Keyboards, Vocalist

Tim Sidden grew up in the Foothills of North Carolina in a small town called N. Wilkesboro NC. ..
By the age of 21 Tim had played piano on over 100 Records and CD’s for various Gospel and Country Music artist around the country in a studio in Mt. Airy N.C. called Granite City Recording Studios. He credits Gary Prim, Gary Smith, Matt Rollings, and John Barlow Jarvis and Anthony Burger as his inspiration for learning the piano...
His first taste of traveling professionally came at the early age of 18 when he took his first job with a group called The Anchormen who had several top 40 hits in gospel music...
In 1990 Tim’s life would change drastically when he was offered a position with Calvin Gilmore Productions in Myrtle Beach S.C. to fill the pianist position for one of Calvin’s shows called The Dixie Jubilee. For several years Tim served as the Featured Pianist for that Nationally Acclaimed show...
In 1998 Gilmore Entertainment decided to bring all three shows The Dixie Jubilee, Southern Country Nights and the Carolina Opry into the brand new 2500 seat state of the art facility in Myrtle Beach SC. Were Tim served as Featured Pianist...
During this time he acquired another trait that would benefit him to this day... Tim state’s, The guy that was doing all the orchestration work for Calvin Gilmore Productions left us and Calvin was looking for another guy to fill the slot and ask me to do it. I had never thought about orchestration nor did I have the experience and at first turned down the offer. But Calvin was persistent and eventually I gave in and it turned out to be one of the best decisions I ever made...
Not only was Tim doing Orchestrations for the Biggest Show on the East Coast but touring artist were calling him to overdub Strings and Horns for New Projects they were recording in the studio... Not long after he started Orchestration work for Calvin Gilmore he found himself Producing Orchestrations on as many as 5 artists Cd’s a week. “To say I was burning the Midnight Oil would be an understatement”. Tim Says,..
During Tim Sidden’s tenure with Calvin Gilmore Productions and the Carolina Opry they were honored with the SC Governor’s Cup two times, which The Carolina Opry has been the only show to ever win that prestigious award, along with accolades from every major news source in the country such as the New York Times and The Washington Post to name a few...

 In 2004 Tim had to make a decision, He was working 16 hours a day at the Carolina Opry and Producing, Playing Piano and Orchestrating on as many artist Cds as he could handle...
“One of the hardest decisions I ever made was leaving Calvin Gilmore. But after 14 years and close to 5,000 shows I felt like there was more to life that I wanted to do so on, May 28th 2004 I played my last show with the Carolina Opry... I will never forget that day as I was leaving the next day to go to Nashville Tn.
One thing that Tim is very proud of, he never missed a show with Calvin Gilmore.
After leaving The Carolina Opry, Tim was doing all the session work he could do but still had a few dreams that he wanted to accomplish... So he made the move to Nashville Tn. Home of the Grand Ole Opry...
It was not long till Tim had landed a job working with one of the most successful National Tours in Country Music History, “The Honky-Tonk Tailgate Party” Featuring 90’s Country Hit-Makers, Daryle Singletary, Rhett Akins, Chad Brock, David Kersh, Jeff Carson...
Tim States “ The one thing I always wanted to do was play some of the biggest shows in the country and I had finally got my chance. I was like a kid in a candy store.”..
This opportunity also led the way to Tim performing on the Ryman and the “Grand Ole Opry” many times.“I must say that one of the highlights of my life was walking on stage at the Ryman Theater better known as the “Mother Church of Country Music”. It was an amazing experience...
Today you will find Tim’s music on the airwaves of Country and Gospel Radio Stations across the country, were he has either Produced, Orchestrated or Played Piano on Numerous Top 40 hits...
Tim’s style of Orchestration work is widely considered by industry insiders to have that “elusive” Movie Soundtrack Quality to it. And his Music has been featured and/or is Background music on Networks ranging from ESPN to The Discovery Channel.
The Last 4 Plus years Tim Spent his Weekends working with The Hip Pocket Band and

 Building His music Library in the TV and Movie Sync Business.
Tim Won a CBMA “Cammy” Award for Collaboration of the year for Producing the Song “We Are Beach Music” in 2017. In 2018, Tim Had a Number 1 single on Beach Music Charts Called Carolina Queen that spawned the making of T-Shirts, Mugs and other Items with the CQ Logo on it.
Today, Tim is the Co-Owner of Sand City Productions, a State of the Art Recording Facility located in North, Myrtle Beach SC.
Cat5 to me is a dream come true. If I could pick 4 Musicians to play and work with, Cam, Hugh, Glen and Jerry would be it. I’m really looking forward to what the future holds and the amazing music I believe we will be able to make and share with our Friends and Fans.
Tims credits include, The Carolina Opry, Dixie Jubilee, Daryle Singletary, Rhett Akins, John “Bo Duke” Schneider, T. Graham Brown, Tom “Luke Duke” Wopat, Jimmy Fortune, Grayson Hughes, Georgette Jones, Chad Brock, Jeff Carson, Ben “Cooter”Jones, David Kersh, The Greenes, The Easter Brothers, Michael English, Bruce Hedrick, The Anchormen, Ann Downing and Barbara Fairchild Etc.