The first was a local brass band organized in the town of Lake Charles, Louisiana around 1881 [REF].
It comprised consisted of several leading citizens of the time included Rudolph Krause, Walter Moeling, Dr. W.A. Knapp, Willie Mayo, Louis Runte, D.C. Taylor, Elanson Clark, Ferdinand Roy, Steve Sadlock, Paul Sullivan, Frank Shellman, Charles Winterhalder, and Ernest Taylor [REF].