Album Notes

"Moot Davis is primed to be the leader in the new insurgent country music scene."
-Entertainment Today

"These songs are so cool, I can't even choose a favorite....This guy's got it."
-Kathy Coleman Takebackcountry.com/About.com

At a time when a lot of popular music is canned, sampled, and cold, Moot Davis plays music from the heart that connects the past with the future.

Moot makes music that defies categorization. Born in New Jersey to a family who haled from West Virginia, Moot was exposed to both current music from the streets of Trenton and the deep musical influences of his family's southern heritage. The combination produced a unique sound which can only be defined as "honky tonk" - "roots" tunes with a distinct edge and attitude.

Growing up in New Jersey, Moot was exposed to traditional country music during his summers visiting his grandparents in West Virginia . There he heard such classic artists as Johnny Cash and Hank Williams, a discovery that would influence his personal songwriting style.

After high school, Moot did stints as a laborer and pool builder while focusing his efforts on his musical career, eventually moving to New York City . Moot was soon heard by Fred Boenig who ran WDVR-FM, a local radio station out of Sergeantsville , NJ . There, Moot was featured on a live weekly hillbilly radio show called "Heartlands Hayride." Boenig also helped Moot record his first real demo.

In 2001 Moot moved to Nashville. It was there that he continued honing his own brand of contemporary roots music and started sending out demos. Eventually, one of his recordings landed in the lap of Little Dog Records. One listen and everyone at the label was hooked. Exactly one year after moving to Nashville , Moot found himself on a plane to Los Angeles to make a record with multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning producer Pete Anderson. The result is the self-titled CD, MootDavis. From the first notes of the upbeat "Thick Of It Now" to the haunting strains of "Last Train Home," Moot Davis is one of the most impressive debut recordings of the last few decades.