgan

Music, Arts, Performing Arts

4.6 • 731 Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2025

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

In what may be one of his final interviews, soul legend Sam Moore (of Sam & Dave) sits down with Billy Corgan for a candid, career-spanning conversation—covering church-born vocals, the Stax vs. Motown divide, and why real bands beat backing tracks. He revisits the accidental origins of Sam & Dave, the studio alchemy with Isaac Hayes and David Porter, and sessions behind “Hold On, I’m Comin’” and the iconic “Play it, Steve!” on “Soul Man.” Moore speaks frankly about industry politics, DJ gatekeeping, tours with Otis Redding, the M.G.’s (Duck Dunn, Al Jackson, Steve Cropper) and his long road from addiction to sobriety. Subscribe to the Magnificent Others YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@BillyCorganTMO?sub_confirmation=1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	And then came, you don't know like I know.
0:04.5	Great song.
0:05.5	Well, it didn't hurt nothing.
0:07.5	Now, Isaac had a monopoly on Sam Moore.
0:13.0	I really liked the stuff coming out of United Artists.
0:19.0	I like those songs.
0:20.0	Did they promote it? No.
0:22.1	Because you know why?
0:23.7	I was a junkie.
0:24.9	I didn't like that
0:26.6	because it burned
0:28.0	first time. I could make
0:30.6	love and all that stuff.
0:32.1	Whoa. Why?
0:34.1	And that was the beginning.
0:39.5	Let's start here because I haven't seen the new Stax documentary.
0:44.4	I heard you did see it.
0:45.8	You did see it?
0:47.6	I did.
0:48.3	How do you feel about it?
0:49.4	Because I heard you weren't totally happy with it.
0:51.9	Billy, the first two nights were I could accept, and I did accept.
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