Tide (4)

TIDE was formed in late 1968 by Steve Hall and Paul Miller and Jim Stringer. The goal was to play original music and to explore the art of the jam. All three of us had developed reputations on our respective instruments and the group was immediately a favorite "musician's" band. We soon longed for more variety than the three piece format offered and invited local multi-instrumentalist, Tim Smith, to join the melee. Tide traveled throughout the area bounded by the Rocky Mountains, the Mississippi River, Mexico and Canada. Gigs ranged from the sublime (playing big shows for thousands of fans with other up-and-coming bands such as Guess Who, Chicago, Eric Clapton, It's a Beautiful Day, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Brewer & Shipley, Edgar Winter, etc.) to the ridiculous (playing for 10 scowling faces at a fairground in Washington, KS!). The last show I recall playing with our friends, Kansas, they opened for us at White Concert Hall in Topeka!