AGE: 28

HOMETOWN: Harlem

DAY JOB: Thomson Door & Drawer, Thomson

MEMBER OF: The Jeremy Graham Band, 2006-08

FAVORITE GIG: The 23rd annual A Day in the Country Music Festival, Augusta Riverfront Marina, 2008. "It was great, biggest crowd I got to play to, so I had a lot of fun. And there was a lot of good crowd response that day, so I was happy."

FAVORITE MOVIE: TOMBSTONE. "You never want to sit down and watch that movie with me, because I can quote it word for word."

rainy-day activity: Mud bogging. "We just have a good time slinging it all around."

FAVORITE RESTAURANT: "Zaxby's -- anything chicken."

PRE-SHOW RITUAL: "We all hit the bar and do a shot of PatrÃn before every show."

SONGWRITING PROCESS: " I just take a situation in my life or something that comes to mind, and I'll have a melody in my head, and I just sit back and try to figure out what the best way to relate to people would be."

HANDPICKED CONCERT LINEUP: Garth Brooks, Friends in Low Places; Kenny Chesney, When the Sun Goes Down; Alan Jackson, Chattahoochee; Keith Urban, Where the Blacktop Ends; Brad Paisley, Mud on the Tires

SEE MR. GRAHAM and Al Beasley perform Lost in My Head at http://augustachronicle.com/applause