Johnnie David Williamson lll (born March 24, 1979) is an American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.

Prior to his current project he was the lead singer of the North Carolina modern rock musical band, Third Class Passenger.

[1] Born in Plant City, Florida, and raised in his hometown, Wilmington, North Carolina, Davy Williamson began his musical career in 1996 when he joined the indie rock band Emilio 5, composed of members Jeff Bollinger (guitar) and Cutler Desjarlais (eventually bass), both of whom would go on to form hardcore punk band Lapseed Soul with childhood friend Greg Lindquist, now an acclaimed artist in NYC.

Due to his growing up around such diverse and usually conflicting family influence musically, it took him a long time to narrow down and define what his true sound was.

Every day, He and his brother, Steven, took a wild musical ride, bringing something different they had figured out how to play, be it a song by The Beatles, Propagandhi, Metallica, James Taylor, STP, Nirvana, and the likes.

He was also in Jazz ensemble in high school and was recognized as an advanced Guitar player in his early years with them.

Ma-shot-pa shared the stage with many artistes such as The Misfits, Less Than Jake, Mustard Plug, Rehab, and Valient Thorr.

He also plays as a duo act with artists like John Hodges (Smoking Okra) and Andy Easton (The Tin Roof) in Atlanta, Georgia.

Recently Davy has been seen sharing the stage with the likes of better known artist such as Toryn Green of (Fuel), and Paul Phillips of (Puddle of Mudd).