This family tree is the work of Bruno Ceriotti. Help in putting this together has been provided by John H Warburg, Kevin Buley, Bruce Welch, Nick Warburton, and Gary Unwin, to whom I'm most grateful.
THE COOL THREE (1956 - 195?)
1) Mchael John 'Mick' O'Donnell guitar
2) Robert 'Bob' Dilley tea-chest bass
3) Duncan Holden washboard
THE ALLISONS #? (195? - 195?)
1) Mick O'Donnell guitar
2) ??????? + other unknown
THE VIGILANTES #? (195? - 1959)
1) Mick O'Donnell guitar
2) Arthur Keith Evans bass
3) ??????? + other unknown
DOWNLINERS #1 (1959 - 1962)
THE COOL THREE (1956 - 195?)
1) Mchael John 'Mick' O'Donnell guitar
2) Robert 'Bob' Dilley tea-chest bass
3) Duncan Holden washboard
THE ALLISONS #? (195? - 195?)
1) Mick O'Donnell guitar
2) ??????? + other unknown
THE VIGILANTES #? (195? - 1959)
1) Mick O'Donnell guitar
2) Arthur Keith Evans bass
3) ??????? + other unknown
DOWNLINERS #1 (1959 - 1962)
1) Mick O'Donnell rhythm guitar
2) Peter Maggs lead guitar
3) Barry Allmark vocals
4) Kevin Beaulieu (aka Kevin Buley) bass
5) Bob Dilley drums
DOWNLINERS #2 (1962)
1) Mick O'Donnell
2) Peter Maggs
3) Barry Allmark
4) Kevin Buley
5) Pete Coulson drums
DOWNLINERS #2 (1962)
1) Mick O'Donnell
2) Peter Maggs
3) Barry Allmark
4) Kevin Buley
5) Pete Coulson drums
DOWNLINERS #3 (1962 - JAN 1963)
1) Mick O'Donnell
2) Peter Maggs
3) Barry Allmark
4) Kevin Buley
5) John 'Johnny' Sutton drums
DOWNLINERS SECT #1 (JAN 1963 - MAR 1963)
1) Mick O'Donnell (aka Don 'The Hat' Craine) vocals, maracas, tambourine, rhythm guitar, autoharp
2) Johnny Sutton drums
3) Arthur Keith Evans (aka Keith Grant) vocals, bass
4) Melvin 'Mel' Lewis lead guitar
DOWNLINERS SECT #2 (MAR 1963 - ca APR 1963)
1) Don Craine
2) Johnny Sutton
3) Keith Grant
4) Terence Frederick 'Terry' Clemson (aka Terry Gibson) lead guitar
DOWNLINERS SECT #3 (ca. APR 1963 - ca. AUG 1963)
1) Don Craine
2) Johnny Sutton
3) Keith Grant
4) Terry Gibson
5) Gary Unwin bass, vocals
DOWNLINERS SECT #4 (aka #2) (ca. AUG 1963 - SUMMER 1964)
1) Don Craine
2) Johnny Sutton
3) Keith Grant
4) Terry Gibson
DOWNLINERS SECT #5 (SUMMER 1964 - ca. APR 1965)
1) Don Craine
2) Johnny Sutton
3) Keith Grant
4) Terry Gibson
5) Ray Sone harmonica
DOWNLINERS SECT #6 (ca. APR 1965 - SPRING 1966)
1) Don Craine
2) Johnny Sutton
3) Keith Grant
4) Terry Gibson
5) Pip Harvey harmonica
DOWNLINERS SECT #7 (aka #2, #4) (SPRING 1966 - AUG 1966)
1) Don Craine
2) Johnny Sutton
3) Keith Grant
4) Terry Gibson
DOWNLINERS SECT #8 (AUG 1966 - SEPT 1966)
1) Don Craine
2) Keith Grant
DON CRAINE'S NEW DOWNLINERS SECT #1 (JAN 1967 - FEB 1967)
1) Don Craine
2) Keith Grant
3) Bob Taylor guitar
4) Kevin Flanagan drums
5) Matthew Charles Fisher keyboards
DON CRAINE'S NEW DOWNLINERS SECT #2 (FEB 1967 - 1967)
1) Don Craine
2) Keith Grant
3) Bob Taylor
4) Kevin Flanagan
5) Barry Cooper keyboards
THE NEW DOWNLINERS SECT #1 (1967 - 1967 (two months))
1) Keith Grant
2) Bob Taylor
3) Kevin Flanagan
4) Barry Cooper
THE NEW DOWNLINERS SECT #2 (1967 - 1968)
1) Keith Grant
2) ??????? + other unknown
THE NEW DOWNLINERS SECT #3 (1968 - ca. NOV 1968)
1) Keith Grant
2) Johnny Sutton
3) Bob Taylor
4) Nathaniel Duraine unknown instrument
4) Nathaniel Duraine unknown instrument
DOWNLINERS SECT #9 (1977)
1) Don Craine
2) Keith Grant
3) Johnny Sutton
4) Terry Gibson
5) Paul Martin (aka Paul Tiller) harmonica
DOWNLINERS SECT #10 (1977 - ca. 1980)
1) Don Craine
2) Keith Grant
3) Terry Gibson
4) Paul Tiller
5) Paul Holm drums
DOWNLINERS SECT #11 (ca. 1980 - 1989)
1) Don Craine
2) Keith Grant
3) Terry Gibson
4) Paul Tiller
5) Roderick Morris Buckenham 'Rod' De'Ath drums
DOWNLINERS SECT #12 (1989 - 2007)
1) Don Craine
2) Keith Grant
3) Paul Tiller
4) Del Dwyer vocals, lead guitar, acoustic guitar
5) Alan Brooks drums
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6) Matthew Fisher (he recorded an album with them in 1993)
DOWNLINERS SECT #13 (2007 - JAN 4, 2010)
1) Don Craine
2) Keith Grant
3) Del Dwyer
4) Alan Brooks
5) John O'Leary harmonica
DOWNLINERS SECT #14 (JAN 5, 2010 - PRESENT)
1) Don Craine
2) Keith Grant
3) Del Dwyer
4) John O'Leary
5) Mark Freeman drums