​​Grace Rowland sings. David Moss plays cello. John McGee plays guitar. The precocious lyrics and the delicate instrumental arrangements are mesmerizing, and quite unlike any sound out there.

The Blue Hit formed during the summer of 2007 in Austin, Texas. Grace Rowland composed her first songs in her senior year at the Texas State School of Music. Through colleagues and local bands she met John McGee - guitar player, keyboardist, and all-around multi-instrumentalist. They had both grown up in Texas on similar musical diets: pop, classic rock, show tunes, and church music. Yet Grace and John broke out of their roots seeking music that came naturally. They met cellist David Moss at Kerrville Folk Festival, and realized he was a perfect match. He moved from Chicago and the three started writing and practicing in a sweltering garage apartment in East Austin. What they created was lyrical and easy-going like folk music, but exploratory and intricate like jazz, all the while skewing tradition with innovative instrumental techniques and deep, moving content. "The Blue Hit" name is a metaphor for death and change, swiftly moving in and out again like a wave. When they returned to Kerrville the next year with a full set of songs, a crowd of around 250 people gathered to listen to them play a late-night campground concert. This event made them many connections and life-long friends from across the United States, and they soon embarked on their first tour up the West Coast. Their first recording, THE BLUE HIT LIVE AT KERRVILLE, was made by Manny Moss after hours on the main stage. They toured with it until another group of live studio recordings, SUMMER 2008 EP, replaced it and their repertoire grew.