The band was started by Harry Eggleston, Earl Vosburgh, Charlie Turner, and Frank Vaill. The band initially practiced upstairs at the Lakeville Hose Company House. It was then a wooden building that stood on the same site as the current Lakeville Hose Company Fire House.

The band soon moved its home practice location to the Academy Building in Salisbury next to the post office. It is a two story brick building and was originally the Lakeville school house. The name of the band subsequently changed in the early 80’s to the Salisbury Band.

This picture was taken on the steps of the Salisbury Library in 1930. This is believed to be the first photo of the band after they got their first uniforms. The band was founded in 1928 and had to raise money for uniforms and music and one of the things they did to accomplish this was to play at intermission at a local theater called the Best Theater owned by the Stuart’s at the time. The Best Theater was located in Lakeville across the street from the railroad station where Brothers’ Pizza now is located. A traveling theater man had put together a show called ‘The Musical Comedy’ using all local people

1. Earl J. Vosburgh, tenor sax, worked at bank, Salisbury
2. Freddy Staples, clarinet, student, Canaan, (son of #6)
3. John Pelizzari, clarinet, student, Salisbury, immigrant from Italy
4. Hugo Eisenhuth, trombone, Plumber, Millerton
5. Ed Baldwin, trombone, Carpenter and builder, Lakeville
6. Jack Staples, clarinet, Troubleshooter on Berkshire Railroad. (father of #2), Canaan
7. John Decker, cymbals, student (brother of #19 and son of #22), Salisbury
8. Stub Sherwood, trumpet, Father of Roy Sherwood, Salisbury
9. Delburt (Bert) Bishop, baritone, finish carpenter and made fiddles/violins, Lakeville
10. Jimmy Vaill, trumpet, student(son of #23), Lakeville
11. Ray Silvernail, baritone, chauffeur, Lakeville
12. Bruno Heinze, trumpet, Falls Village
13. Joe Pelizzari, baritone, caretaker in Salisbury, (father of #3), Salisbury
14. Harry Eggleston, Director, Operated N.A McNeil Insurance Agency. Salisbury
15. Tom McKone, baritone, chicken farmer(father of #17), Lakeville
16. John Parsons, trumpet, student, Salisbury
17. Tom (Bud) McKone, trumpet, student(son of #15), Lakeville
18. Francois Xavier Robitaille , alto horn, assistant postmaster, Salisbury
19. Harvey Decker Jr., trumpet, student(brother of #7 and son of #22), Salisbury
20. Jim Dubois, drum, truck driver for Community Services, Salisbury
21. Lou Decker, sousaphone, Millerton
22. Harvey Decker Sr., trumpet, Worked on the Dan Willard farm where Lions Head Condominiums are now located.
Dan Willard was President of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. (Father of #7 and #19)
23 Frank Vaill, trumpet, Farmer, (father of #10), Lakeville
24 Eddie Markey, drum, student, Salisbury
25 Arnold Franson, trumpet, encyclopedia salesman, Sharon