Deacon John Moore
{{Short description|American musician}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2015}}
{{BLP sources|date=October 2008}}
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| name = Deacon John Moore
| image = Deacon John Moore.jpg
| caption = Moore at the Richmond Folk Festival 2015
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| birth_name = John Moore
| alias =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1941|6|23|mf=y}}
| death_date =
| origin = New Orleans, Louisiana
| instrument = Vocals, guitar, tambourine
| genre = Blues, Rhythm and Blues
| occupation = Musician, bandleader, actor
| years_active = 1950s –
| label = Minit Records, RedBone Records, Vetter Communications
| associated_acts =
| website = [http://www.deaconjohnsjumpblues.com/ Deacon John's Jump Blues]
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| past_members =
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John "Deacon John" Moore (born June 23, 1941) is a blues, rhythm and blues and rock and roll musician, singer, actor, and bandleader. Moore was given the name "Deacon" by one of his band members.
Biography
Moore grew up in New Orleans' 8th Ward. He plays guitar and is the brother of the Creole scholar Sybil Kein. He is a cradle Catholic.{{Cite web |last=Bordelon |first=Christine |title=Faith as deep as the rivers Deacon John has crossed |url=https://clarionherald.org/news/faith-as-deep-as-the-rivers-deacon-john-has-crossed |website=Clarion Herald}}
He was active on the New Orleans R&B scene since his teens, and became a session man on many hit recordings of the late 1950s and the 1960s, including those by Allen Toussaint, Irma Thomas, Lee Dorsey, Ernie K-Doe, and others.{{cite web |title=Louisiana Music Hall of Fame - DEACON JOHN (MOORE) - 2008 |url=http://louisianamusichalloffame.org/content/view/60/80 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511212319/http://louisianamusichalloffame.org/content/view/60/80/ |archive-date=May 11, 2019 |accessdate=June 8, 2019 |website=Louisianamusichalloffame.org}}
His band The Ivories at New Orleans' Dew Drop Inn attracted an enthusiastic following, sometimes upstaging visiting national acts Moore was hired to open for.{{Citation needed|date=May 2008}} While highly regarded locally and by his fellow musicians, lack of hit records under his own name kept him from the national fame achieved by a number of his peers.
In 2000 Moore was inducted into the Louisiana Blues Hall of Fame.
He is featured in the documentary segment Going Back to New Orleans: The Deacon John Film and the concert CD, Deacon John's Jump Blues (2003).
{{As of|2024}} he remains a local favorite on the New Orleans music scene. On July 25, 2006 Moore became president of the local branch of the American Federation of Musicians.
On April 10, 2007, Moore's son Keith was shot and killed at the age of 42, in New Orleans. Keith was locally famous in New Orleans as ambient noise artist, Jambox Pyramid, and member of the punk band Manchild. In addition, Keith co-founded the experimental music event Noizefest in 2005 with local producer Sir Stephen, as an alternative, modern addition to the Jazzfest festivities.
In January 2008, Deacon John was selected to close the Inauguration of Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal by performing "God Bless America" with the 156th Army Band and a Navy fly-over of jets, and later headline the Governor's Inaugural Ball.
In 2008, in ceremonies and performance at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, Deacon John was inducted into The Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.
=Acting career=
Moore had his first taste of acting 1987 by appearing in the horror film Angel Heart. Moore did not appear on the big screen again until 2013 when he had a cameo in another horror film,
The Last Exorcism Part II. Moore also guest starred in a few episodes of Treme during 2010.
Discography
- 1990 Singer of Song (Singer of Song)
- 1999 Live at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 1994 (RedBone)
- 2003 Deacon John's Jump Blues (Vetter) CD & DVD
Filmography
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | The Last Exorcism Part II | Old Bluesman | |
| 2010 | Treme | Danny Nelson | 3 episodes |
| 1987 | Angel Heart | Toots Sweet Band – Lead Guitar |
References
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External links
{{commons|Deacon John Moore}}
- [http://www.deaconjohnsjumpblues.com/ Deacon John's Jump Blues]
- [https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/deacon-john-moore NAMM Oral History Interview with Deacon John Moore] March 19, 2015
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Category:American rock guitarists
Category:American rock musicians
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Category:American blues guitarists
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Category:American blues singers
Category:Rhythm and blues musicians from New Orleans
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Category:Singers from Louisiana
Category:Guitarists from Louisiana
Category:20th-century American guitarists
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