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Downliners Sect are an English R&B and blues-based rock band, formed in the 1960s beat boom era. Stylistically, they were similar to blues-based bands such as The Yardbirds, The Pretty Things and the Rolling Stones, playing basic R&B on their first album The Sect.
Downliners Sect were a British 1960s group with an R&B style similar to The Yardbirds or Rolling Stones, formed by rhythm guitarist/vocalist Mick O'Donnell with drummer Johnny Sutton when their group the Downliners disbanded after a disastrous French tour.
Contemporaries of the Rolling Stones and Yardbirds, the Downliners Sect was formed by deerstalker-hatted rhythm guitarist Don Craine in the spring of 1963. Their brash and exciting brand of R&B soon gained them a residency at London’s Studio 51 club where they recorded their first E.P.
Con fans como Steve Marriott, Rod Stewart o Van Morrison, los Downliners Sect se convirtieron en una de las grandes sensaciones del circuito R&B de la ciudad de Londres en los años 60 con sus bulliciosas y enérgicas interpretaciones en directo de clásicos de Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley o Jimmy Reed, al estilo de los primeros Rolling Stones ...
The Downliners Sect has continued to develope whilst firmly retaining it's roots and reputation for high energy R&B. Until 2022 the band was led by founder Don Craine on guitar & vocals; original frontman Keith Grant on vocals & bass.
"Burning Snow" Penn 10001 (2001) Downliners Sect live in Gävle, Sweden 19 March 2000 (vinyl album) "Sectuality" (CD-compilation which includes the albums "The Sect", "The Country Sect" and "The Rock Sects In" plus some single tracks from 1964-1966) Charly Records SNAF 827 CD (2002
The complete session recorded by The Downliners Sect on 27 September 1977 for the John Peel show on BBC Radio 1 and broadcast on 13 October 1977. Tracklist: 1. Talking About You ( 0:07 ) 2.
