In January of 1998,
Southern Storm recorded their Live CD "40 Days & 40 Nites"
,and soon after that, Tim left the band to concentrate solely on The
Tim Morgan Project. After finishing the CD
"Simple But True", efforts were made to put a band together to play live venues. There were a few tryouts and
some people joined and
left. Dakota James (a.k.a. Troy Banks from Southern Storm) played some guitar and a couple of
songs were recorded, but he decided not to stay with the band. Neil Vance
joined the band and was the bass player. Dan Dever, (René) hooked back up with the guys for
another try, but at the first live performance there were a few mix ups and the
band did not play. It was at this time that the members decided to call it
quits.