Chicken Shack 5653894 226032673 2008-07-16T15:03:14Z 62.253.216.105 /* Career */ {{otheruses}} {{Infobox musical artist |Name = Chicken Shack |Img = 100tonchicken.png | Img_capt = Chicken Shack's 1969 [[album]], ''100 Ton Chicken'' |Img_size = |Background = group_or_band |Birth_name = |Alias = |Born = |Died = |Origin = |Instrument = |Genre = [[Blues]] |Years_active = 1967–present |Label = [[Blue Horizon]], [[Deram Records]] |Associated_acts = |URL = |Current_members = [[Stan Webb]] |Past_members = [[Christine McVie|Christine Perfect]]<br />Andy Sylvester<br />Alan Morley<br />Paul Raymond<br />Dave Bidwell}} '''Chicken Shack''' is a [[Great Britain|British]] [[blues]] [[band (music)|band]], formed in the late 1960s and originally consisting of [[Christine McVie|Christine Perfect]] ([[singer|vocals]] and [[keyboard instrument|keyboards]]), [[Stan Webb]] ([[guitar]] and vocals), Andy Silvester ([[bass guitar]]), and Alan Morley ([[drum kit|drums]]). ==Career== The band was formed in 1967 and reputedly named themselves after the chicken coop in [[Kidderminster]] where they rehearsed; chicken shacks (chicken restaurants) had also by then frequently been mentioned in [[blues]] and [[rhythm and blues]] songs, as in [[Amos Milburn]]'s hit, "Chicken Shack Boogie". Their first concert was at the 1967 National Blues and Jazz Festival at [[Windsor, Berkshire|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. Perfect left the band in 1969 when she married [[John McVie]] of [[Fleetwood Mac]]. [[Pianist]] [[Paul Raymond]], [[bassist]] Andy Silvester, and [[drummer]] Dave Bidwell all left in 1971 to join [[Savoy Brown]]. Webb was also recruited for Savoy Brown in the mid 1970s, and recorded the [[album]] ''Boogie Brothers'' with them. Although Chicken Shack 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 Records|Deram]] * ''Unlucky Boy'' (1973), Deram * ''Goodbye Chicken Shack'' ([[Live album|Live]]) (1974), Deram * ''Double'' (1977), Deram * ''Stan The Man'' (1977), Nova * ''That's The Way We Were'' (1978), Shark * ''The Creeper'' (1978), [[Warner Bros.|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)<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | pages= p. 104 | id= ISBN 1-904994-10-5}}</ref> ===Singles=== * "[[I'd Rather Go Blind]]" (1969), Blue Horizon - [[UK Singles Chart]] - Number 14. * "Tears In The Wind" (1969), Blue Horizon - Number 29.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2007 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | pages= p. 104 | id= ISBN 1-904994-10-5}}</ref> ==Notes== {{Reflist}} ==References== * ''The New Musical Express Book of Rock'', 1975, Star Books, ISBN 0 352 300744 ==External links== * {{amg|id=11:7z3tk6jx9krj|label=Chicken Shack}} * Fan Site: [http://feenstra.co.uk/bands/chickenshack/chickenshack.htm] * the approved unofficial Stan Webbsite: [http://www.stanwebb.co.uk/] [[Category:1960s music groups]] [[Category:1970s music groups]] [[Category:English musical groups]] [[Category:Music from Birmingham, England]] [[Category:Musical groups established in 1967]] [[cs:Chicken Shack]] [[de:Chicken Shack]] [[fr:Chicken Shack]] [[sv:Chicken Shack]]