Sunday August 21st at our favourite venue The Half Moon in Putney sees a very special afternoon tribute show for the head Headcoat,
the late, great Don Craine of The Downliners Sect. Contemporaries of the
Rolling Stones, Pretty Things and The Yardbirds, Downliners Sect came into
being in Spring 1963 when deerstalker-hatted rhythm guitarist Don Craine found
Keith Grant and the Sect was born. They played their own brash and exciting
brand of R'n'B and still do, Don and Keith played together for 60 years. They
agreed that, whatever happened to either of them, the group would carry on.
With the sad loss of Don in February, Keith, as promised, carries the name
Downliners Sect on. This concert is a tribute to the Deerstalker wearing Head
man himself, Don Craine. Downliners Sect fans and friends, The Masonics and The Fallen Leaves will be fitting special guests on the day. In fact, Don and Keith
teamed up with Billy Childish and Bruce Brand, the current Masonics drummer, to
form Thee Headcoat Sect in the 90’s. The Fallen Leaves are rooted in the
classic vein of their locality of Eel Pie Island/Richmond/Twickenham British
Beat and R'n'B and feature members of Subway Sect and The Chords. This is sure
to be a very special afternoon so book your tickets directly from the Half Moon
Putney now from this link. All proceeds to Macmillan Cancer Support. For more
details please check out the Facebook Event page here and please
note this is an afternoon session starting at 1pm. Here are some great photos of The Downliners Sect by my Retro Man Blog colleague, the photographer Paul Slattery.
Top photo The Downliners Sect at the BBC radio studios control room Maida Vale with Rob Symmons of The Fallen Leaves. Second photo, the band in the studio. Third photo Don with Bruce Brand of The Masonics backstage at the 100 Club. Bottom photo Don onstage at the 100 Club. All photos copyright of Paul Slattery.
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