The famed "88 Band" which was popular around Glasgow and Barren County at the turn of the last century. Back row, left to right: Buell Chenoweth, Jesse Branstetter, Herbert Branstetter, Chas. Huffman, Sam Richardson. Front row, left to right: Morris Simmons (father of Jimmy Simmons), Alvin Luster, Herschel Huffman, Luther C. (Wood) Huffman, and Clayton Simmons.

According to Jimmy Simmons' writings, none of the band had any experience with being a band or even playing music when they decided to form a band, ordered instruments and learned to play them. Their only uniform was their matching hats. Jimmy also wrote that they played for the Metcalfe County Fair, the Monroe County Fair, the played for at least one Confederate Reunion in Glasgow and they were selected to play when William Jennings Bryan visited Glasgow. Apparently they also had a rule that the band members wouldn't drink while on the job; according to Jimmy, that rule wasn't adhered to very much and a number of colorful stories resulted. Jimmy's writing about the band can be found in "A Glimpse From the Past - What Glasgow Used to be Like" which is a compilation of his 1960's articles in the Glasgow Republican newspaper; it is available from Gorin Publishing.