Background
Moore grew up in New Orleans" 8th Ward.
Moore grew up in New Orleans" 8th Ward.
He plays guitar and is the brother of the Creole scholar Sybil Kein. He was active on the New Orleans Rhythm & Blues 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 His band the Ivories at New Orleans" Dew Drop Inn attracted an enthusiastic following, sometimes upstaging visiting national acts Moore was hired to open foreign
In 2000 Moore was inducted into the Louisiana Blues Hall of Fame.
He is featured in the documentary film Going Back to New Orleans: The Deacon John Film and the concert Digital Video Disc, "Deacon John"s Jump Blues."
As of 2006 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. 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 Inuagural Balliol
In 2008, in ceremonies and performance in New Orleans at NOCCA, Deacon John was inducted into The Louisiana Music Hall of Fame. Acting career
Moore had his first taste of acting by appearing in the horror film Angel Heart in 1987. Moore did not appear on the big screen again until 2013 when he had a cameo in another horror film The Last Exorcism Participant World War II Moore also guest starred in a few episodes of Treme during 2010.
Keith was locally famous in New Orleans as ambient noise artist, Jambox Pyramid, and member of the punk band, Manchild.