CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — When it came down to telling the story of their home and exactly what it means to them, the Davisson Brothers Band took great pride in not only correcting any misunderstandings but painting a true and downright fun picture of everything from their humble mountain roots to their present rock and roll reality.

Their new album “Home Is Where The Heart Is” does just that, pulling 12 tracks straight from the Davisson Brothers’ world and wrapping them in their most authentic sound to date. Created like a declaration of musical independence — a national anthem for the Appalachian way of life — “Home Is Where The Heart Is” is the masterpiece the band has worked toward their whole career, and after working hard to earn the respect of their peers, it wasn’t done alone.

Produced by wildly popular songwriter and recording artist Brent Cobb and Nashville’s legendary recording studio character David “Ferg” Ferguson, “Home Is Where The Heart Is” finds Davisson Brothers Band — brothers Chris and Donnie Davisson on lead guitar and lead vocals, respectively, their nephew Gerrod Bee on bass and life-long family friend Aaron Regester on drums — joined in the studio by bluegrass and jam-band royalty to help round out their “mountain rock” sound.

Earlier this year, Taste of Country premiered the music video for “Mountain High,” the Davisson Brothers’ first single from “Home Is Where The Heart Is.” The video finds the Davissons, band, and extended family and friends at home in the mountains of West Virginia singing along with the songs fiddle-ridden refrain: “We get down on a mountain high / It’s where we’re from, it’s where we’ll die.”

“Home Is Where The Heart Is” is being released today, Friday, April 28, on Rollin’ The Dice Records.

The Davisson Brothers Band will return to the stage on February 11th in Williamsport, Maryland. A full list of upcoming tour dates can be found below or at davissonbrothersband.com/tour.

The Davisson Brothers Band

In addition to Cobb and Ferguson, The Davisson brothers enlisted icons like Wheeling native and Grammy winner Tim O’Brien, Rob McCoury, Stewart Duncan, Leftover Salmon’s Vince Herman, Ronnie Bowman, Kyle Tuttle, Lindsay Lou, and more talented artists.

Then there was the songwriting, which put trusted Music City tunesmiths like Wyatt Durrette, Rob Snyder, Channing Wilson and Adam Hood in the same room as “the grandpa of jam bands” (Herman), “the national champion banjo player” (Tuttle), and more.

“My first thought was to take some of our writer friends from Nashville, and get them out of Nashville,” Chris Davisson explained. “I wanted to put them together with some of our jam band and bluegrass buddies and do something that’s never been done.”

We ended up in South Carolina at a lodge, and I was a little nervous to see how this would go, but it was magic. The country guys had never been in a bluegrass jam circle, and I’ve got the best mandolin guys, the best banjo guys, and here’s this country writer just soaking it all in for a week. By the last two days, these songs just started coming out.”

By the end, the Davisson’s had nearly 100 songs to choose from, with Cobb and Ferguson (famous as Johnny Cash’s favored engineer) to guide the album’s creation. Setting up shop in Nashville’s famous Cowboy Arms Hotel And Recording Spa, they immediately recognized the “home” theme, and wisely aimed to distill the Davisson Brothers sound down to its essential ingredients, something as pure and potent as mountain moonshine — and just as transparent.

“What makes me more proud of this album than anything is the way it happened,” Chris said. “It wasn’t something somebody put on paper in a conference room. Between Brent’s vision for a song’s vibe, and David’s ability to capture them so well, this is basically the album we’ve been trying to accomplish our whole career.”

The Davisson Brothers Band has taken the grassroots route to notoriety over the past two decades, playing clubs and music festivals in West Virginia and beyond. The group has performed everywhere from Jamboree In The Hills and the Back Home Music Festival in New Martinsville, W.Va., to Quaker Steak & Lube in Triadelphia and at venues across the nation opening for none other than The Charlie Daniels Band.

This Saturday, April 29, The Davisson Brothers Band returns to the hallowed circle of the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tenn.

For more tour dates and information, visit davissonbrothersband.com.