Martin Stephenson & the Daintees

Led by Donovan-like British guitarist, singer, and songwriter Martin Stephenson, formerly with the Blue Moon Boys, Martin Stephenson & the Daintees are one of the U.K.'s truly eccentric bands. While their music is a blend of rockabilly, show tunes, rootsy pop, straight-ahead rock, and punk, their lyrics are extremely controversial with topics including lesbianism, Roy Buchanan's alcoholism, miscarriages, and working in a slaughterhouse. Formed in Sunderland, Northeast England, Martin Stephenson & the Daintees originally featured a ten-year-old vocalist. The band's debut singl...