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Obituary: Keith “Deacon Johnson” Moore

May 1, 2007 by: Michael Patrick Welch

Keith Moore a.k.a. Deacon Johnson (so named for his being the son of renowned New Orleans musician Deacon John Moore), the self-proclaimed “New Orleans King of Ambient Noise” was killed last week in an Uptown shooting. This much is known, in the realm of what we call “facts,” to which conjecture, innuendo, and rumor are unfortunately yet inevitably attached. But the Keith Moore I knew was immune from, repulsed by...hell, maybe even magnetically opposite to anyth...

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