Downliners Sect

In 1962, Mick O'Donnell, later known as Don Craine, started a band called the Downliners, who, despite touring France, were unsuccessful. The name of the band came from the Jerry Lee Lewis B-side "Down The Line". After several lineup changes, the band folded, but in 1963, O'Donnell and drummer Johnny Sutton formed a new band out of the remnants of the previous act. ==Members==

;Current members • Keith Grant – vocals/bass • Mark Freeman – drums ;Past members • John O'Leary – vocals/harp (died 3 April 2024) • Don Craine – vocals/guitar (born 29 March 1945, died 24 February 2022) • Del Dwyer – vocals/guitar (died 31 December 2021) • Al Brooks – drums (died 4 January 2010) • Barry Cooper – keyboards • Rod de'Ath – drums (died 4 August 2014) • Matt Fisher – keyboards • Kevin Flanagan – drums • Terry Clemson – lead guitar (died 19 September 2020) • Pip Harvey – harmonica (died 14 February 2014) • 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 • Mike Chapman – vocals/guitar ==Discography==

Singles • Jun 1964 – "Baby What's Wrong" / "Be a Sect Maniac" (Columbia DB 7300) • Sep 1964 – "Little Egypt (Ying-Yang)" / "Sect Appeal" (Columbia DB 7347) • Nov 1964 – "Find Out What's Happening" / "Insecticide" (Columbia DB 7415) • ??? 1965 – "Wreck of the Old '97" / "Leader of the Sect" (Columbia DB 7509) • Jun 1965 – "I Got Mine" / "Waiting in Heaven Somewhere" (Columbia DB 7597) • Oct 1965 – "Bad Storm Coming" / "Lonely and Blue" (Columbia DB 7712) • Jan 1966 – "All Night Worker" / "He Was a Square" (Columbia DB 7817) • Jun 1966 – "Glendora" / "I'll Find Out" (Columbia DB 7939) • Sep 1966 – "The Cost of Living" / "Everything I've Got to Give" (Columbia DB 8008) 7" EPs • "Nite in Gt. Newport Street": Beautiful Delilah/Shame Shame Shame/Green Onions/Nursery Rhymes (Contrast RBCSP 001, 1964) • "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/Midnight Hour/Now She's Dead (Columbia SEG 8438, 1965) LPs • The Sect (1964) • The Country Sect (1965) • ''The Rock Sect's In'' (1966) • Showbiz (1979) • Savage Return (1991) • Dangerous Ground (1998) • Chinese Whispers (2007) The Sect (18 December 1964) • 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 The Country Sect (1965) • 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 ''The Rock Sect's In'' (April 1966) • Hang on Sloopy • Fortune Teller • Hey Hey Hey Hey • Everything I've Got to Give • Outside • I'm Hooked on You • Don't Lie to Me • Why Don't You Smile Now (Phillips, Vance, Reed, Cale) • 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 Columbia 33SX 6028 ''The Definitive Downliners Sect: Singles – A's & B's'' (1994) • 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==