Jars of Clay began at Greenville College in Greenville, IL when four young guys met and discovered friendship through music. They were majors in "Contemporary Christian Music", a somewhat recent department in the college. Charlie Lowell, Dan Haseltine and Matt Bronleewe had been there for teh year of 1992 and played in various bands as well as producing their own studio projects. When Stephan Mason appeared on the scene in September of 1993, and had similar intrests in music, the guys decided to write a song together, "just for fun". Dan had met stephen because he had a Wet Sprocket shirt on and, a band which they both admired. They then recorded a son "Fade to Grey", which included many drum loops and samples. It was very techno-oriented. It was simply a studeio project for them in a recording class. Their friends enjoyed the song and they performed it in late October for a college cafe called the "Underground Cafe", which they had put together to raise money for the homeless. The "Underground Cafe" was the dormatory that the majority of music majors inhabited. The band continued classes and when they found more time, decided to play "Little Drummer boy" for the "Underground Cafe" on December 7th, as it was near Christmas time.
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