[1] Until their chart breakthrough they played a brand of R&B influenced music regularly in Glasgow's clubs, specifically the Lindella, where they were discovered by Tony Gordon, owner of the Phonograph disco.
After the group recorded their first album Something To Shout About, Mullin was replaced by Henry Wright from the Blues Council, and they continued to tour the UK, Ireland and mainland Europe.
At this time they also joined the Harold Davidson Agency, and travelled to mainland Europe where they played at the Olympia with the Animals, Marianne Faithfull and the Moody Blues, and also at the Big Apple Club in Munich with Gerry and the Pacemakers.
Despite their promising debut, their next three subsequent record sales were disappointing even although their third release, "Here Comes the Night", which preceded the hit version by Them by several months, received considerable attention.
However, before this they toured Poland with the Hollies, becoming one of the first groups to perform behind the Iron Curtain, and recorded their debut single, "The House on the Hill" b/w "Most Unlovely".
James Dewar, having found success as a member of the Robin Trower Band, died in 2002 from Cadasil hereditary stroke disorder.