Though their career was brief, the Irish rock/R&B band Them recorded some
enduring, classic singles and will forever be remembered as the band that
launched the career of singer Van Morrison. Though the band had more than its
share of turnover, the original line-up of Morrison, keyboardist Eric Wrixon,
and the trio of Billy Harrison, Alan Henderson, and Ronnie Millings who had been
in a band called The Gamblers, started playing in Belfast in 1964. They became
regulars at the Maritime Hotel, performing a mix of covers and original songs
written by Morrison, whose passionate perfor...