Singer-songwriter Charles Ashley Moore is a lifelong music lover. A variety of musical family members sparked his earliest artistic ambitions. Although his favorite musical instrument is the drums, Moore began formal training on alto saxophone at the age of 12. By age 14 he’d taken up both guitar and bass. At 16 he began singing and crafting his own songs. Moore studied Jazz & Classical upright bass for two years in college before changing majors and graduating from the University of Georgia with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Religion. His musical tastes cover the entire spectrum of world music; however, as a native of Georgia, his greatest love is American and especially Southern music.

Moore’s repertoire includes both secular and Gospel music. Before embracing Christianity, Moore penned over 100 songs in the veins of Rock, Pop, Blues, R&B, Soul, Country, Folk and Bluegrass. He played multiple instruments, toured, and recorded in a number of successful bands on both coasts throughout the 1990s, the most popular of which was undoubtedly Athens Jam band Tibbetts Street, one of few local groups to draw near-capacity crowds to the famed Georgia Theatre. This multifaceted artist still enjoys secular music and continues to write secular tunes, but his major creative focus has shifted recently towards the composition of mostly Gospel hymns and Spirituals. His unique style of secular music falls loosely into the category of Adult Contemporary and more particularly Modern Folk, although he prefers the term Dirt Road Rock. His Spiritual music he has similarly christened Dirt Road Gospel.

The first full-length collection of Moore’s secular compositions is an eponymous CD released in 2007 on his own independent record label, CAMPER Co. Recorded rather hurriedly in a 24-hour marathon session at a one-hundred-year-old barbershop in Madison County, Georgia, the album has an urgent, spontaneous “live” feel. A Gospel recording is planned for the future. Moore’s Gospel music is biblically inspired, yet draws heavily on earlier Christian musical genres, particularly Southern Gospel and the Sacred Harp tradition of the Old South. Combining these elements with contemporary sounds such as Southern Rock, Blues, R&B, Soul, Country, Folk, and Bluegrass, Moore has fashioned a distinctive platform for delivering Gospel truths. He believes that genuine Christian music should declare the Sovereignty of God, the Excellencies of Jesus Christ, and the total depravity of the natural man. The Dirt Road Gospel music of Charles Ashley Moore is intended to be a blessing for Christ’s sheep, both lost and found; thus, recordings and performances are given freely. Moore’s secular music, contrastingly, is sold to support his art and family.