Years active:

50's

Location:

Bodmin

Band Members:                                         

Frank Cory (guitar)
Geoff Secombe (drums)
Mike Lobb (tea chest bass)
Roger Scantlebury (washboard)
Howard Sandercock (guitar)
Frank Harvey (guitar and vocals) dcsd.
Valerie Scantlebury (slide guitar and vocals)                                                    

A skiffle band from the 1950’s. While not a 60s or 70s band The Jesters deserve a mention as they were probably the first of the band of the Rock & Roll era in Cornwall, so essentially where it all began! The band was founded by Frank Harvey who sadly passed away many years ago.

Links to other bands:

Frank Cory played in The Gunslingers, Phantom and 3 and a Bit