The Night Owl is a soul and retro live music venue, bar and nightclub in the heart of Digbeth. Based on Lower Trinity Street, the 250 capacity venue has gone from strength to strength since opening in 2015. Starting as one of the first Northern Soul clubs in the Midlands, The Night Owl has expanded into…
Downliners Sect (Live)
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Description
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Live Music
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From £10
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Digbeth
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Live Music and Rock n Roll
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Over 18
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Sat, 5th Mar 2022 @ 19:00 - 22:00
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19:00 - 22:00
Downliners Sect
"We were quite influenced by the Downliners Sect" - David Bowie
"The first British R&B I heard was the Downliners Sect. I heard the Pretty Things later but the Downliners Sect were IT" - Van Morrison
Contemporaries of The Rolling Stones and The 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. At Nite in Great Newport Street, now a rare collectors' item. A version of Jimmy Reed's Baby What's Wrong became the unit's first single for EMI Records and entered the charts in its first week of release. This was followed by Little Egypt which brought international interest and took the band into the Swedish top 10.
The group went on to record many classic R&B singles as well as three albums, The Sect, The Country Sect and The Rock Sects In which is notable for the inclusion of Why Don't You Smile Now which was part-composed by Lou Reed and John Cale prior to their founding of The Velvet Underground. A ghoulish E.P. The Sect Sing Sick Songs also gained them much notoriety and a blanket radio ban. After the release of the Graham Gouldman penned Cost of Living, a final one-off Pye single I Can't Get Away From You was released before the group disbanded.
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5. The venue reserves the right to refuse admission and may on occasion have to conduct security searches to ensure the safety of the patrons.
6. Every effort to admit latecomers will be made at a suitable break in the event, but admission cannot always be guaranteed.
7. We regret that tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded after purchase.
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10. The venue may operate a No Smoking Policy.
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12. The event listed on the purchased ticket is strictly for ticket holders who are over 18 years of age. Identification may be required.
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