Effective period / Period of releases: 1997 - 2001

Members: Doug Edmunds, Jeff Carlson (2), Pat McGraw

Formed in Omaha, Nebraska in 1992 by multi-instrumentalists/songwriters, Jeff Carlson and Doug Edmunds, Gladhands has followed a slow but steady road to success. Signed to the Big Deal label in the fall of 1994, the band–which had become a power trio with the addition of bassist Pat McGraw, as well as relocating to Chapel Hill, NC, earlier that year–went on to release four critically acclaimed albums.