THE DOORS AND THEM: A MUSICAL ENCOUNTER FROM 1966 TO '70
In the period leading up to the recording of The Doors' first LP in August 1966, the band built its repertoire around a series of Blues and Rhythm and Blues covers. Gradually, a few original songs were added, and by the time the quartet arrived at the Whisky A Go Go in the summer of '66, the majority of the material was their own. At the famous Los Angeles venue, the group, hired as the house band, finalized the dazzling rock tunes that would appear on "The Doors" album. At the same time, the four young musicians had the opportunity to meet personally and artistically with a number of more famous and established ensembles (such as Love) that played the main show each night. Prominent among these groups was Them, an Irish quintet that became known from 1964 to mid-'66 for a series of convincing Rhythm and Blues hits and albums with garage rock overtones. The musical relationship developed between The Doors and Them, culminated in a pair of songs (includin...
