The Sicknotes - Swingabilly Rock

ABOUT

We're a 4-piece oddball rockabilly-swingabilly-jazzabilly-popabilly outfit from Yorkshire, playing a wide range of fun, bouncy tunes from jazz-blues guitar solo fests through to danceable swing - always ending the night with crowd favourites that get everyone dancing and singing along!

Vintage sounds with a modern flavour.

GIGS

2026

30TH AUGUST 2026 | CAWOODSTOCK @ JOLLY SAILOR, CAWOOD
8TH NOVEMBER 2026 | ANGEL ON THE GREEN, YORK
21ST NOVEMBER 2026 | NORTHERN GUITARS, THE CALLS, LEEDS
30TH DECEMBER 2026 | FULFORD ARMS, YORK

WITH GROOVETONE AND KITTY LEE

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

WE ARE A SELF-CONTAINED FOUR-PIECE FOR SMALLER EVENTS AND WORK HAPPILY WITH HOUSE ENGINEERS AT LARGER VENUES.

OWN SYSTEM: XR18 DIGITAL MIXER, COMPACT PA WITH SUB-BASES, FLOOR MONITORING AND BASIC LIGHTING FOR SMALLER EVENTS
SUPPLIED PA: 3 VOCAL MICS, 2 MIC'D GUITAR AMPS, BASS DI, KICK AND OVERHEAD DRUM MICS
MONITORING: TWO FRONT MONITOR POSITIONS AND ONE DRUMMER MONITOR. WE CAN ALSO USE OUR OWN IEM SYSTEM BY ADVANCE AGREEMENT.
POWER & TIMING: MINIMUM TWO 240V / 13A SOCKETS. ALLOW ONE HOUR WITH A SUPPLIED PA OR TWO TO THREE HOURS FOR OUR OWN PA AND SOUND CHECK.
ADVANCE: PLEASE AGREE STAGE SPACE, LOAD-IN, PARKING AND ANY VENUE-SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS WITH US IN ADVANCE.

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Marcus Baw singing and playing guitar — MaRcuS baW

GuITAR/vOCaLS

Jim Morrow playing drums — jIM MoRRow

DRUMS

Patrick Morris singing and playing double bass — Patrick MOrriS

Double BaSS/vOcals

Louise Starks singing — LouiSe StarkS

vOcalS

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MATERIAL

Sleepwalk - brian setzer
Rumble - link wray
People Are Strange - the doors
Big Bad Handsome Man - imelda may
Rock Around The Clock - bill haley and the comets
Jump, Jive and Wail - brian setzer orchestra
Dirty Boogie - brian setzer orchestra
Bad Habit - imelda may
Nosey Joe - bull moose jackson
Everybody Wants To Be A Cat - setzer
Sixth Sense - imelda may
Wondrous Place - billy fury
Please Tell 'Em - indigo swing
WicKed GamE - chris Isaak
Stray Cat Strut - stray cats
Drink The Bottle Down - stray cats
Johnny's Got a Boom Boom - imelda may
Sway - the dean martin classic - 'sicknoted'
My Best Friend's Girl - the cars
C'mon Everybody - eddie cochrane
'49 Mercury Blues - Brian Setzer orchestra
Perfect - fairground attraction
I Just Wanna Make Love To You - etta james
You Know I'm No Good - amy winehouse

Misirlou - Malaguena
IStanbul - sicknoted
Let's Live It Up - brian setzer orchestra
Start Wearing Purple - gogol bordello
Twenty Flight Rock - eddie cochrane
Bad Moon Rising
Tu Vuo Fà L'Americano -
Summertime Blues - eddie cochrane
Bad Guy - billie eilish (via the interrupters)
Mama Told Me Not To Come - stereophonics & tom jones
Call Me - blondie (hillbilly moon-ified)
Shake, Shake, Senora -
Cheap Thrills - sia (sicknoted)
Tainted Love - imelda may
Rock This Town - stray cats
Crazy Little Thing Called Love - queen
Price Tag - jessie J
Fat Bottomed Girls - queen
Inside Out - imelda may
Mayhem - imelda may
Spooky - dusty springfield
Fever - (little willie john version)
Goodnight Moon - shivaree

we're a difficult band to describe - we perform a huge range of material in a very unique style. it just turned out to be easier to list the kinds of things we play!

ABOUT

GIGS

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

LiNeUp

MATERIAL

COnTaCT

GaLLerY