Jackie McAuley
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Jackie McAuley | |
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| Birth name | John James McAuley |
| Born | 14 December 1946 Derry |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, Producer, Author. |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar/Keyboards/Mandolin |
| Years active | 1960 - present |
Jackie McAuley (born 14 December 1946) is an Irish guitarist and keyboard player known particularly for his with with the bands Them and Trader Horne.
Career
As a member of Them (on keyboards[1]) he recorded and toured with Van Morrison behind hit records ‘Baby Please Don’t Go’[2], ‘Gloria’ and ‘Here Comes The Night’ sharing stages with The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Kinks etc. Later when Van Morrison went solo, Jackie joined Paul Brady in Dublin band ‘The Kult’[3] Moving back to London on he formed The Belfast Gypsies recording just one album "Them Belfast Gypsies" which was produced by Kim Fowley. The album is hailed as one of the rawest and most powerful to emerge during the 60s R&B Boom.[citation needed]
McAuleys psych-folk duo Trader Horne, with ex Fairport Convention singer Judy Dyble also only released one album ‘Morning Way’ in 1970. The album, much played by legendary DJ John Peel at the time has been re-released seven times since[4]. Through the seventies and beyond Jackie recorded and worked with dozens of artists from Viv Stanshall of the Bonzo Dog Do Da Band to Clodagh Rodgers, Jamaican reggae giants The Heptones, Rick Wakeman and also as musical director with Lonnie Donegan on guitar and fiddle.
In 1982 his songwriting came to fruition when he and John Gustafson (Roxy Music) penned the world wide hit ‘Dear John’ for Status Quo. Meanwhile they formed "Rowdy" with Billy Bremner (The Pretenders) and Les Binks (Judas Priest).
In the late eighties McAuley led for several years the critically acclaimed Celtic rock outfit Poor Mouth recording the album ‘Gael Force’ After a terrible accident almost severing his finger McAuley during recovery began to write more solo driven material. Since breaking up the band in the nineties he has released several well reviewed albums under his own name.
Recently McAuley and Dyble reformed Trader Horne for a one-off London gig which was awarded four stars in a review in The Times. And his songwriting was recognised once again in the Hollywood movies Humble Pie ‘American Fork’ (William Baldwin) and Stranger Things (Winona Ryder) He is currently working as the Jackie McAuley Band[5] with PierLuigi Cioci and Joe Toal. In 2017 Jackie played at the "A New Day Festival"[6] in Kent, England and finished writing his memoirs titled I, Sideman.
Discography
- Them
- Here Comes The Night (1965) single
- The Angry Young Them (1965)
- The Belfast Gypsies
- Them Belfast Gypsies (1967)
- People let's freak out (1967) single
- Trader Horne
- Sheena (1969) single
- Here Comes The Rain. (1970) single
- Morning Way (1970)
- Jackie McAuley
- Jackie McAuley (1970)
- Turning Green (1970) single
- Rockin’ Shoes (1971) single
- Schooners Rig
- Producer (1982)
- Status Quo
- Dear John (1982) single (writer with J. Gustafson)
- The Poor Mouth
- Gael Force (1989)
- Big Pete’s Birthday
- Jackie McAuley
- Headspin (1991
- Fretwork (1996)
- Shadowboxing (1998)
- Bad Day At Black Rock (200)
- The Harbour Band
- Cruisin’(2004)
- Jackie McAuley & the Regular Gas Band
- Them Good Old Songs (2015)
- Jackie McAuley Band
- The Radio Waves (ep 2016)
References
- ^ Sinclair, David. "Angry Man in the Van". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
- ^ "Them and Now: Jackie McAuley". Culture Northern Ireland.
- ^ "Irish Rock Discography: The Inmates / The Kult".
- ^ "Jackie McAuley - Biography & History - AllMusic".
- ^ "JACKIE McAULEY BAND Guinness International Blues On The Bay Festival".
- ^ "Jackie McAuley Band".
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