Cigar Store Indians is a rockabilly, band from Crabapple, Georgia. The band formed in the summer of 1991 when singer/songwriter Ben Friedman and lead guitar player Jimmy "Lownote" Lavender began to work on songs together as both shared a love for the 1950s blues/country sound (now called rockabilly music). Ben's childhood friend, drummer Frances "Fast Pedal' Farran was enlisted to play the drums. Many nights were spent practicing in "Fast Pedal" Farran's shed. Friend and guitarist Rob Fickling was asked to switch to Bass guitar and the first incarnation of CSI was born.