Jesse Hector

British garage rock pioneer Jesse Hector was born in northwest London in 1947, first surfacing in 1959 as the 11-year-old frontman for the teen act the Rock and Roll Trio, appearing at local school hops as well as the noted Soho coffee bar 2I's. In 1961 a four-song acetate was recorded for Pye but immediately shelved, and the group split soon after. Hector and bassist Adrian Stanbach quickly reunited in the R&B-influenced combo the Cravattes, which also cut a cache of unreleased sides. When Stanbach joined the mod outfit the Clique in 1964, he also called upon Hector to contri...