Hello, my name is Adam Agee (pronounced A-Jee) and I have the good fortune of singing and playing guitar for Stellar Kart. My birthday is June 9th, which also happens to be Johnny Depp’s birthday. We are friends because of that fact. I am married to a beautiful girl named Sharon and we have a 1-year-old daughter named Emma who is the cutest human God has ever created.

I was born in Mobridge, South Dakota where my dad was the pastor of Mobridge Baptist Church. The winters there were amazingly cold and I would beg my dad to throw me into the 20-foot high snowdrifts outside our house. It was here where I developed my love for hunting and fishing because they were not just hobbies, they were a main source of food for our family.

Then, when I was in elementary school, my dad got a job as a pastor in Norman, Oklahoma. We lived there for several years and then halfway through my 8th grade year we moved to Arizona. Moving halfway through your 8th grade year is not fun. Or easy. I don’t recommend it. Of course, the junior high years were awkward being that I had glasses…and braces…and bad hair…and no sense of style, but I tried to make the most of it by playing every sport that was offered to me. Basketball, Football, Golf, and Baseball occupied most of my time, but all the while I kept up with school and was a decent student.

High school is very glamorized these days through movies like High School Musical, High School Musical 2, High School Musical 3…and various TV shows, but for me high school was much different. I went to four different high schools in four years. We moved from Prescott Valley to Phoenix right after the start of my sophomore year so I wound up having to home school for that year. Then, I went to school junior year and it looked like life was getting back to normal when, right before my senior year started, that school said they would not accept my home school credits and would not let me graduate, even though I had a 3.8 GPA my junior year. So…here’s where it gets interesting.

I wound up going to an alternative school and finishing my senior year there. It was a little scary at first because I was one of the only non-violent offenders there. I did learn a lot that year, both in and out of the classroom.

So graduation came and I could not wait to get out of high school. I had worked odd jobs since I was fourteen (my favorite was being a bagboy at Safeway…67th Ave and Beardsley) and at the time of graduation had a great job working for an architect. I did not want to give up that great job so I wound up just going to work straight out of high school. I did that for another year until my boss decided to move away. He asked me to go with him, but I said no and gave in to…college.

I was nineteen when I decided to pick up a guitar. I actually started playing to impress a girl, but it didn’t work. I kept playing and practicing and picked it up pretty quickly. I started attending Arizona State University and even played guitar in the Baptist Student Union’s praise band. I was still not very good and could only really play songs in the key of G, but I kept playing. Jordan’s dad is the one who taught me how to play and as soon as I was able to change chords fast enough, we began to jam (and I mean that in the loosest sense of the word…it sounded more like cars crashing into each other.) We began to play music for the youth group and started leading worship. Our youth pastor Trei actually gave us keys to the church so we could practice…scary. It was in college that I met my wife, she was a senior and I was a freshman , and she is absolutely the best thing to ever happen in my life. I can’t believe I got married when I was twenty-one, but looking back I wouldn’t change a thing.

While in college and about a year after I started playing guitar, I helped start a church called theBridge in Tempe, AZ right next to the university. I led worship and we tried to inspire the students and everyone who attended to BE the church and not just GO to church. We tried our best to serve the local community and be a light on campus. I worked at theBridge until Stellar Kart became a national touring reality and since then have played about 1,000 shows all over the world.

I believe that all my experiences, good and bad, have shaped my mind and heart to try my best to be all things to all people. I hope that my life story will encourage others and make a difference in the world. I love God and I love my family. My parents, sister Amy, and all my other family have been there for me all along and I would not be here right now without their support. Thank you for your time and remember, “If you can dream it, you can do it.”