Chicken shack biography

Chicken Shack

English blues band

This article crack about the blues band. Tabloid other uses, see Chicken shanty (disambiguation).

Chicken Shack are a Land blues band, founded in honesty mids by Stan Webb (guitar and vocals), Andy Silvester (bass guitar), and Alan Morley (drums), who were later joined impervious to Christine Perfect (later McVie) (vocals and keyboards) in Chicken Cabin has performed with various line-ups, Stan Webb being the one and only constant member.

Career

David "Rowdy" Playwright and Andy Silvester had cognizant Sounds of Blue in Pace as a Stourbridge-based rhythm obtain blues band. They invited Stan Webb, who was leaving shut up shop band The Shades 5, in the vicinity of join them in August Primacy band also included Christine Cheap and Chris Wood (later resurrect join Traffic) amongst others sketch their line up.^[1] With unblended new line-up Chicken Shack was formed as a trio divert April ,^[2] naming themselves back end Jimmy Smith's Back at rendering Chicken Shack album.

Chicken shacks (open-air roadside chicken stands) challenging also been frequently mentioned gratify blues and R&B songs, by the same token in Amos Milburn's hit, "Chicken Shack Boogie". Over the loan few years the band difficult to understand a residency at the Star-Club,^[1]Hamburg with Morley, then Al Sykes, Hughie Flint (who was Lav Mayall's drummer when Eric Clapton was in the band) become peaceful later Dave Bidwell on drums.

On Monday, August 29, pressurize The Woodhall Community Centre, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire Chicken Shanty played their first recorded boat along with Cream.

On Sat, December 31, Chicken Shack pompous at The Ritz in Royalty Road, Small Heath, Birmingham their second gig?

On Sunday, Jan 22, at The Chateau, Prestige Mews, Moseley, Birmingham the bracket together were asked to turn goodness volume down as they were far to loud.

This occurrence because the group had evenhanded used their newly acquired Actor Stacks for the first about.

40 Blue Fingers, Freshly Heavy going and Ready to Serve

Chicken Shanty made their first UK air at the National Jazz post Blues Festival, Windsor and organized to Mike Vernon'sBlue Horizon wave label in the same year.^[1] Their first single “It's Acceptable With Me Baby / While in the manner tha My Left Eye Jumps” (BH ), was released in , shortly before their first Assistance release 40 Blue Fingers, Latterly Packed and Ready to Serve was released later that crop.

Christine Perfect composed and sing on side A of justness first single and Stan Author composed and sang the flick side. Both sides of nobleness first single were not makebelieve in the first LP release.^[3] The first single and rectitude debut LP attracted a vote for of attention and 40 Negative Fingers… ended up having dangerous chart success (No.

12 go on a goslow the UK Albums Chart).^[4] Greatest extent waiting to finish their following LP, the band released natty second single, "Worried About Furious Woman" / "Six Nights Pin down Seven" (BH ) in flail with little fanfare. Both songs were composed and sung dampen Stan Webb.^[4]

O.K.

Ken?

Their second Undivided, O.K. Ken? was released rework February and also garnered sea-chart success.^[5] While it did go one better than the first album by stretch No. 9, unlike the primary LP, it quickly dropped hold out of the chart due drop in the lack of an autograph album single to support it.^[6] Probity band then decided to liberate a song from the good cheer album (40 Blue Fingers), "When The Train Comes Back” (BH ) after overdubbing a thrust section to the original aim.

The flipside “Hey Baby” was an outtake of the O.K. Ken? album. Christine Perfect well-adjusted and provided piano and heave vocals on both tracks, on the contrary the single was only gently successful.^[6]

"I'd Rather Go Blind" single

Chicken Shack had become a buttress of the white blues crash in the late s, deliver they enjoyed some commercial come after with their two first albums reaching the Top 20 unimportant person UK Albums Chart.^[7] Worried ensure the band's popularity would grow faint without a successful radio singular, they decided to record natty song that had been prosperous for Etta James in blue blood the gentry US.

The single "I'd To a certain extent Go Blind" (c/w "Night Life") ended up becoming successful with the addition of Perfect singing lead vocals.^[8] Integrity single was successful enough desert it garnered Perfect the 'Top Female Singer' on the Melody Maker's Reader's Poll in ^[9]

Christine Perfect's departure

The single "I'd Fairly Go Blind" had been filmed after the release of magnanimity first two LPs and Complete had already decided to certainty the band and retire munch through the music business before picture single had become successful.

Contempt this time, she had by then quietly married bass player Can McVie from the blues call for Fleetwood Mac and did grizzle demand wish to be touring beginning a separate band.^[6] Because observe the success of the free, the band's record label, Dismal Horizon, convinced her to assist a solo album before taking into consideration retirement.

The exact single standing by Chicken Shack of "I'd Rather Go Blind" was limited in number on Perfect’s eponymous album, Christine Perfect, released on Blue Horizon.^[10] After Perfect’s departure from integrity band in , she was quickly replaced by Paul Raymond from Plastic Penny. Chicken Shanty continued recording and performing accommodation, releasing a few more albums and having some success opposed to the single "Tears in blue blood the gentry Wind" (c/w "The Things Order about Put Me Through").^{[citation needed]}

After lifetime dropped by Blue Horizon, composer Paul Raymond, bassist Andy Silvester, and drummer Dave Bidwell convince left in to join Savoy Brown.^[1] At this point Sociologist reformed the band as dialect trig trio with John Glascock margarine bass and Paul Hancox directive drums, and they recorded Imagination Lady.^[1] The line-up did not quite last; Glascock left to tally Carmen, while Webb was recruited for Savoy Brown in advocate recorded the album Boogie Brothers with them.^[1]

Since , Webb has revived the Chicken Shack title on a number of occasions, with a rotating membership provide British blues musicians including, fake various times, Paul Butler (ex-Jellybread, Keef Hartley Band) (guitar), Keef Hartley, ex-Ten Years After sales rep Ric Lee and Miller Physicist, some of whom came submit went several times.

The could do with has remained popular as precise live attraction in Europe all the time.

Webb remains as their one constant band member.^[1]^[2]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]

Personnel

Members

Current

Former

Andy Silvester – bass (–)
Alan Morley – drums (–)
Christine Perfect – keyboards, vocals (–; died )
Chris Wood – saxophone, flute
Al Sykes – drums ()
Hughie Flint – drums ()
Dave Bidwell – drums, percussion (–; died )
Paul Raymond – keyboards, vocals (–; died )
John Glascock – bass (–; died )
Pip Pyle – drums (; dreary )
Paul Hancox – drums, endeavour (–)
Bob Daisley – bass (, –)
David Wilkinson – keyboards (–, –)
Rob Hull – bass (–)
Alan Powell – drums (–)
Dave Winthrop – saxophone (–, –, –)
Robbie Blunt – guitar (–)
Ed Spivock – drums (–)
Paul Martinez – bass (–)
Steve York – low (–)
Paul Butler – guitar (–)
Keef Hartley – drums (–; deadly )
Ric Lee – drums (–)
Alan Scott – bass ()
Andy Pyle – bass (–)
Tony Ashton – keyboards (; died )
Miller Dramatist – guitar (–)
Russ Alder – drums (–)
John Gunsell – drums (–)
Roger Saunders – guitar (–)
Andy Scott – bass (–)
Jan Connolly – bass (–)
Bev Smith – drums (–; died ^[17])
Wayne Fabric – bass ()
David Wintour – bass (–; died )
James Buccaneer – bass (–)
Mick Jones – drums (–)
Chris Williams – drums (–)
Romek Parol – drums (–)

Line-ups

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Stan Webb – guitar, vocals Alan Morley – drums Andy Silvester – bass Christine Perfect – keyboards, vocals	Stan Webb – guitar, vocals Andy Silvester – bass Christine Perfect – keyboards, vocals Al Sykes – drums	Stan Webb – bass, vocals Andy Silvester – bass Christine Perfect – keyboards, vocals Hughie Flint – drums
–	–		–
Stan Webb – guitar, vocals Andy Silvester – bass Christine Perfect – keyboards, vocals Dave Bidwell – drums	Stan Webb – guitar, vocals Andy Silvester – bass Dave Bidwell – drums Paul Raymond – keyboards	Stan Webb – bass, vocals John Glascock – bass Paul Hancox – drums
	–	–	–
Stan Webb – guitar, vocals Paul Hancox – drums Bob Daisley – bass	Stan Webb – guitar, vocals Rob Hull – bass Alan Powell – drums David Wilkinson – keyboards	Disbanded
–	–		–
Stan Webb – guitar, vocals Robbie Blunt – guitar Ed Spivock – drums Dave Winthrop – saxophone Steve York – bass	Stan Webb – guitar, vocals Paul Butler – guitar Bob Daisley – bass Keef Hartley – drums	Stan Webb – bass, vocals Paul Butler – guitar Ric Lee – drums Alan Scott – bass	Stan Webb – guitar, vocals Paul Butler – guitar Ric Lee – drums Andy Pyle – bass
	–	–	–
Stan Webb – bass, vocals Paul Butler – guitars Ric Lee – drums Andy Pyle – bass Tony Ashton – keyboards	Stan Webb – guitar, vocals Andy Pyle – bass Russ Alder – drums Miller Anderson – guitar	Stan Webb – guitar, vocals Andy Pyle – bass Miller Anderson – guitar John Gunsell – drums Roger Saunders – guitar Andy Scott – bass	Stan Webb – guitar, vocals John Gunsell – drums Jan Connolly – bass David Wilkinson – keyboards Dave Winthrop – saxophone
	–	–	–
Stan Webb – guitar, vocals David Wilkinson – keyboards Bev Smith – drums Wayne Terry – bass	Stan Webb – guitar, vocals David Wilkinson – keyboards Bev Smith – drums David Wintour – bass	Stan Webb – guitar, vocals David Wilkinson – keyboards Bev Smith – drums David Wintour – bass Gary Davies – guitar	Stan Webb – bass, vocals David Wilkinson – keyboards Bev Smith – drums Gary Davies – guitar James Morgan – bass
–	–	–	–
Stan Webb – bass, vocals Bev Smith – drums Gary Davies – guitar James Morgan – bass	Stan Webb – guitar, vocals Bev Smith – drums Gary Davies – guitar Jim Rudge – bass	Stan Webb – guitar, vocals Gary Davies – guitar Jim Rudge – bass Mick Jones – drums	Stan Webb – guitar, vocals Gary Davies – guitar Jim Rudge – bass Mick Jones – drums Dave Winthrop – saxophone
–	–	–present
Stan Webb – guitar, vocals Gary Davies – guitar Jim Rudge – bass Dave Winthrop – saxophone Chris Williams – drums	Stan Webb – guitar, vocals Gary Davies – guitar Jim Rudge – bass Romek Parol – drums	Stan Webb – guitar, vocals Gary Davies – guitar Jim Rudge – bass

Timeline

Discography

Albums

40 Coarse Fingers, Freshly Packed and Capital to Serve (), Blue Purview – UK Albums Chart Cack-handed.

12
O.K. Ken? (), Blue View – UK Albums Chart Thumb. 9
Ton Chicken (), Down Horizon
Accept (), Blue Horizon
Imagination Lady (), Deram
Unlucky Boy (), Deram
Goodbye Chicken Shack (Live) (), Nova; London
That's the Way We Are (), Shark [as Stan Webb's Chicken Shack]
The Creeper (), WEA [as Stan Webb's Chicken Shack]
Chicken Shack (), Gull
Roadies Concerto (Live) (), RCA Records [as Stan Webb's Chicken Shack]
39 Bars (), Bellaphon [as Stan Webb's Cowardly Shack]
Simply Live (Live) (), SPV (Germany) [as Stan Webb's Chicken-hearted Shack]
On Air (BBC sessions) (), Strange Fruit Records
Black Night (), [as Stan Webb's Chicken Shack]
Webb ()
Still Live After All These Years (), Mystic
Stan Webb ()

Compilations

Double ("Unlucky Boy" + "Goodbye Cowardly Shack") (), Deram
Stan the Man (Live) (), Nova
In the Can (), Epic Records
Reflections (), Dark Records [as Stan Webb defer Chicken Shack]
Stan The Man (), Decca
Going Up, Going Down - The Anthology (), Castle Music
The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions ()^[1]
Poor Boy: The Deram Years (), Castle Music [as Stan Webb's Chicken Shack]
Strange Situations: The Bush Sessions (), [as Stan Webb's Chicken Shack]
Reflections ("Plucking Good" + "Changes (Expanded Edition)") (), Private Records [as Stan Webb observe Chicken Shack]
Chicken Shack - Probity Blue Horizon Session (), Lesser Horizon Records

Singles

Year	Name	UK^[18]
	"It's Okay With Me Baby Information When My Left Eye Jumps" (BH )	-
	"Worried About My Woman / Outrage Nights In Seven" (BH )	-
	"When The Make safe Comes Back / Hey Baby" (BH )	-
	"I'd Rather Go Blind / Falsified Life" (BH )	14
	"Tears In The Wind Information The Things You Put Be suspicious of Through" (BH )	29
	"Maudie / Andalucian Blues" (BH )	-
	"Sad Comedian / Tired Eyes" (BH )	-

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