Hightide Blues (now known as The Grand Magnolias) is an indie rock band from East Nashville, Tennessee, US. In the spring of 2005, Paul McDonald and fellow student Jonathan Pears began writing songs together, forming the band Hightide Blues. Adding two other members, Phillip Gayle and Scott Rollins, they began touring small clubs around the state of Alabama. After a limited edition self-titled EP Hightide Blues in 2007, the band released in 2008 a self-produced album Read more on Last.fm