Epics Discography of CDs

Epics albums The Epics were a rock band formed on a military base in Montgomery, AL, in 1961 by guitarist Walt Smith. Their sole purpose it seemed was to tour military bases in their home state. This somewhat primitive master is the only recorded live evidence of the Epics. Some of their singles have been compiled on Kim Records anthologies, but this is the only live date that has survived the time machine. What's most interesting about his record, merely a garage band from a particular place and time, is how focused they are on covers -- the entire recording is comprised of them -- when they had plenty of originals, and were supposedly well-known on the premises of the place they played. The music is not raunchy enough to lend it the moniker "garage classic," though it does have an Elvis meets James Brown version of "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On," and "Memphis, Tennessee," which would make it the first attempt at white-boy funk in ...