Who He Is: A small-town guy making good. Reared in Poyden, Ark., he moved to Nashville three months after graduating from high school. "I grew up with a population of, like, 300: one school, a little store and no stoplights," says Moore, 23. "Country music
explains that way of life, which is why I love it." Download: "I Could Kick Your Ass," a song about teaching a cocky guy a lesson. His Inspiration: "My producer started writing this song as a joke, but I
said, 'We've got to finish it,' " he says. "Let's be honest: It's one of
those things everybody in the bar on Saturday night can sing along to."