Graham was born in Bowling Green and has lived in the town for all but two years of his life. Inspired by the British invasion in the 1960s, he bought his first guitar from Royal Music and began playing. He played in garage bands throughout high school with other musicians such as Bill Lloyd. They played at the Kentucky Bell on 8th Street. Graham started a Progressive Rock Group with David Surface, Mark Keen, and Randy Goodman called Avian. They played original songs as well as King Crimson covers. Graham did some recording in Nashville, but mostly played in town.
For much of his life, Graham worked as a lineman for BGMU. After his retirement, he began playing Celtic music. Together with other Bowling Green musicians, he wrote and recorded an album inspired by Celtic music but very much rooted in the Southcentral Kentucky sound. Marc Owens recorded it, and Chris Carmichael played the strings.
Today, Graham performs with the Thrashing Fossils, a Bowling Green group comprising musicians Scott Willis, Chris Carmichael, Marc Owens, and Tommy Johnson.
“This whole up Southcentral Kentucky area is just flush with outstanding musicians. Why? I couldn't put my finger on why, but it just we're just blessed. We're just really blessed with with a lot of talented people and, and a lot of camaraderie with those musicians who help each other and who, you know, played together in some form or another. It is it's a Brotherhood or camaraderie that I think is special. I really do. I don't know that this happens anywhere else. And I don't know why it's happened. But but we've got we've got a lot of talent alone is either from here or still here.”