AG was born in the literal Bat Cave of singer/lyricist Pat Carter's basement as an Alt-Country band.
Featuring all acoustic instruments and a snare drum, songs began to grow like weeds in an abandoned parking lot......
With lyrical content reminiscent of hard '50's-'60's outlaw country and simple but catchy country/southern/western flavored tunes and grooves, the music began to shape up nicely.
Subject matter included such heart warming topics as revenge, murder, bar-room brawling, bar-room romance, living on the edge, substance abuse and alcoholism, along with the occasional out of place love song.
Then the inevitable happened: Electricity.
Les Paul's, Marshall stacks, double-kick drum kits and SVT rigs took over the Pat-Cave, and the ABLAZING GRACE sound grew from "Ain't that cute..." to "Oh my God!"......
The music took on a dark life of its own, practically writing itself, depicting today's world as a Twenty First Century Wild, Wild West, and even being labeled by one critic as "The Soundtrack to HBO's 'Deadwood' on crack."
Hey guys, I'll be playing Asheville next Friday night with my other band, Telestrion. Y'all head over the mountain and come party with me at The Boiler Room!
