Covering Pike County's rich Rock 'n' Roll heritage, from the early days to the
present.
ROCKIN' PHOTOS
Lumiis
Darrell
Mullins with his trusty Fender sitting
in with the Contintental 5
The
Steppin Stones' Martin Slone with Paige
and Darrell Mullins
Here is a picture I dug up the other day that I forgot about. The people in the picture are Carl Varney, Foster Bartram, Bill Elliotte(hidden on the drums), and myself on the far end. We didn't have a name yet but eventually became The Pastels. I had only been playing guitar for about 6 months. The occasion was the first time I appeared in public on a stage with a guitar. It was at a talent show at Pikeville College sometime in 1965. We were all students there at the time, except Bill who was still at Pikeville H. S. We didn't have a singer and only played instrumentals. That thrill of being on stage with a guitar was one that I will never forget and was what made me decide that I wanted to keep playing. I still get that thrill today, 45 years later, whenever I get the chance. Allen Epling |
Sunshine Syndicate
The Sunshine Syndicate was a band from Elkhorn City. Consisting of "House Cat" Mike Ratliff, drums; Eddie Mullins, organ; David Salyer, trumpet; Charlie Bruce Barrowman, lead guitar; Jame Eddie "Tookie" Fields, bass guitar; and Bruce Tackett, lead singer. The band was formed in 1968 and practiced in David's "little block shack".
