Mozely Rose have the look and image down. When they stroll onstage they exude a Southern “Outlaw Rock” swagger – from the tips of the boots to the top of their dirty trucker hats, you get the feeling that this is who they are, not who they pretend to be.  They take shots from a flask on stage and deliver huge crunchy straight-ahead rock songs full of big, bent vibrating solos that ring with a down and dirty Southern authenticity.  They are like Lynyrd Skynyrd before they crawled out of a Florida swamp.
Coming together six years ago in Richmond, VA, the four members of Mozely Rose - Alan Crist (guitar), Matt Nichols (guitar), Seth Penick (drums), and Neal Townsend (bass) - found their start backing an unknown country singer, but they left him a short while later when they realized they were the main draw
They struck out on their own, and found immediate success signing with an independent label Acclaim, and released their debut album Low Down and Dirty, ten songs that bleed ‘70s inspired southern rock.
Their time on Acclaim proved to be an ill-fit though, and again they moved onto do things their own way.  Their outlaw image was further cemented when they fired their manager and label while on the road in Colorado for, “not knowing what they hell they were doing.”
Since then they have taken matters into their own hands and found greater success.  They have increased their touring schedule, playing both more shows and finding a chance to open for such bands as Steel Train, Lee Roy Parnell and The Bridge.  They have also begun work on their follow up album.
Guitarist Alan Crist describes the work in progress, “It will truly capture what Mozely Rose does best.  It will have more funk and blues on it, but will still hold onto that in-your-face country rock.”