The music is coming back to Madisonville.
"The Surfers" started their band when they were teenagers.
Now, 50 years later, they plan to put on a free concert and show a documentary about their journey.
"We just had a lot of fun, a whole lot of fun," Bobby "Cobb" Moser said.
The fun started back in the 60s. Four teenagers in Madisonville came together to form a band: The Surfers. They came together recently at Donna's Old Town Cafe to drink iced tea and remember good times.
"Mike had a set of drums that I learned how to play on and eventually I talked my dad into getting me a set of my own. That's how it started out," Jim "Farmer" Samples said.
"We drew signs by hand and went around town and put them up when we first started to let folks know we were having dances," Mike "Slick" Anderson said.
Mike plays keyboard and guitar and he sings and writes music. After he retired, he turned his attention to film making. In October, he started working on a documentary.
"We were a little nervous about bringing The Surfers in to the digital realm but we're here," Mike said.
The documentary "Let the Good Times Roll" shares the early days of the band.
"Just what it was like back in the 60s when we were playing music together and having a blast," he said.
Jim, the drummer, remembers long hours together.
"I don't know why but it was in our blood that we wanted to sound good so we put in a lot of time practicing," he said.
They played in Madisonville, Sweetwater and other places.
"There was a lot of regulars that every time we played they were there to support us," he said.
John "Boo Worm" Byrum writes music and plays guitar. He remembers the decision to break up the band. It happened during a break at a gig at the Sweetwater National Guard Armory.
"We were just burned out. This was something we did every day, every weekend, all the time. That's who we were," he said. "We went back in to the crowd and told them this is it, guys, you could have heard a pin drop. 400 or 500 people there and you could have heard a pin drop. And we left it all on the stage that night. That was it."
But it wasn't.
"These guys were my brothers. They still are. But I didn't think we would ever play again, I really didn't. But we did, many times, after that," he said.
The documentary follows their story over 50 years. They've reunited to perform and even compete. In 2011 they wrote an original song and made a video for the national Charter Spectrum Battle of the Bands. They placed third.
Now they mostly jam in Mike's basement.
"When we go down to Mike's basement where we practice it's energizing. I'm 66 years old but I feel like I'm 18 when I'm down there," John said.
Bobby "Cobb" Moser plays bass guitar.
"I'm still old school. You just need a bass guitar, an amplifier, a fuzz tone and a microphone," he said.
The Surfers Reunion and Premiere Party is at Madisonville Primary School from 6 to 10 p.m. The free event will feature the documentary and a live performance.
"We would love to see the gym full, the parking lot full, just like to say hi to all our old friend and thank them for coming to see us way back then and coming to see us now," Bobby said.
Mike said, "We're going to have some original songs on that video as well and we just would like everybody to come and check it out and Let the Good Times Roll," Mike said.