Dallas Moore

Detail: Dallas Moore is no newcomer to the area music scene. He's released three studio albums, a live CD and a concert DVD over the past decade and won more than a dozen awards both locally (CEAs and CAMMYs) and nationally (the Southern Music Hall of Fame's Horizon Award).

Moore's broad musical interests date back to his first guitar at age 16. Long before the Norwood native had mastered his craft, he and a friend were booking themselves into local bars as a guitar/drums duo.

"We did everything ass backward," says Moore with a laugh. "Most people learn their craft and get good. We learned three chords, plugged into an old acoustic amp and started booking gigs. We didn't know what a bass player was, let alone that we were supposed to have one. We got told real quick."

Moore's range has allowed him to open for Southern rockers like Lynyrd Skynyrd and The Allman Brothers, Country royalty like Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard and David Allan Coe and crossover hotshots like Montgomery Gentry and Shooter Jennings. It's Moore's relentless work ethic that keeps him playing -- locally, nationally, with the band or solo -- an average of 300 dates a year.