Based in Livingston, West Lothian, The Levings were formed when Colin ‘Sid’ Baxter and Mark ‘Stranger’ Strange got together to write songs after previously being in bands together, this slowly progressed into acoustic sessions. After refining the songs they progressed into forming a full band, adding Craig Millar (Bass), Alan Strange (Keys) and Craig Purves (Drums). The Levings although with plenty of experience in other bands are relatively new, only starting out on the gig circuit in early 2008, performing mainly in central Scotland. However in this time they have already had successful gigs including Jool’s Holland Jam House, Edinburgh and Barrowlands, Glasgow. Despite having many influences (Wings, Talking Heads, Small faces etc) The Levings have set out to not pigeon hole not just themselves but their audience, instead, focusing on a formula and genre they write to produce great songs.