THEM:

Van Morrison (harmonica, saxophone, vocals)Alan Henderson (bass)Billy Harrison (lead guitar)Eric Wrixon (keyboards) Ronnie Millings (drums)

(1963)The group is formed in Belfast, Northern Ireland by Henderson (b. November 26, 1944, Belfast, N. Ireland), Harrison (b. October 14, 1942, Belfast, N. Ireland) and Millings (or Mellings), who have previously played in a local three-piece outfit, The Gamblers. The trio adds keyboard player Eric Wrixon and a short while later completes the original line up with singer Morrison (b. George Ivan, August 31, 1945, Belfast, N. Ireland) from local band The Monarchs. Wrixon names the band after a 1950s B horror film.

(1964)April (17) One of the first R&B/beat group’s in the province, Them quickly build a reputation as a strong live act holding down a residency at Belfast’s Maritime Hotel in College Square North. The group’s repertoire includes a blistering 15-minute version of Bobby Bland’s Turn On Your Love Light, and a 20-minute improvisation of Morrison’s celebration of teenage lust, Gloria. (Although Morrison is credited for the song’s lyrics, Harrison and Henderson have contributed significantly on the musical side.) (24) Them returns for a show at the Maritime Hotel in BelfastMay The band attracts the attention of manager Phil Solomon (currently working with Irish pop trio The Bachelors), who is greatly impressed by the band’s live performances (and Morrison in particular). Solomon encourages Decca’s Dick Rowe to see the band perform at the Maritime, and Rowe in turn arranges a session in London. (The group have already recorded a four-track demo for local producer Peter Lloyd.) (1) Them plays at the Martime Hotel, Belfast(8) The group appears at the Maritime Hotel, Belfast(15) Them perform at the Maritime Hotel, Belfast(22) The group plays at the Maritime Hotel, Belfast(29) Them appears at the Martime Hotel, BelfastJune Them relocate to London and a hotel in Portobello Road, where they hang out with their label mates The Poets.July (5) The group enters Decca’s West Hampstead, London studios to begin recording, but the three-hour session is ridden with internal angst and Rowe decides to employ session musicians Arthur Greenslade (organ) and Bobby Graham (drums) to “fill out” the sound. Them records Slim Harpo’s Don’t Come Crying Now and Van Morrison’s Gloria, One Two Brown Eyes and Philosophy, which are all released over the next year. The band also records covers of Groovin’, Turn On your Love Light and You Can’t Judge A Book By Its Cover which are shelved. After the recordings, Wrixon is forced to leave (in part because his father objects to a disproportionate royalty split between the management and the group and in part because he is still at school and has ‘A’ levels to complete). Pat McAuley (b. March 17, 1944, Coleraine, N.Ireland) takes over the keyboard position. September (4) The group’s debut single, Don’t Start Crying Now backed by One Two Brown Eyes is released but fails to chart. October The group returns to the studio to record an electrifying version of Big Joe Williams’s blues classic Baby Please Don’t Go. Session guitarist Jimmy Page adds rhythm guitar to the recording (and does not play lead as some sources suggest).

(15) Them perform at the Zeeta House, Putney, London.November (6) Baby Please Don’t Go backed by Morrison’s Gloria is released. Millings leaves and Pat McAuley moves onto drums. December The short-lived (yet well photographed) new line-up appears on the popular TV show Ready Steady Go!

(1965)January Pat’s brother Jackie (aka John) (b. December 14, 1946, Coleraine, N. Ireland) is added on keyboards as the group begins work on its next single, a recording of their new producer, Bert Berns’s Here Comes The Night. Some sources maintain that organ player Phil Coulter and drummer Alan White are brought in to play the McAuley brothers’ parts, but this is disputed by the band members. (Berns, an American producer working in the UK is impressed with Morrison as a vocalist and will continue to work with the group over the next few months.) February Aided by TV appearances, Baby Please Don’t Go hits UK #10, while Gloria quickly becomes an anthem for the emerging US garage band generation. Decca releases an EP featuring both sides of Them’s debut single, the recent hit and Morrison’s Philosophy recorded during the July sessions. (20) Them appear at the Club Noreik, Tottenham, London March Here Comes The Night hits UK #2 and is the group’s most successful release. The band begins work on its debut album, but sessions are once again plagued with problems. Some sources suggest that the group’s three producers Bert Berns, Dick Rowe and Tommy Scott supplement the band with session players, although this is disputed by band members. April (11) Them perform at the New Musical Express Poll Winners Concert at the Empire Pool, Wembley, London. (17) Unhappy with the band’s direction and his personal treatment, Jackie McAuley leaves after a show at St Columbana’s Parish Church in Ballyhome, Northern Ireland and is replaced by ex-Cheynes member Peter Bardens (b. June 19, 1944, Westminster, London, England; d. January 22, 2002). Jackie McAuley moves to Dublin and learns to play guitar. He will rejoin his brother in a rival Them in December 1965.May Gloria charts for a week at US #93, selling mostly in California where it hits Top 10 in some major cities. At this point Pat McAuley is briefly replaced by former drummer Ronnie Millings before he rejoins the group.June (1) Them begin a UK tour at Tunbridge Wells Public Hall. (The tour will end on 21 at the Beachcombers, Leigh and Bolton). Harrison has been been replaced by Scottish guitarist Joe Baldi, who has played with Bardens in Hamilton King’s Blues Messengers. Pat McAuley is also replaced by Englishman Terry Noon, who has previously worked with Gene Vincent.(11) The Morrison-penned One More Time fails to chart. Them’s debut album (The Angry Young) Them is released in the UK to coincide with the single but is another chart failure. (26) Here Comes The Night hits US #24.July Original Them member, Eric Wrixon completes his studies and joins The Kings Showband. August A second Berns song, (It Won’t Hurt) Half As Much is released but doesn’t chart. In the US the single’s b-side I’m Gonna Dress In Black, written by producer Tommy Scott under the pseudonym ‘Gillon’, is released instead but is not a success. (4) The new line-up supports The Byrds on their debut UK tour starting at the Imperial Ballroom, Nelson, Lancashire. (23) The tour ends despite many of shows being cancelled due to illness in The Byrds’ camp. Shortly afterwards, Baldi returns to Scotland and is replaced by Jim Armstrong (b. July 24, 1944, Belfast, N. Ireland) from The Melotones. Bardens also departs and forms The Shotgun Express. Bardens later moves into session work, records two solo albums for Transatlantic

Records and then forms 1970s progressive/rock outfit, Camel. Original member Eric Wrixon fills in briefly but soon leaves to join Portadown band, The People. Former The Broadways keyboard/sax, flute player and vibes player Ray Elliott (b. January 23, 1944, Belfast, N. Ireland) takes over on a permanent basis. Terry Noon briefly joins Honeybus before moving into rock management.September Back in Belfast, Morrison and Henderson form a new version of Them with Amstrong, Elliott and new drummer John Wilson (b. November 6, 1947, Belfast, N. Ireland) from The Misfits. The band rehearses at the Martime for two weeks before making its live debut.(1) While Morrison and Henderson have been reshuffling Them’s line up, former members Billy Harrison and Pat McAuley (now on keyboards) announce their own version of Them in London, which contains singer Nick Wymer (ex-Pink Faires), drummer Skip Alan (ex-Donovan) and bass player Mark Scott (ex-Adam Faith) in Belfast newspaper UlsterWeek.(24) Morrison’s Them makes its debut at the Top Hat club, Lisburn, Northern Ireland where it does a 40-minute set. Shortly after a show at the Flamingo in Ballymena, the band returns to London and resumes work on its second album. The group’s debut album is released in the US as Them and hits #54.October Skip Alan leaves the Harrison/McAuley Them to replace Viv Prince in The Pretty Things, who soon takes up Alan’s place in the rival Them for a few weeks. (15) Van Morrison’s Them plays at Zeeta House, Putney, London(19) Them appears at the Olympia in Paris, France. The group uses a stand-in drummer for John Wilson who is considered to be too young to travel. November Morrison’s Mystic Eyes is belatedly released as a UK single but fails to chart. Billy Harrison leaves the rival Them to briefly replace Jim Armstrong in Van Morrison’s Them when the guitarist’s appendix burst. After French and Scandianvian dates, Harrison departs when Armstrong resumes his position. During the first few months of 1966, Harrison does session work for producer Joe Meek and then substitutes for Dick Taylor during The Pretty Things’ Norweigan tour. Harrison quits the music business in mid-1966 after playing with The Pretty Things in the Isle of Wight and joins the GPO. (4) Pat McAuley’s rival Them registers the Them name. By now the group contains a new guitarist, known as Don.December (2) When Prince leaves Pat McAuley’s rival Them, his place is taken by Ken McLeod.(4) Mystic Eyes fares better in the States where it reaches #33. (19) Wymer leaves the rival Them after a gig in Stoke-on-Trent. Soon afterwards, he is replaced by Pat’s brother Jackie McAuley on keyboards/vocals, who has been living in Dublin. Pat moves on to drums and Ken McLeod takes over guitar from Don who leaves in mid-January. On the same day, Van Morrison’s Them play at nearby Majestic Ballroom in Shropshire.

(1966)January Them’s second album Them Again fails to chart in the UK. It contains two of Morrison’s best songs: Hey Girl and My Lonely Sad Eyes, as well as an edited version of Bobby Bland’s Turn On Your Love Light. Original Them member Eric Wrixon leaves The People, who have relocated to Blackpool, and joins another expatriate Belfast band, The Wheels, who record two singles for Columbia. In 1967, he moves to Germany with The Never Never Band and plays regularly at Hamburg’s Star club, supporting soul acts like Sam & Dave. (1) Jackie McAuley makes his debut with the rival Them in Peckham, southeast London.(4) Van Morrison’s Them play at the Assembly Hally, Aylesbury, Bucks.(10) Them appear at the Labour Hall, Bletcheley, Bucks.

(11) Morrison’s latest line up play at the Hut, Westcott, Surrey.(27) Them appear at Whitehallcott, East Grinstead, Sussex.February (4) The McAuley brothers’ Them record three tracks at a demo session: a cover of Graham Bond’s I Want You, a cover of Bob Dylan’s It’s All Over Now Baby Blue and Jackie McAuley’s Movin’ Free.(18) The rival Them perform at the KB Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark with The Pretty Things.March Morrison’s version of Them’s cover of producer Tommy Scott’s Call My Name fails to chart. Wilson leaves and is replaced by David Harvey (b. July 29, 1943, Bude, Cornwall, England). Wilson works with Belfast groups, Derek & The Sounds and then Cheese. In the late 1960s, he joins guitarist Rory Gallagher in Taste before forming Stud in the early 1970s.(7) The McAuley brothers’ Them appear at the Club Continental, Eastbourne.(9) The rival Them lose their court case and revert to the name “Some of Them”.April Morrison’s Them’s final session produces a cover of Paul Simon’s Richard Cory and Morrison’s Mighty Like A Rose. Gloria is re-issued and climbs to US #71. (16) The Shadows Of Knight’s version of Gloria hits US #10.May Paul Simon’s Richard Cory is the group’s last official single but is not a success. Morrison is particularly annoyed by its release, preferring his own song Might Like A Rose as a prospective single. In the US, Tommy Scott’s I Can Only Give You Everything is released as a final single and is quickly adopted by US garage bands like The MC5 as a punk anthem. Them Again reaches US #138 as the band performs their debut US concert date in Arizona.(14) Dave Harvey joins Them for a show at Decca Entertainment Centre, Ashton-under-Lyne, England. Soon afterwards, the band flies out to New York to begin its debut US tour.(27) Some of Them record two tracks with Kim Fowley – Gloria’s Dream and Secret Police. On the same day, Van Morrison’s Them appear at the Rollarena, San Leandro, California.(30) Some of Them perform in Blackpool. On the same day, Van Morrison’s Them begins a residency at the Whisky-A-Go Go, West Hollywood, California.(31) – June (17) Morrison’s Them performs at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, West Hollywood, California, where they are sometimes supported by The Doors.(13/15) Some of Them record further tracks in London.(18) On the last night at the Whisky, The Doors’ vocalist Jim Morrison joins Van Morrison’s group on stage for a 20-minute improvisation of Gloria. (19) The band discovers that the club has been willing to pay the group $10,000 per week. However, due to their management deal with Phil Solomon (whereby they have agreed to play for $2,000 a week minus a 35% management fee and a guarantee), Them have received considerably less than they think they should. This causes a lot of bitterness between the group and Solomon, and as a result Them inform promoter Bill Graham that they will only play at their forthcoming Fillmore concert if they are paid in advance. (21) Some of Them appear at Balliol College, Oxford.(23) Morrison’s Them appear at San Francisco’s Fillmore Auditorium with The New Tweedy Brothers. After their performance, Morrison meets his future wife Janet Planet who accompanies the band on the rest of the tour. (She will be the inspiration for Morrison’s Astral Weeks.)(26) Morrison’s group is supported by The Association at the Oakland Auditorium, Oakland, California.(27-29) Some of Them move to Denmark where they peform as Them. The group performs three shows in Copenhagen and finish their final recordings. Over the next five months, the band gigs in Denmark, Sweden and Norway. In the last week of July, the band is briefly joined by former Them member Peter Bardens on keyboards, allowing Jackie McAuley to come up front as lead singer.

July (1-2) Morrison’s Them perform at the “Beat On The Beach”, Santa Monica, California with The New Generation.(8-9) Them appear at the Waikiki Shell, Kapiolani Park, Honolulu, Hawaii.(23) The band performs at the Strand Theater, Modesto, California.(28) Morrison’s group is supported by The Doors and The Count Five at the Starlight Ballroom, Oxnard and (in the evening) the Earl Warren Showgrounds, Santa Barbara, California.(29-30) Morrison’s Them is supported by The Sons Of Champlin at the Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco. August (9) The McAuley brothers’ Them play at the Complain-LA-Tour jazz festival in Belguim.(19-21) Morrison’s group performs at the Losers North, San Jose, California.(23-28) A further set of dates take place at the Losers North. September (2-3) Them performs at the Longshoreman’s, San Francisco.(9) They appear in Fresno, California. Shortly afterwards, Morrison and Henderson return to London to sort out business matters with Solomon while the others return to Los Angeles. However, when their visas expire a few weeks later, Armstrong, Elliott and Harvey also return to Belfast. A new Them line up featuring Morrison, Henderson and Armstrong plays Derry Embassy Ballroom with Morrison’s cousin Sammy Stitt on drums but the show is so bad that Morrison leaves. He continues to work some new songs that will later comprise his masterpiece Astral Weeks. Morrison also returns to occasional live work in a new outfit dubbed, Van Morrison and “Them Again”, which features former Atlantics and Delltones’ guitarist Eric Bell alongside Joe Hanratty (drums) and Mike Brown (bass) from local group The Alleykatzs. “Them Again” debut at the Square One in Belfast and also play at Queens’ University’s rag ball before playing further gigs throughout Ireland. The band soon implodes and Morrison concentrates on a solo career. Eric Bell meanwhile moves to Glasgow and plays with The Bluebeats for two years.(17) The McAuley brothers’ group, now dubbed The Belfast Gypsies score a minor US hit when Gloria’s Dream hits #124.November (5) The McAuley brothers’ Them play their final date in Stockholm.December Armstrong, Elliott, Harvey and Henderson decide to carry on with Them’s name, now that Morrison has abandoned the name and is pursuing a solo career. The group recruits a new vocalist Ken McDowell (b. December 21, 1944, Belfast, N. Ireland), previously a member of Belfast group The Mad Lads, who have recorded a number of singles for Decca Records, as well as a lone release I Went Out With My Baby as Moses K. & The Prophets. The new version of Them writes to Carol Deck, Californian editor of Flip magazine (who had given the band some encouraging reviews during its US tour) asking for help, and she in turn introduces them to Texan producer Ray Ruff, who has his own indie label, Ruff Records.

(1967)January Major Minor Records releases Gloria, backed by another Morrison song, the acoustic Friday’s Child as a UK single. The McAuley brothers Them implodes and Jackie McAuley returns to Dublin and forms Cult with singer/songwriter and guitarist Paul Brady.March A second Major Minor single The Story Of Them is released. Morrison signs a solo contract with Bert Berns and travels to New York to record for his Bang label. This will result in an immediate US hit Brown Eyed Girl, which makes #10. After Berns’ death in December 1967, Morrison will sign with Warner Brothers and record the classic Astral Weeks, which proves to be the beginning of an illustrious career. April Relocating to Armadillo, Texas, Henderson’s Them release their debut single without Morrison, the band composition Walking In The Queens Garden on the local Sully Records.

Within a few weeks it is followed by a second release, a cover of Tom Lane’s Dirty Old Man (At The Age Of Sixteen). The two singles are quickly re-issued on Ruff Records before a nation-wide distribution deal is struck with Tower Records.August Nearly year after the band’s final performance, the McAuley brothers’ group The Belfast Gypsies have a belated album release on the Swedish label Sonet as Them Belfast Gypsies. September Starting off in Armadillo, Henderson’s group kicks off a tour and gigs for 65 days straight. The gruelling tour, which sees the band take a day off before working another 38 days straight, takes the musicians up to Canada across to the west coast and then down to Los Angeles, where Them begin work on its first album without Morrison. December The single Dirty Old Man (At The Age Of Sixteen) is reissued by Tower.(8-10) The band appears at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, West Hollywood, California with Love and Blue Cheer.

(1968)January A new album, Now And Them is released featuring Them’s reply to the Doors’ The End, the extended raga piece Square Room. February Tower reissues Walking In The Queens Gardens but its success is limited to the West Coast.April But It’s Alright, an out-take from the album is released as a single but doesn’t sell. The group’s incessant touring prompts Elliott to quit the band while Them are in New York. He returns to Belfast briefly before working with an Irish showband in Leeds alongside guitarist Eric Bell from “Them Again”. Bell soon returns to Belfast to replace guitarist Gary Moore in The Shades of Blue before working with the Dublin-based The Dream showband. May (24-25) The group appears alongside The Incredible String Band at the Kaleidoscope, Hollywood, California. July The title track from their forthcoming album Time Out For Time In is released but is not a success.August (14-15) The band plays with Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention at the Electric Theatre, Chicago. Them also performs at the Baton Rouge Festival on a bill that features Freddie King. November Them’s second album Time Out Time In For Them is released. It has been recorded at Los Angeles’ Gold Star studios in the wake of Elliott’s departure and features session drummer John Guerin on a number of tracks. A single Waltz Of The Flies is extracted but fails to chart.

(1969)March Them’s final single, a cover of the traditional Corinna is released but fails to chart. Unhappy with Ruff’s management and production, Armstrong and McDowell leave and return to Belfast where they put together Sk’Boo with Ricky McCutcheon and Colm Connolly. Henderson meanwhile, remains with Ruff in L.A. and continues with the Them name; using guitarist Jim Parker and drummer John Stark from Armadillo band, The Kitchen Cinq, he produces two further albums: Them (1969) and In Reality (1970) for the Chicago label Happy Tiger. David Harvey also stays behind in California but will leave the music business.June After working briskly throughout Ireland and the British mainland, Armstrong and McDowell shelve Sk’Boo (after a farewell gig in Wolverhampton) and return to the US. Based in Chicago, the duo recruit an American rhythm section comprising bassist Curt Bachman (ex-The Buckinghams) and drummer Reno Smith formerly of Baby Huey and The Babysitters in a new group called Truth, which becomes house band at Beavers. The band tours extensively around the Chicago area for the next 18 months, and also contributes several songs to the soundtrack for Pat Mulcahy’s film Cum Laude Fraud (later released as

College For Fun And Profit), before being offered a recording deal with Epic Records. Ex-Them member Ray Elliott rejoins the band during its lifespan but subsequently leaves after contributing to some recordings and returns to England. July (26) Them and Truth both appear at the Eugene Pop Festival, Hayward Field, University of Oregon, Eugene alongside Alice Cooper, The Doors and others. October Having returned from Germany and joined The Trixons showband, original Them member Eric Wrixon joins guitarist Eric Bell from the short-lived “Them Again” in the original Thin Lizzy. He leaves in early 1970 and returns to Germany to play with Junior Walker, Junior Wells and Buddy Guy among others.

(1970)January (21) Truth play at the New Cellar, Chicago alongside The Mauds.March Having moved to Beirut in Lebanon with The League of Gentlemen the previous year, former Them member Jackie McAuley returns to England and forms Trader Horne with Judy Dyble, who has previously worked with the original Fairport Convention. The duo release the album, Morning Way, which features contributions from former Them member Ray Elliott. When Trader Horne split later in the year, McAuley forms the short-lived One with Rosko Gee and Adam Marsh before starting on a solo album.

(1971)February Truth return to Belfast for a working holiday before sessions in London begin later that month. Unfortunately, Epic Records undergoes a change in management and following a communication problem, Truth’s band members fall apart before they have a chance to enter the studio. Elliott subsequently moves to Canada (where he dies in the early 2000s), while Bachman and Smith return to the US. Armstrong and McDowell move back to Belfast where Armstrong joins the Civil Service and McDowell becomes a member of The College Boys. (Truth’s private recordings and studio sessions from Chicago are later released by Epilogue Records as The Truth Of Them And Other Tales in 1995.)March Jackie McAuley releases his eponymous debut solo album on the small Dawn label, before later working with bands Wand and Mackeral Sky. He also spends four years working with Lonnie Donegan. Jackie’s brother Pat (who turns down an offer to play with Marc Bolan), sadly dies in a drowning accident in Donegal in 1984.

(1972)August Compilation album Them Featuring Van Morrison hits US #154.

(1973)After working with cabaret singer Roly Stewart, Jim Armstrong has rejoined Ken McDowell in The College Boys in the early 1970s. The pair then join Reunion before working with another former Them member John Wilson in Bronco. The pair also form the band Spike, which works at the Pound club in Belfast. Wilson subsequently becomes Northern Ireland’s top session drummer.

(1978)Armstrong leaves Spike and forms his own band Light, who record an eponymous album on the small Mint label in Ireland only.

(1979)Billy Harrison reforms Them with original keyboard player Eric Wrixon. Initially, Harrison intended to complete the group with John Wilson, who’d played drums on Them Again album, together with bass player Jackie Flavelle and singer Mel Austin but Wilson and Flavelle drop out prompting him to bring in drummer Billy Bell. He also brings back Henderson, who has spent several years working on his Connecticut farm. Them move to Germany where they hold down a residency in Hamburg. While there the group records the album Shut Your Mouth for Teldec/Decca before Jim Armstrong and Brian Scott from Light replace Harrison and Wrixon. However, after a brief tour of Germany the group

splinters. Armstrong reunites with Ken McDowell in a new version of Sk’Boo, who release one single It’s A Hard Road for the small Cuecomber label.

(1980)Harrison emerges with the solo album Billy Who? on the German Vagabond label. He then abandons a music career and become a marine electrician. Jackie McAuley spends most of the 1980s and 1990s working with Poor Mouth, who release a number of albums, including Gael Force. In 1982, he co-writes Dear John, which is a hit for Status Quo.

(1989)Original member Eric Wrixon forms The Belfast Blues Band with another former Them member, John Wilson.

(1994)Jackie McAuley emerges with a new solo album, Headspin. Guitarist Jim Armstrong meanwhile has formed The Belfast Blues Band with original Them member Eric Wrixon. His former band mate, Ken McDowell has continued to work with Sk’Boo and then plays with Hens Teeth before forming The Kenny McDowell/Ronnie Greer Band in the early 2000s.

(1998)Jackie McAuley releases another solo release, Shadowboxing.

(2000)Jackie McAuley puts out another solo release, Bad Day At Black Rock. McAuley subsequently joins The Harbour Band, who release the album Live In The Spirit Tour in 2003.

(2003)The Ken McDowell/Ronnie Greer Band release the album, Live At The Island. Jim Armstrong leaves The Belfast Blues Band and reforms The Jim Armstrong Band.

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