Chicken Shack
This British blues-rock group is remembered mostly for their keyboard player, Christine Perfect, who would join Fleetwood Mac after marrying John McVie and changing her last name. Although they were one of the more pedestrian acts of the British blues boom, Chicken Shack were quite popular for a time in the late '60s, placing two albums in the British Top 20. The frontperson of Chicken was not Perfect/McVie but guitarist Stan Webb, who would excite British audiences by entering the crowds at performances, courtesy of his 100-meter-long guitar lead. They were signed to Mike Vernon's Blue Horizon label, a British blues pillar that had its biggest success with early Fleetwood Mac.
Chicken Shack was actually not far behind Mac in popularity in the late '60s, purveying a more traditional brand of Chicago blues, heavily influenced by Freddie King. Although Webb took most of the songwriting and vocal duties, Christine Perfect also chipped in with occasional compositions and lead singing. In fact, she sang lead on their only British Top 20 single, "I'd Rather Go Blind" (1969). But around that time, she quit the music business to marry John McVie and become a housewife, although, as the world knows, that didn't last too long. Chicken Shack never recovered from Christine's loss, commercially or musically. Stan Webb kept Chicken Shack going, with a revolving door of other musicians, all the way into the 1980s, though he briefly disbanded the group to join Savoy Brown for a while in the mid-'70s. Christine Perfect, aka Christine McVie, died on November 30, 2022, after a brief illness. She was 79 years of age.
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Discography
14 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions
Blues - Released by Blue Horizon Records on Feb. 13, 2006
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The Very Best of Chicken Shack
Blues - Released by CBS on Jan. 1, 1990
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Strange Situations - The Stan Webb & Chicken Shack Indigo Sessions
Blues - Released by Trojan Records on Jun. 26, 2006
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O.K. Ken?
Blues - Released by Blue Horizon Records on Jan. 1, 1969
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That's the Way We Are
Blues - Released by Talking Elephant Records on Jan. 1, 1978
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Going Up, Going Down... The Anthology 1968-2001
Blues - Released by Trojan Records on Jun. 29, 2004
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Imagination Lady (Bonus Tracks Edition)
Blues - Released by Trojan Records on Feb. 2, 1972
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Poor Boy - The Deram Years, 1972-1974
Blues - Released by Trojan Records on Feb. 27, 2006
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Roadies Concerto
Rock - Released by Ride On Records on Jan. 1, 1981
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40 Blue Fingers Freshly Packed & Ready to Serve
Blues - Released by Blue Horizon Records on Jan. 1, 1968
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100 Ton Chicken
Blues - Released by Blue Horizon Records on Jan. 1, 1969
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