MYSCD 189
This brilliant live album marks Stan's 40th
anniversary as a Pro musician, of which 39 years have been spent keeping
his Chicken shack mark alive. As this fine slice of Stan The Man complete
with horns shows, both his voice and awesome guitar playing have lost none
of their conviction.
Recorded over two nights on the 26th and
27th March 2003 and planned for this 2004 anniversary release, the gig was
a collaboration between Stan and the German promoter, Claus Spreyer. As
you will hear, this is the best Chicken Shack album for years.
Track Listing
- So Tell Me Now
- The Thrill Is Gone
- Reconsider Baby
- (You Are) The Sweetest Little Thing
- I Know, I know
- Saw Her Standing There
- Night Life
- The Chicken Shack Opera
- (Oh Please) Doctor Brown
- I'd Rather Go Blind
In 1968 Chicken Shack were a major signing to
MIKE VERNON'S now legendary BLUE HORIZON lab
el. Led by the mercurial Stan Webb
on guitar and vocals, Chicken Shack were a band brimming full of talent, far
outweighing the bands, groups and solo performers purveying the BLUES - a
musical tradition in many forms, taken from the 'Folk Roots Of Black America'.
Probably the bands most well known member was CHRISTINE PERFECT (later
McVie)
who went on at a later date to even greater fame and fortune with FLEETWOOD
MAC.
The late sixties were a prolific time for
Chicken Shack with their first two albums "40 Blue Fingers Freshly Packed
And Ready To Go" and "O.K. Ken" storming into the U.K. top
twenty, whilst the singles "When The Train Comes Back" and "Tears
In The Wind" also scored heavily in the charts.
Stan's blistering guitar style matched with a
huge stage presence have made Chicken Shack a firm favourite of rock and blues
fans everywhere.
Since those heady days of the late sixties a
further fifteen albums have been released togeth
er with numerous compilations
proving that Stan, really is "The Man".
Throughout a distinguished career Stan Webb
has played and recorded with the very best, including, STEVIE WONDER, HOWLING
WOLF, TAJ MAHAL, PETER GREEN and CANNED HEAT, whom he joined on guitar for a
U.K. tour following the departure of the bands guitarist.
As the '60's have given way to the '70's;
'80's and '90's, Stan Webb and Chicken Shack show no sign of slowing down,
continually touring the U.K. and Europe to packed houses and rave reviews. In
February Indigo Records released a brilliant new studio CD entitled “WEBB”
– there is nothing else left to say!
