Chicken Shack's 1969 album, 100 Ton Chicken

Chicken Shack was a British blues band, primarily of the late 1960s, consisting of Christine Perfect (vocals and keyboards), Stan Webb (guitar and vocals), Andy Sylvester (bass guitar), and Alan Morley (drums).

Career

The band was formed in 1967 and reputedly named themselves after the chicken coop in Kidderminster where they rehearsed. Their first concert was at the 1967 National Blues and Jazz Festival at Windsor and they were signed by the Blue Horizon record label in the same year.

Chicken Shack enjoyed modest commercial success, with Christine Perfect being voted Best Female Vocalist in the Melody Maker polls, two years running.

Christine Perfect left the band in 1969 when she married John McVie of Fleetwood Mac. Pianist Paul Raymond, bassist Andy Sylvester, and drummer Dave Bidwell all left in 1971 to join Savoy Brown. Although the band went through several subsequent incarnations, it never equalled its earlier successes. However, Webb remains as its only constant band member.

Discography

Albums

• 40 Blue Fingers, Freshly Packed And Ready To Serve (1968), Blue Horizon - UK Albums Chart - Number 12
• O.K. Ken (1969), Blue Horizon - Number 9
• 100 Ton Chicken (1969), Blue Horizon
• Accept (1970), Blue Horizon
• Imagination Lady (1972), Deram
• Unlucky Boy (1973), Deram
• Goodbye Chicken Snack (Live) (1974), Deram
• Double (1977), Deram
• Stan The Man (1977), Nova
• That's The Way We Were (1978), Shark
• The Creeper (1978), WEA
• Chicken Shack (1979), Gull
• In The Can (1980), Epic Records
• Roadies Concerto (Live) (1981), RCA Records
• Simply Live (Live) (1989), SPV (Germany)
• On Air (BBC sessions) (1998), Strange Fruit Records
• Still Live After All These Years (2004) Mystic, (as Stan Webb's Chicken Shack)

Singles

• "I'd Rather Go Blind" (1969), Blue Horizon - UK Singles Chart - Number 14.
• "Tears In The Wind" (1969), Blue Horizon - Number 29.

External link

• Chicken Shack at All Music Guide