The Glorious Heydays

Life in America, played loud.

The Glorious Heydays were built on a simple belief: music brings people together. Founder, voice, and principal songwriter Mark Moffatt — twenty-plus years of Southwest stages with The Stumbles, Big Moxie, and rockabilly outfit KAB — assembled a band of the region's most road-tested players to tell one timeless story: life in America. The songs are about working people — paychecks, porch lights, second shifts, second chances — written by somebody who's stood on both sides of the bar.

The pedigree runs deep. Drummer Curtis Grippe spent over a decade with Atlantic Records' Dead Hot Workshop, founded STEM Recording, and was inducted into the Arizona Music Hall of Fame in 2019. Pedal steel veteran John Rickard brings four decades of recording credits spanning traditional country to punk rock, and founder Mark Moffatt anchors it all as principal songwriter, with roots in The Stumbles, Big Moxie, and KAB.

The debut album Blessings arrives August 21, 2026: fifteen tracks cut close to live at STEM Recording — pedal steel, twin guitars, and choruses built for the last hour of the night. Outlaw-country grit, country-rock muscle, and a songwriter's eye for the people who don't make the news. The lead single "Livin' the Dream" and its official video are out now.