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Biography
Refimprove|date=December 2010Infobox musical artist| name = Downliners Sect| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = Twickenham , London , England| genre = British rhythm and blues , Rock music|rock , R& B | years_active = 1963-1968 1977-| label = EMI Columbia | associated_acts =| current_members = Keith Grant Don Craine Del Dwyer John O'Leary Mark Freeman| past_members = See: #Members|Former members The Downliners Sect were a British rhythm and blues band of the beat boom era, formed in 1963 when the existing Downliners band split up.
Stylistically, they were similar to The Yardbirds , The Pretty Things and the Rolling Stones , playing basic R& B on their first album Downliners_Sect#1964_The_Sect| The Sect . Critic Richie Unterberger wrote: "The Sect didn't as much interpret the sound of Chess Records as attack it, with a finesse that made the Pretty Things seem positively suave in comparison."Allmusic|class=artist|id=p4124|pure_url=yes The Downliners Sect at Allmusic
They subsequently modified their musical style, and after an EP of 'sick' songs (e.g. "I Want My Baby Back") they experimented with both Country music|country ("The Country Sect") and Rock & Roll|rock ("Rock Sect's In"). They later collaborated with Billy Childish|Billy Childish's Thee Headcoats , and released two albums under the name Thee Headcoats Sect .
Members
;Current members
Keith Grant - vocals/bass
Don Craine - vocals/guitar
Del Dwyer - vocals/guitar
John O'Leary - vocals/harp
Mark Freeman - drums
;Past members
Al Brooks - drums
Barry Cooper - keyboards
Rod De'Ath - drums
Matt Fisher - keyboards
Kevin Flanagan - drums
Terry Gibson - lead guitar
Pip Harvey - harmonica
Paul Holm - drums
Mel Lewis - lead guitar
Nat Maynard - keyboard
Ray Sone - harmonica
John Sutton - drums
Bob Taylor - lead guitar
Paul Tiller - harmonica
Zach Wilson - guitar
Paul Martinez - vocals/bass
Discography
Singles
Jun '64 - Baby What's Wrong / Be A Sect Maniac (Columbia DB 7300)
Sep '64 - Little Egypt (Ying-Yang) / Sect Appeal (Columbia DB 7347)
Nov '64 - Find Out What's Happening / Insecticide (Columbia DB 7415)
? ? ? '65 - Wreck Of The Old '97 / Leader Of The Sect (Columbia DB 7509)
Jun '65 - I Got Mine / Waiting In Heaven Somewhere (Columbia DB 7597)
Oct '65 - Bad Storm Coming / Lonely And Blue (Columbia DB 7712)
Jan '66 - All Night Worker / He Was A Square (Columbia DB 7817)
Jun '66 - Glendora / I'll Find Out (Columbia DB 7939)
Sep '66 - The Cost Of Living / Everything I've Got To Give (Columbia DB 8008)
"Brite Lites": Bright Lights Big City/I need you baby(mona)/Do the Dog/Roll Over Beethoven (Contrast RBCSP 002, 1964) :Unreleased, finished sleeves exist. Tapes lost in 1964, released in March 2011.
"The Sect Sing Sick Songs" - I Want My Baby Back/Leader of the Sect/ In the Midnight Hour|Midnight Hour /Now She's Dead (Columbia SEG 8438, 1965)
L.P.s
The Sect (1964)
Infobox album |Artist = Downliner's Sect |Name = The Sect |Cover = DownlinersSect_TheSect_1964.jpg |Coversize = |Released = 1964 |Label = Columbia Records |Genre = Rock, R& B |Type = Album # Hurt By Love # One Ugly Child # Lonely And Blue # Our Little Rendezvous # Guitar Boogie # Too Much Monkey Business # Sect Appeal # Baby What's On Your Mind? # Cops And Robbers # Easy Rider # Bloodhound # Bright Lights # I Wanna Put A Tiger In Your Tank # Be A Sect Maniac
Columbia 33SX 1658 Clear
The Country Sect (1965)
Infobox album |Artist = Downliners Sect |Name = The Country Sect |Cover = DownlinersSect TheCountrySect 1965.jpg |Coversize = |Released = 1965 |Label = Columbia Records |Genre = Rock, R& B, Country |Type = Album # If I Could Just Go Back # Rocks In My Bed # Ballad Of The Hounds # Little Play Soldiers # Hard Travellin' # Wait For The Light To Shine # I Got Mine # Waiting In Heaven # Above And Beyond # Bad Storm Coming # Midnight Special # Wolverton Mountain
Columbia 33SX 1745 Clear
''The Rock Sect's In (1966)
Infobox album |Artist = Downliners Sect |Name = The Rock Sect's In |Cover = DownlinersSect TheRockSectsIn 1966.jpg |Coversize = |Released = 1966 |Label = Columbia Records |Genre = Rock, R& B |Type = Album # Hang on Sloopy # Fortune Teller (song)|Fortune Teller # Hey Hey Hey Hey # Everything I've Got To Give # Outside # I'm Hooked On You # Don't Lie To Me # May The Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose # He Was A Square # I'm Looking For A Woman # Rock Sect's In Again # Brand New Cadillac
Infobox album |Artist = Downliners Sect |Name = Definitive Downliners Sect |Released = 1994 |Label = See For Miles |Genre = Rock, R& B |Cover = Definitivesect.jpg |Coversize = 160 |Type = compilation # Cadillac (song)|Cadillac # Roll Over Beethoven # Beautiful Delilah # Shame, Shame, Shame # Green Onions # Nursery Rhymes # Baby What's Wrong # Be A Sect Maniac # Little Egypt (Ying-Yang) # Sect Appeal # Find Out What's Happening # Insecticide # Wreck Of The Old '97 # Leader Of The Sect # I Want My Baby Back # Midnight Hour # Now She's Dead # I Got Mine # Waiting In Heaven Somewhere # Bad Storm Coming # Lonely And Blue # All Night Worker # He Was A Square # Glendora # I'll Find Out # Cost Of Living # Everything I've Got To Give # I Can't Get Away From You # Roses
See For Miles SEECD398
References
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External links
http://www.angelfire.com/rock3/yardbird_sect/downliners_sect.html - includes discography
http://www.handofglory.co.uk/downliners-sect-brite-lights-ep-coming-soon/ - blog post on the lost EP with details of the rediscovery.
Category:Musical groups established in 1963 Category:English rock music groups Category:Musical groups from London Category:Beat groups Category:Columbia Records artists Category:British rhythm and blues boom musicians
