Ten Mile Tide is an independent band originating in San Francisco. They describe their sound as "feel-good acoustic rock, foot-stomping folk, and beer-drenched bluegrass." Twin brothers Jason and Justin Munning started the band in 1999 at Stanford University along with Steve Kessler , Marc Mazzoni , Bryan Jayne , and Brooks Dubose . Jeff Clemetson , Kristen Kessler and Matt Mitchell joined on to form the core of the band which toured in different formats full-time for over 6 years.