During his visit to the Nancy Jazz Pulsations, the singer Bernard Lavilliers had not spoken about it, because it had certainly not occurred to him, but he owes one of his most famous songs in part to a Nancyian, Jean-Paul “Hector” Drand. This guitarist cut his teeth in the city while she was discovering rock.
Hector Drand is at the origin of a group which still exists, the Voodoo Doctors, in the fall of 1966. Coming from another formation, the Savages, the guitarist is joined by members of another formation, the Rocket’s . In their repertoire: the Stones, the Kinks, the Who and even the Yardbirds. This gave them a certain aura at the time.
Hector Drand chose to continue as a professional musician. He was introduced to Afro-Cuban music and reggae before joining Bernard Lavilliers. He accompanied him for eight years and composed around fifteen songs for and with him, including the extremely famous Dark thoughts sung in duet with Nicoletta.
Subsequently, Hector Drand specialized in film and television music.
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