Luciano – (aka 'Lucky' Luciano) congas and vocals; (when he is not in Brazil!)
Lynn – (aka Lady Penelope) saxes, flute, clarinet, piano and vocals;
Rob - (aka Agent Orange) guitars, bass, lead and harmony vocals;
Phil - (aka ??????) guitar, bass, lead and harmony vocals.
The Audience - percussion - We lend out precussion at most of our gigs so anyone who wears a black shirt is considered 'in the band' for that concert.
Influences
We play tunes by: Elvis Costello- Watching The Detectives; Johnny Cash – Fulsom Prison Blues; Crowded House – Don’t Dream It’s Over; The Stray Cats – Stray Cat Strut; The Cure – The Lovecats; Peggy Lee – Fever; Eric Clapton / J.J. Cale - After Midnight; The Beatles – Slow Down / Cry Baby Cry / Girl / She’s A Woman; The Blues Brothers – Rawhide; Stevie Wonder – Isn’t She Lovely; The Everley Brothers – When Will I Be Loved / That’ll Be The Day; Ron Sexsmith – Strawberry Blonde; Marvyn Gaye – Heard It Through The Grapevine; The Eagles – New Kid In Town; The Byrds – Feel A Whole Lot Better; Joe Jackson – Fools In Love; Creedence Clearwater Revival – Green River; Roddy Frame – Surf; Squeeze – Black Coffee In Bed; Neil Young – Old Man / Like a Hurricane; The Kinks – Big Black Smoke; Paul Simon - 50 Ways to leave Your Lover /Me And Julio Down By The School Yard; The Jayhawks – I’m Gonna Make You Love Me; Fleetwood Mac – Rhiannon; Dolly Parton – Jolene; Warren Zevon – Werewolves Of London; The Jam – Down In The Tubestation At Midnight / That’s Entertainment; Taj Mahal – She Caught The Katy; Paul McCartney – Every Night; Dave Edmunds – Little Sister; Elvis Presley– Marie’s the Name / Hound Dog; Nick Drake – At the Chime of a City Clock / Bryter Later; Carl Perkins – Honey Don’t; Ian Dury and The Blockheads – My Old Man / Sex ‘n’ Drugs ‘n’ Rock ‘n’ Roll; Roy Montrell - My Mellow Saxophone; Sam the Sham and The Pharaohs - Wooly Bully; The Rolling Stones – Miss You / Gimme Shelter / Jumping Jack Flash; Howlin Wolf - Smokestack Lightnin’; Dandy Livingstone / The Specials – A Message To You Rudy; Carlos Jobin – The Girl From Ipanema; ??????? – I Sat And Cried; (Traditional) - St James’ Infirmary; Funk Como Le Gusta – 16 Toneladas / 16 Tons; The Beautiful South - Perfect 10 / Don’t Marry Her; Crosby Stills Nash and Young – Love The One You’re With; Talking Heads – Life During Wartime / And She Was; Dexy’s Midnight Runners – Geno; Madness – One Step Beyond; Iggy Pop – The Passenger; Sam and Dave – Hold On (I’m Coming); Bob Marley – Stir It Up; The Small Faces – Stay With Me; David Bowie – Sorrow; Amy Winehouse – I Know You’re No Good; Alphabeat – Fascination; Tight Fit - The Lion Sleeps Tonight
Sounds Like
Surely this is a matter of opinion? We play a lot of less well known covers from the 1920s to 1990s, so what we sound like depends on which one we are doing - we like to be versatile and vary the genres and arrangements from the originals a bit. See our set list library under the Influences link for songs we do / have done.
Four of us met between Sept and Oct 2007 in The Golden Lion Pub Lancaster where there is an Open Mic Night every Tuesday night. So thanks to Matt for running the Open Mic so well, and to the pub owners Jon and Macy, without whom The Detectives would not exist. We chose the name 'Detectives' because one of the first songs we tried to play together, and got a good groove going in was 'Watching the Detectives' by Elvis Costello.
Answer to most FAQ: "No, we are not detectives in real life."
Hi guys, we noticed a few bits of publicity on one or two sites re our 11th Oct bash which we didn't post, and guessed it was you! Thanks, that was really helpful. It was a great day, tremendous fun and raised £551.77 for the Homeless Christmas Shelter.
Hey, you guys need any more recordings for this site. I can chop up some greggy stuff,let me know. Haven't seen you for a while, hope all is well. Looks like you have a couple of 'residences' lined up. Hows the Park thing panning out??
