On October 12th 1935 a star was born and on January 10th 2025 Sam Moore graduated to the big concert in the sky! Flare Media Group was contacted to cover the outdoor memorial service with video and of course we would do this at whatever the cost, rain or shine down in Miami. It did rain but rain is considered a good thing at memorial services and meeting Sam’s family and learning about his life and all the lives he touched was an incredible experience that we will never forget.

Family, friends and peers of Miami music legend Sam Moore paid tribute and said “I Thank You” as the star was honored with laughter, tears and a choir at a memorial service and interment on a drizzly Friday afternoon. Among the guests at Lakeside Memorial Park and Funeral Home in Doral honoring the Sam & Dave star who died at 89 on Jan. 10: Gloria and Emilio Estefan and their son and daughter Nayib and Emily; Larry Little, a player on the Miami Dolphins’ perfect season team in 1972; singer-songwriter Michael Bolton; and actress Khalilah Ali…