Effective period / Period of releases: 1962

1960s group from Texas, USA. Recorded for Van Recording label with one single (Stick Shift / Skipping Around) picked up for national distribution on Vee Jay Records.

They were originally a three piece consisting of Jessie Castor on bass, Bill Pitcock on drums and Terry Simpson on guitar. When the group started playing in 1961, Terry was a fifteen year old and a freshman in High School, Jesse Caster was twenty-two, and Bill Pitcock was twenty-six years old.

Around 1963, The Raiders went through multiple lineup changes and finally became the backing band for Walter Crane, who was a popular vocalist in the area.