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musician, singer, actor, and bandleader. John Moore was given the name "Deacon" by one of his band members. He did not like the name at first. He thought everyone would assume he was a gospel singer and never get gigs. However, based upon his early reputation, and at the urging of a music
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attracted an enthusiastic following, sometimes upstaging visiting national acts Moore was hired to open for. 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.
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