Doyle Moats was born August 30th, 1959 in Moyers, WV. He was
raised by his mother Ruby and his grandparents Cameron and
Gladys Moats. On June 5th, 1982 Doyle married Judy Pratt they
had two sons, Doyle Jr or "Jr" and Wesley or
"Wes". Jr started playing the guitar at the age of 3
and soon began playing well enough to perform with a local
group of musicians his dad played with, as lead singer and
rhythm guitar player. Wes was around 7 when he decided he was
going to join them. Wes started out playing the Bass and soon
realized how much he enjoyed it. It didn't take the Moats
family long to figure out God had blessed them with a lot of
musical talent. Jr and Wes began playing many other
instruments besides the guitar totally by ear never once
taking a music lesson. In 1999 the Moats family moved from
Franklin, WV to Harrisonburg, VA. Jr met a young man by the
name of James Kilgore;
Jr started showing James a few chords on the
guitar. James learned very quickly. Between picking up chords
from Jr and his father-in-law “Jimmy”, James became a very
good rhythm guitar player.
The Moats family began attending Word Ministries church and
Jr. soon started playing lead guitar for the worship team. One
Sunday the missionary pastor, Lucas Cook, was telling of how
he was planning a trip to Africa and had put together a gospel
concert as a fund raiser, but one of the groups was thinking
of canceling and he did not know where he would get a
replacement group. After service Jr. told pastor Cook how
Doyle Sr, Wes and himself, played music and would be willing
to help out. Pastor Cook took his number and 2 days later
called and asked if Doyle would do the program. Jr. called on
his friend James Kilgore and the program was a huge success.
So on January 7, 2006 The Doyle Moats family realized God’s
call on their lives was to play gospel music.
One weekend in March, while doing a Tsamani Relief fund raiser
with another group, Doyle was approached by a gentleman that
had an interest in helping the Moats Family, record their
first CD. This gentleman was Mr. Mark Payne who now has
recorded the CD for the Doyle Moats Family and also plays
steel guitar on the CD.
The Moats family's whole life has changed.” We have learned
that when you let God be the head of you life everything else
comes together.” We all agree that: “the greatest words we
can hear are when people tell us –how God touches their
lives as they listened to us sing.” That is what it is all
about, helping to win as many souls to Christ as we can in the
time we have left on earth. Please keep us in your prayers.
CONTACT
/ BOOKING INFORMATION:
Judy
Moats
3017 Linville-Edom Rd.
Linville, VA 22834
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Moats Family Directly
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