Chicken
Shack é uma banda britânica de blues e rock, fundada em meados da
década de 1960 por Stan Webb (guitarra e vocal), Andy Silvester (baixo) e
Alan Morley (bateria), aos quais se juntou mais tarde Christine Perfect
(mais tarde McVie) (vocal e teclado) em 1967. O Chicken Shack se
apresentou com várias formações, sendo Stan Webb o único membro
constante.
David "Rowdy" Yeats e Andy Silvester formaram o Sounds
of Blue em março de 1964 como uma banda de rhythm and blues de
Stourbridge. Eles convidaram Stan Webb, que estava deixando a banda
local The Shades 5, para se juntar a eles em agosto de 1964. A banda
também incluiu Christine Perfect e Chris Wood (que mais tarde se
juntaria ao Traffic), entre outros, em sua formação. Com uma nova
formação, o Chicken Shack foi formado como um trio em abril de 1965,
nomeando-se em homenagem ao álbum Back at the Chicken Shack de Jimmy
Smith. Nos anos seguintes, a banda residiu no Star-Club, Hamburgo com
Morley, depois Al Sykes, Hughie Flint (que era o baterista de John
Mayall quando Eric Clapton estava na banda) e mais tarde Dave Bidwell na
bateria.
Chicken Shack fez sua primeira aparição no Reino Unido
no National Jazz and Blues Festival de 1967, Windsor e assinou com a
gravadora Blue Horizon de Mike Vernon no mesmo ano. Seu primeiro single
"It's Okay With Me Baby / When My Left Eye Jumps" (BH 57-3135), foi
lançado em 1968, pouco antes de seu primeiro lançamento em LP 40 Blue
Fingers, Freshly Packed and Ready to Serve ser lançado no final daquele
ano. O primeiro single e o LP de estreia atraíram muita atenção e 40
Blue Fingers… acabou tendo um sucesso considerável nas paradas (nº 12 na
UK Albums Chart). Enquanto esperavam para terminar seu segundo LP, a
banda lançou um segundo single, "Worried About My Woman" / "Six Nights
In Seven" (BH 57-3143) no final de 1968. Ambas as canções foram
compostas e cantadas por Stan Webb.
Seu segundo LP, OK Ken? foi
lançado em fevereiro de 1969 e também obteve sucesso nas paradas. Embora
tenha superado o primeiro álbum ao alcançar a 9ª posição, ao contrário
do LP inicial, ele rapidamente saiu das paradas devido à falta de um
single para apoiá-lo. A banda então decidiu lançar uma música do
primeiro álbum (40 Blue Fingers...), "When The Train Comes Back" (BH
57-3146), após fazer overdub de uma seção de metais na faixa original. O
verso "Hey Baby" foi uma tomada descartada do álbum OK Ken? Christine
Perfect compôs e tocou piano e foi vocal principail em ambas as faixas,
mas o single teve apenas um sucesso moderado.
O Chicken Shack se
tornou um pilar do boom do blues branco no final dos anos 1960, e eles
desfrutaram de algum bom sucesso comercial com seus dois primeiros
álbuns alcançando o Top 20 na parada de álbuns do Reino Unido.
Preocupados com que a popularidade da banda poderia desaparecer sem um
single de sucesso nas rádios, eles decidiram gravar uma música que tinha
sido um sucesso com Etta James nos EUA. O single " I'd Rather Go Blind "
(c/w "Night Life") acabou se tornando um sucesso com Perfect nos vocais
principais. O single foi bem sucedido o suficiente para garantir a
Perfect o prêmio de 'Melhor Cantora Feminina' na Pesquisa do Leitor da
Melody Maker em 1969.
O single "I'd Rather Go Blind" foi gravado
após o lançamento dos dois primeiros LPs e Perfect já havia decidido
deixar a banda e se aposentar da indústria musical antes que o single
fizesse sucesso. Nessa época, ela já havia se casado discretamente com o
baixista John McVie, da banda de blues Fleetwood Mac, e não queria
fazer turnê com outra banda. Devido ao sucesso do single, a gravadora da
banda, Blue Horizon, convenceu Perfect a lançar um álbum solo antes de
considerar a aposentadoria. A gravação exata do single "I'd Rather Go
Blind" pelo Chicken Shack foi incluída no álbum homônimo de Perfect,
Christine Perfect, lançado pela Blue Horizon. Após a saída de Perfect da
banda em 1969, ela foi rapidamente substituída por Paul Raymond do
Plastic Penny. O Chicken Shack continuou gravando e se apresentando ao
vivo, lançando mais alguns álbuns e tendo algum sucesso com o single
"Tears in the Wind" (c/w "The Things You Put Me Through").
Depois
de serem dispensados pelo Blue Horizon, o pianista Paul Raymond, o
baixista Andy Silvester e o baterista Dave Bidwell saíram em 1971 para
se juntar ao Savoy Brown. Nesse ponto, Webb reformou a banda como um
trio com John Glascock no baixo e Paul Hancox na bateria, e eles
gravaram Imagination Lady. A formação não durou; Glascock saiu para se
juntar ao Carmen, enquanto Webb foi recrutado para o Savoy Brown em 1974
e gravou o álbum Boogie Brothers com eles.
Desde 1977, Webb
reviveu o nome Chicken Shack em diversas ocasiões, com uma formação
rotativa de músicos de blues britânicos, incluindo, em diferentes
momentos, Paul Butler (ex-Jellybread, Keef Hartley Band) (guitarra),
Keef Hartley, o ex- baterista do Ten Years After, Ric Lee, e Miller
Anderson, alguns dos quais entraram e saíram diversas vezes. A banda
permaneceu popular como atração ao vivo na Europa. Webb continua sendo
seu único membro constante da banda. Fonte: Wikipédia. Site Oficial.
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Álbuns.
40 Blue Fingers, Freshly Packed And Ready To Serve
(1968)01. The Letter
02. Lonesome Whistle Blues
03. When The
Train Comes Back
04. San-Ho-Zay
05. King Of The World
06. See See
Baby
07. First Time I Met The Blues
08. Webbed Feet
09. You Ain’t No
Good
10. What You Did Last Night
O.K. Ken? (1969)01. Baby’s Got Me Crying
02. The Right Way Is My Way
03.
Get Like You Used To Be
04. Pony And Trap
05. Tell Me
06. A Woman Is
The Blues
07. I Wanna See My Baby
08. Remington Ride
09. Fishing In
Your River
10. Mean Old World
11. Sweet Sixteen
100 Ton Chicken (1969)01. The Road Of Love
02. Look Ma, I’m Cryin’
03.
Evelyn
04. Reconsider Baby
05. Weekend Love
06. Midnight Hour
07.
Tears In The Wind
08. Horse And Cart
09. The Way It Is
10. Still
Worried About My Woman
11. Anji
Bonus Tracks.
12. The Things You Put Me
Through
13. Night Life
Accept (1970)01. Diary Of Your Life
02. Pocket
03. Never Ever
04.
Sad Clown
05. Maudie
06. Telling Your Fortune
07. Tired Eyes
08.
Some Other Time
09. Going Round
10. Andalucian Blues
11. You Know You
Did You Did
12. She Didn't Use Her Loaf / Apple Tart
Bonus Tracks.
13.
Smartest Girl In Town
14. Hideaway
Imagination Lady (1972)01. Crying Won't Help You Now
02. Daughter Of The
Hillside
03. If I Were Carpenter
04. Going Down
05. Poor Boy
06.
Telling Your Fortune
07. The Loser
Chicken Shack Featuring Stan Webb -
Unlucky Boy (1973)01. You Know Could Be Right
02. Revelation
03. Prudence's
Party
04. Too Late To Cry
05. Stan The Man
06. Unlucky Boy
07. As
Time Goes Passing By
08. Jammin' With The Ash
09. He Knows The
Rules
10. As Time Goes Passing By (Single Version)
Bonus Tracks.
11.
Hear Me Cry
12. Think
13. It’s Easy
14. Doctor Brown
Chicken Shack Featuring Stan Webb -
Chicken Shack Go Live (1974)01. Intro (Spoken)
02. Everyday I Have The Blues
03. The
Thrill Is Gone
04. Going Down
05. You Take Me Down
06. Webb's
Boogie
07. You’re Mean
08. Poor Boy
09. Webb's Guitar Shuffle
10.
Tutti Frutti
Stan The Man (Live 1976)CD 1.
01. You Know Could Be Right
02. Revelation
03. Prudence's
Party
04. Too Late To Cry
05. Stan The Man
06. Unlucky Boy
07. As
Time Goes Passing By
08. Jammin' With The Ash
09. He Knows The Rules
CD 2.
01. Every Day I Have The Blues
02. The Thrill Is Gone
03. Going Down
04. You Take Me Down
05. Webb's Boogie
06. You're
Mean
07. Poor Boy
08. Webb's Guitar Shuffle
09. Tutti Frutti
Stan Webb's Chicken Shack - That's
The Way We Are (1978)01. The End (Prisoner)
02. High Cost Of Love
03. Doesn't
Matter About Your Size
04. It Wasn't Me
05. You'll Be Mine
06.
Sillyness
07. Little Bird
08. Rich Man's Blues
09. Emily
10. Let Me
Love
11. Shake Your Money Maker
Stan Webb's Chicken Shack - The
Creeper (1978)01. The Creeper
02. Delilah
03. Riding With The
Devil
04. Think
05. Stop Knocking My Door
06. Blue Vein
07. It's
Easy If You’re Lovely
08. The Guitar Playing Derelict
09. Dr. Brown
10.
Red Haired Lady
In The Can (1980)01. See See Baby
02. When The Train Comes Back
03. Webbed
Feet
04. You Ain't No Good
05. The Letter
06. A Woman Is The
Blues
07. Way It Is
08. Tears In The Wind
09. I'd Rather Go
Blind
10. San Ho Zay
11. Get Like You Used To Be
12. Fishing In Your
River
13. Pocket
14. I Wanna See My Baby
15. Andalucian Blues
16.
Sad Clown
Stan Webb's Chicken Shack - Roadie's
Concerto (1981)01. Tell Me
02. Why I Sing The Blues
03. Back Door
Man
04. Black Night
05. So Far Back
06. The End (Prisoner)
07. Poor
Boy
08. Shake Your Money Maker
09. Hideaway
Stan Webb's Chicken Shack - 39 Bars
(1986)01. Runnin' And Hidin'
02. I'd Rather Go Blind
03. Who
Cares
04. Ev'ry Little Bit Of My Heart
05. Hold On
06. A Blues
Song
07. Tore Down
08. Every Day I Have The Blues
09. The Millionaires
(Five Long Years)
The Collection (1986)01. The Letter
02. When The Train Comes Back
03. Lonesome
Whistle Blues
04. You Ain't No Good
05. Baby's Got Me Crying
06. Right
Way Is My Way
07. Get Like You Used To Be
08. A Woman Is The Blues
09.
I Wanna See My Baby
10. Remington Ride
11. Mean Old World
12.
San-Ho-Zay
13. The Way It Is
14. Tears In The Wind
15. Maudie
16.
Some Other Time
17. Andalucian Blues
18. Crazy 'Bout You Baby
19. Close
To Me
20. I'd Rather Go Blind
Stan Webb's Chicken Shack - Simply
Live (1989)01. Everyday I Have The Blues
02. The Thrill Has Gone
03.
Broken Hearted Melody
04. Running And Hiding
05. Night Life
06.
Sweetest Little Thing
07. C.S. Opera
08. Poor Boy
The Very Best Of Chicken Shack (Coletânea 1990)01. I'd Rather Go Blind
02. When The Train Comes Back
03.
A Woman Is The Blues
04. I Wanna See My Baby
05. Maudie
06. Mean Old
World
07. Webbed Feet
08. Remington Ride
09. San-Ho-Zay
10. Tears In
The Wind
11. The Letter
12. Get Like You Used To Be
13. Pocket
14.
You Ain't No Good
15. Andalucian Blues
16. Fishing In Your River
17.
Sad Clown
18. Lonesome Whistle Blues
19. Baby's Got My Crying
20. The
Way It Is
Stan Webb's Chicken Shack - Changes
(1991)01. Foolish Things
02. Were You Pushed Or Did You
Fall?
03. Sweetest Little Thing
04. Will You Dance With Me?
05. Don't
You Worry About A Thing
06. I'd Rather Go Blind (New Version)
07. Have You
Seen My Heart?
08. Burning Love
09. Poor Boy (New Version)
On The Air: Original BBC Recordings (1991)01. Tired Eyes
02. I'd Rather Go Blind
03. Tears In The
Wind
04. Night Is When It Matters
05. Telling Your Fortune
06. You Knew
You Did
07. Midnight Hour
08. Hey Baby
09. Things You Put Me
Through
10. Get Like You Used To Be
11. You Done Lost That Good Thing
Now
12. Look Ma, I'm Crying
Stan Webb's Chicken Shack - Plucking
Good (1993)01. Reflections
02. Broken Hearted Melody
03. Look
Out
04. Talk About Love
05. I'm Not Sorry
06. Crying Again
07. For
All Your Love
08. If Only
09. Nothing I Can Do
10. Dr. Brown
11. Let
Me Love You Babe
12. The Thrill Has Gone
Stan Webb's Chicken Shack - Webb's
Blues (1994)01. I'm Tore Down
02. A Blues Song
03. Every Little Bit Of
My Heart
04. Sweet Nothin's
05. Crying Again
06. Who Cares
07. Hold
On
08. Webb's Blues
09. Homework
10. Evil
11. Set Me Free
12.
Every Day I Have The Blues
13. Time Goes By
14. I'd Rather Go Blind
15.
Baby What You Want Me To Do?
Stan Webb's Chicken Shack - Stan 'The
Man' Live (1995)01. Going Up Going Down
02. The Thrill Has Gone
03. Love
Her With A Feeling
04. Look Out
05. Lost The Best Friend I Ever Had
06.
C.S. Opera
07. Broken Hearted Melody
08. Poor Boy / Oh Well / Poor
Boy
09. Dr. Brown / Reconsider Baby
From The Vaults (1997)01. Midnight Hour
02. When The Train Comes Back
03. Night
Life
04. It's O.K. With Me Baby
05. Tell Me
06. Telling Your
Fortune
07. Strange Things Happening
08. Side Tracked
09. Lonesome
Whistle Blues
10. The Letter
11. Mean Old World
12. Tired Eyes
13.
My Mood
14. You've Done Lost Your Good Thing Now
15. Everyday I Have The
Blues
16. Waiting For You
17. San Ho Zay
18. It'll Be Me
19. Hey Hey
Hey Hey
Stan Webb's Chicken Shack - Archive
Series (1998)01. Going Up Going Down
02. Hold On
03. Management
04.
I'd Rather Go Blind
05. Love Her With A Feeling
06. Drinking With
Redbone
07. Every Little Bit Of My Heart
08. Sweet Nuthins
09. Man Of
The Road
10. Evil
11. Webb's Blues
12. Blues Song
13. Everyday I
Have The Blues
14. Thrill Has Gone
15. Black Night
16. Crying Won't
Help You Now
17. Loser
18. Broken Glass
Stan Webb's Chicken Shack - Poor Boy:
In Concert 1973 & 1981 (2000)01. Everyday I Have The Blues
02. The Thrill Is Gone
03.
Going Down
04. You Take Me Down
05. Webb's Boogie
06. You're
Mean
07. Poor Boy
08. Webb's Guitar Boogie Shuffle
09. Tutti
Frutti
10. Tell Me
11. Why I Sing The Blues
12. Back Door Man
13.
Poor Boy
14. Shake Your Money Maker
15. Hideaway
Stan Webb's Chicken Shack - Still
Live After All These Years (2004)01. So Tell Me Now
02. The Thrill Is Gone
03. Reconsider
Baby
04. (You Are) The Sweetest Little Thing
05. I Know, You Know
06.
Saw Her Standing There
07. Night Life
08. The Chicken Shack Opera
09.
(Oh Please) Doctor Brown
10. I'd Rather Go Blind
Stan Webb/Chicken Shack - Going Up,
Going Down: The Anthology 1968-2001 (Coletânea 2004)CD 1.
01. Everyday I Have The Blues
02. Tell Me (Live)
03. When
The Train Comes Back
04. San Ho Zay
05. Mean Old World
06. You've Done
Lost Your Good Thing Now
07. I'm Tore Down
08. You Take Me Down
(Live)
09. The Thrill Has Gone (Live)
10. My Mood
11. Midnight Hour
(Live)
12. Set Me Free
13. I'd Rather Go Blind
14. Going Up, Going Down
(Live)
15. Lost The Best Friend I Ever Had (Live)
16. Black Night
17.
Prisoner
18. He Knows The Rules
CD 2.
01. Mine All The Time
02. Crying Won't Help You
03. Poor
Boy
04. The Loser
05. Quick Step
06. Unlucky Boy
07. As Time Goes
Passing By
08. Hear Me Cry
09. Meeting On A Hill
10. Use What You've
Got
11. Little Bird
12. Let Me Love You Baby
13. Back Door Man
(Live)
14. Tell Me (Live)
15. Strange Situations
16. The House That
Love Lives In
17. I Know
18. The Last Time
The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions (Coletânea 2005)CD 1.
01. It's O.K. With Me Baby
02. When My Left Eye Jumps
03.
The Letter
04. Lonesome Whistle Blues
05. When The Train Comes Back
06.
San-Ho-Zay
07. King Of The World
08. See See Baby
09. First Time I Met
The Blues
10. Webbed Feet
11. You Ain’t No Good
12. What You Did Last
Night
13. Hey Baby
14. Baby's Got Me Crying
15. The Right Way Is My
Way
16. Get Like You Used To Be
17. Pony And Trap
18. Tell Me
19. A
Woman Is The Blues
20. When The Train Comes Back (Single Version)
CD 2.
01. Worried About My Woman
02. Six Nights In Seven
03. I
Wanna See My Baby
04. Remington Ride
05. Fishing In Your River
06. Mean
Old World
07. Sweet Sixteen
08. I'd Rather Go Blind
09. Night
Life
10. The Road Of Love
11. Look Ma, I’m Cryin’
12. Evelyn
13.
Reconsider Baby
14. Weekend Love
15. Midnight Hour
16. Tears In The
Wind
17. Horse And Cart
18. The Way It Is
19. Still Worried About My
Woman
20. Anji
CD 3.
01. Smartest Girl In Town
02. Hideaway
03. The Things You
Put Me Through
04. Diary Of Your Life
05. Pocket
06. Never Ever
07.
Sad Clown
08. Maudie
09. Telling Your Fortune
10. Tired Eyes
11.
Some Other Time
12. Going Round
13. Andalucian Blues
14. You Know You
Did You Did
15. She Didn't Use Her Loaf
16. Maudie (Single
Version)
Stan Webb's Chicken Shack - I'd
Rather Go Live (2006)01. So Tell Me
02. The Thrill Has Gone
03. Reconsider
Baby
04. I Know You Know Me
05. You Are The Sweetest Little Thing
Hurt
06. Stan Webb's Chicken Shack Opera
07. Spoonful
08. Doctor
Brown
09. I'd Rather Go Blind
10. The Daughter Of The Hillside
11.
Stan's Blues
Chicken Shack Featuring Stan Webb -
Poor Boy: The Deram Years 1972-1974 (Coletânea 2006)CD 1.
01. Crying Won't Help You Now
02. Daughter Of The
Hillside
03. If I Were A Carpenter
04. Going Down
05. Poor Boy
06.
Telling Your Fortune
07. The Loser
08. You Know You Could Be Right
09.
Revelation
10. Prudence's Party
11. Too Late To Cry
12. Stan The
Man
13. Unlucky Boy
14. As Time Goes Passing By
15. Jammin' With The
Ash
16. He Knows The Rules
17. As Time Goes Passing By (Single
Version)
CD 2.
01. Everyday I Have The Blues
02. The Thrill Is Gone
03.
Going Down
04. You Take Me Down
05. Webb's Boogie
06. You're
Mean
07. Poor Boy
08. Webb's Guitar Boogie Shuffle
09. Tutti
Frutti
Strange Situations: The Stan Webb & Chicken Shack Indigo
Sessions (2006)CD 1.
01. Koko Road
02. Strange Situations
03. Guiding
Light
04. She Loves You
05. One And One Is Two
06. Pass The Time
Away
07. The Power Of Love
08. The House That Love Lives In
09. Took Me
For A Ride
10. The Paper Sellers Dream
11. I Know
12. Misty
Rivers
13. The Last Time
14. I Saw Her Standing There
CD 2: Live.
01. Going Up, Going Down
02. Thrill Has Gone
03. Love Her With A Feeling
04. Look Out
05. Lost
The Best Friend I Ever Had
06. C.S. Oper
07. Broken Hearted
Melody
08. Poor Boy Medley (Poor Boy / Oh Well / Poor Boy)
Chicken Shack Featuring Christine
Perfect - BBC 1968 (2010)01. When The Train Comes Home
02. Love Me Or Leave Me
03.
Mean Old World (With Duster Bennett)
04. It's O.K. With Me Baby
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