Chicken Shack
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Chicken Shack are a British blues
band, founded in the mid-1960s by Stan Webb
(guitar
and vocals), Andy Silvester
(bass guitar
), and Alan Morley (drums
), who were later joined by Christine Perfect
(vocals and keyboards
) in 1968.
-based r n' b band. The band also included Christine Perfect and Chris Wood
(later to join Traffic
) amongst others in their line up. With a change of line-up in 1965 they changed their name to Chicken Shack, naming themselves after Jimmy Smith
's Back at the Chicken Shack
album. '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
". Over the next few years they a residency at the Star-Club
, Hamburg
with Morley, then Al Sykes, Hughie Flint and later Dave Bidwell on drums.
They made their first U.K appearance at the 1967 National Jazz and Blues Festival, Windsor
and signed to Mike Vernon's
Blue Horizon
record label
in the same year; releasing "Forty Blue Fingers, Freshly Packed and Ready to Serve" in early 1968. A mainstay of the British blues boom, and a regular at U.K. festivals (Stan Webb's wandering through the crowd with a 200ft extension to his lead guitar during the band's set was a regular occurrence), Chicken Shack only enjoyed modest commercial success, although Christine Perfect was voted Best Female Vocalist in the Melody Maker
polls two years running and they had two minor hits with "I'd Rather Go Blind" and "Tears In The Wind", after which Perfect left the band in 1969 when she married John McVie
of Fleetwood Mac
. She was replaced by Paul Raymond from Plastic Penny
.
After being dropped by Blue Horizon, pianist
Paul Raymond
, bassist
Andy Silvester
, and drummer
Dave Bidwell all left in 1971 to join Savoy Brown
. At this point Webb reformed the band as a trio with John Glascock
on bass and Paul Hancox on drums, and they recorded Imagination Lady
. The line-up didn't last; Glascock left to join Jethro Tull
, while Webb was recruited for Savoy Brown in 1974 and recorded the album Boogie Brothers with them.
From 1977 until the present Webb has revived the Chicken Shack name on a number of occasions, with a rotating membership over the next 30 years of British blues musicians including, at various times, Paul Butler (ex-Jellybread, Keef Hartley Band)(guitar), Keef Hartley
, ex-Ten Years After
drummer Ric Lee and Miller Anderson
, some of whom came and went several times. The band has remained popular as a live attraction in Europe throughout.
Webb remains as their only constant band member.
British blues
British blues is a form of music derived from American blues that originated in the late 1950s and which reached its height of mainstream popularity in the 1960s, when it developed a distinctive and influential style dominated by electric guitar and made international stars of several proponents of...
band, founded in the mid-1960s by Stan Webb
Stan Webb
Stan Webb is the frontman and lead guitarist with the blues band, Chicken Shack.-Career:...
(guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
and vocals), Andy Silvester
Andy Silvester
Andrew Frederick 'Andy' Sylvester is a bassist and multi-instrumentalist. Sylvester has played in various bands during his career, most notably as co-founder of both Chicken Shack and Big Town Playboys as well as a tenure in the British blues band Savoy Brown and Los Angeles based soft rock...
(bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
), and Alan Morley (drums
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
), who were later joined by Christine Perfect
Christine McVie
Christine McVie is an English rock singer, keyboardist, and songwriter. Her primary fame came as a member of the British/American rock band Fleetwood Mac, though she has also released three solo albums...
(vocals and keyboards
Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
) in 1968.
Career
Stan Webb and Andy Sylvester formed Sounds of Blue in 1964 as a StourbridgeStourbridge
Stourbridge is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, in the West Midlands of England. Historically part of Worcestershire, Stourbridge was a centre of glass making, and today includes the suburbs of Amblecote, Lye, Norton, Oldswinford, Pedmore, Wollaston, Wollescote and Wordsley The...
-based r n' b band. The band also included Christine Perfect and Chris Wood
Chris Wood
Christopher Wood may refer to:*Christopher Wood *Christopher Wood , English cricketer*Christopher Wood *Christopher Wood...
(later to join Traffic
Traffic
Traffic on roads may consist of pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, streetcars and other conveyances, either singly or together, while using the public way for purposes of travel...
) amongst others in their line up. With a change of line-up in 1965 they changed their name to Chicken Shack, naming themselves after Jimmy Smith
Jimmy Smith (musician)
Jimmy Smith was a jazz musician whose performances on the Hammond B-3 electric organ helped to popularize this instrument...
's Back at the Chicken Shack
Back at the Chicken Shack
Back at the Chicken Shack is an album by Jimmy Smith. It was recorded in 1960 and released in 1963 on the Blue Note label. It was cited in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.- Track listing :...
album. 'Chicken shacks' (chicken restaurants) had also by then frequently been mentioned in blues
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
and rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...
songs, as in Amos Milburn
Amos Milburn
Amos Milburn was an African American rhythm and blues singer and pianist, popular during the 1940s and 1950s...
's hit, "Chicken Shack Boogie
Chicken Shack Boogie
"Chicken Shack Boogie" is a 1948 jump-boogie style song by West Coast blues artist Amos Milburn. It was the first of four number-one hits on the R&B chart by Milburn. The single's B-side, "It Took a Long, Long Time", also appeared in the chart, where it reached number nine....
". Over the next few years they a residency at the Star-Club
Star-Club
The Star-Club was a music club in Hamburg, Germany that opened Friday 13 April 1962 and was initially operated by Manfred Weissleder and Horst Fascher. In the sixties, many of the giants of rock music played at the club. The club closed on 31 December 1969 and the building it occupied was...
, Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
with Morley, then Al Sykes, Hughie Flint and later Dave Bidwell on drums.
They made their first U.K appearance at the 1967 National Jazz and Blues Festival, Windsor
Windsor, Berkshire
Windsor is an affluent suburban town and unparished area in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire, England. It is widely known as the site of Windsor Castle, one of the official residences of the British Royal Family....
and signed to Mike Vernon's
Mike Vernon
Michael Vernon was an Australian consumer activist.Michael Vernon is also the name of:* Mike Vernon , Canadian former NHL goaltender* Mike Vernon , British record producer...
Blue Horizon
Blue Horizon
Blue Horizon was a British blues record label founded by Mike Vernon in the mid 1960s.Its roots lay in Vernon's mail order label Purdah Records, which released just four 7" singles; including "Flapjacks" by Stone's Masonry ; and another by John Mayall and Eric Clapton "Bernard Jenkins", and...
record label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
in the same year; releasing "Forty Blue Fingers, Freshly Packed and Ready to Serve" in early 1968. A mainstay of the British blues boom, and a regular at U.K. festivals (Stan Webb's wandering through the crowd with a 200ft extension to his lead guitar during the band's set was a regular occurrence), Chicken Shack only enjoyed modest commercial success, although Christine Perfect was voted Best Female Vocalist in the Melody Maker
Melody Maker
Melody Maker, published in the United Kingdom, was, according to its publisher IPC Media, the world's oldest weekly music newspaper. It was founded in 1926 as a magazine targeted at musicians; in 2000 it was merged into "long-standing rival" New Musical Express.-1950s–1960s:Originally the Melody...
polls two years running and they had two minor hits with "I'd Rather Go Blind" and "Tears In The Wind", after which Perfect left the band in 1969 when she married John McVie
John McVie
John Graham McVie is a British bass guitarist best known as a member of the rock group Fleetwood Mac. His surname, combined with that of Mick Fleetwood, was the inspiration for the band's name...
of Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac are a British–American rock band formed in 1967 in London.The only original member present in the band is its eponymous drummer, Mick Fleetwood...
. She was replaced by Paul Raymond from Plastic Penny
Plastic Penny
Plastic Penny was a UK 1960s pop band, formed in November 1967 before splitting up in August 1968. They had one hit single, early in 1968, with the song "Everything I Am". Most of the members went on to greater fame with other bands or in session work.-Career:...
.
After being dropped by Blue Horizon, pianist
Pianist
A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...
Paul Raymond
Paul Raymond (musician)
Paul Martin Raymond is an English keyboardist/guitarist.Raymond began his musical career as a keyboardist/vocalist for the band, Plastic Penny, in 1967. He left after the band split up in 1968. He replaced Christine Perfect in British blues band Chicken Shack when she left to join Fleetwood Mac...
, bassist
Bassist
A bass player, or bassist is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass, bass guitar, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or sousaphone. Different musical genres tend to be associated with one or more of these instruments...
Andy Silvester
Andy Silvester
Andrew Frederick 'Andy' Sylvester is a bassist and multi-instrumentalist. Sylvester has played in various bands during his career, most notably as co-founder of both Chicken Shack and Big Town Playboys as well as a tenure in the British blues band Savoy Brown and Los Angeles based soft rock...
, and drummer
Drummer
A drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...
Dave Bidwell all left in 1971 to join Savoy Brown
Savoy Brown
Savoy Brown, originally known as the Savoy Brown Blues Band, are a British blues rock band, formed in 1965, in Battersea, South West London...
. At this point Webb reformed the band as a trio with John Glascock
John Glascock
John Glascock was the bass guitarist, backing vocalist, and occasional lead vocalist for the progressive rock band Carmen. He was also the bass guitarist and backing vocalist for the progressive rock band Jethro Tull from December 1975 until August 1979...
on bass and Paul Hancox on drums, and they recorded Imagination Lady
Imagination Lady
Imagination Lady is the fifth album by the blues band Chicken Shack, released in 1972 on the Deram record label.-Side one:#"Crying Won't Help You Now" – 5:10#"Daughter of the Hillside" – 3:53#"If I Were a Carpenter" – 6:35 #"Going Down" – 3:33...
. The line-up didn't last; Glascock left to join Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull (band)
Jethro Tull are a British rock group formed in 1967. Their music is characterised by the vocals, acoustic guitar, and flute playing of Ian Anderson, who has led the band since its founding, and the guitar work of Martin Barre, who has been with the band since 1969.Initially playing blues rock with...
, while Webb was recruited for Savoy Brown in 1974 and recorded the album Boogie Brothers with them.
From 1977 until the present Webb has revived the Chicken Shack name on a number of occasions, with a rotating membership over the next 30 years of British blues musicians including, at various times, Paul Butler (ex-Jellybread, Keef Hartley Band)(guitar), Keef Hartley
Keef Hartley
Keef Hartley was an English drummer and bandleader. He fronted the Keef Hartley Band, and played at Woodstock. Hartley was later a member of Dog Soldier, and variously worked with Rory Storm, The Artwoods and John Mayall.-Biography:Hartley was born in Preston, Lancashire, England...
, ex-Ten Years After
Ten Years After
Ten Years After is an English blues-rock band, most popular in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Between 1968 and 1973, Ten Years After scored eight Top 40 albums on the UK Albums Chart...
drummer Ric Lee and Miller Anderson
Miller Anderson
Miller Altman Anderson was a diver from the United States, who won his first national diving championship in 1942, in the 3-meter springboard. A flyer during World War II, he was forced to parachute from his plane on his 112th mission, and his left leg was severely injured...
, some of whom came and went several times. The band has remained popular as a live attraction in Europe throughout.
Webb remains as their only constant band member.
Albums
- 40 Blue Fingers, Freshly Packed and Ready to Serve40 Blue Fingers, Freshly Packed and Ready to Serve-Chicken Shack:*Stan Webb – guitar, vocals*Christine Perfect – keyboards, vocals*Andy Silvester – bass guitar*Dave Bidwell – drums-Additional Personnel:*Alan Ellis – trumpet*Dick Heckstall-Smith – tenor saxophone...
(1968), Blue HorizonBlue HorizonBlue Horizon was a British blues record label founded by Mike Vernon in the mid 1960s.Its roots lay in Vernon's mail order label Purdah Records, which released just four 7" singles; including "Flapjacks" by Stone's Masonry ; and another by John Mayall and Eric Clapton "Bernard Jenkins", and...
- UK Albums ChartUK Albums ChartThe UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...
No. 12 - O.K. Ken?O.K. Ken?O.K. Ken? is the second album by the blues band, Chicken Shack, released in 1969. O.K Ken? reached number 9 in the charts, higher than its predecessor 40 Blue Fingers, Freshly Packed and Ready to Serve....
(1969), Blue Horizon - Number 9 - 100 Ton Chicken100 Ton Chicken-Chicken Shack:*Stan Webb – guitar, vocals*Paul Raymond – keyboards, vocals*Andy Sylvester – bass guitar*Dave Bidwell – drums, congas, cowbell-Production:*Producer – Mike Vernon*Engineer – Mike Ross*Studio – CBS...
(1969), Blue Horizon - AcceptAccept (Chicken Shack album)Accept is the fourth album by the blues band, Chicken Shack, released in 1970. Accept was Chicken Shack's last album on the Blue Horizon label...
(1970), Blue Horizon - Imagination LadyImagination LadyImagination Lady is the fifth album by the blues band Chicken Shack, released in 1972 on the Deram record label.-Side one:#"Crying Won't Help You Now" – 5:10#"Daughter of the Hillside" – 3:53#"If I Were a Carpenter" – 6:35 #"Going Down" – 3:33...
(1972), DeramDeram RecordsDeram Records was a subsidiary record label established in 1966 by Decca Records in the United Kingdom. At this time U.K. Decca was a completely different company than the Decca label in the United States, which was then owned by MCA Inc. Deram recordings were also distributed in the U.S. through... - Unlucky BoyUnlucky BoyUnlucky Boy is the sixth album by the blues band, Chicken Shack, released in 1973.-Side one:#"You Know You Could Be Right" – 3:47#"Revelation" – 5:13#"Prudence's Party" – 3:14#"Too Late to Cry" – 3:10...
(1973), Deram - Goodbye Chicken Shack (LiveLive albumA live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...
) (1974), Deram - Double (1977), Deram
- Stan the Man (1977), Nova
- That's the Way We Were (1978), Shark
- The Creeper (1978), WEAWarner Bros.Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,...
- Chicken Shack (1979), Gull
- In the Can (1980), Epic RecordsEpic RecordsEpic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A...
- Roadies Concerto (Live) (1981), RCA RecordsRCA RecordsRCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. The RCA initials stand for Radio Corporation of America , which was the parent corporation from 1929 to 1985 and a partner from 1985 to 1986.RCA's Canadian unit is Sony's oldest label...
- Simply Live (Live) (1989), SPV (GermanyGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
) - On Air (BBCBBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
sessions) (1998), Strange Fruit RecordsStrange Fruit RecordsStrange Fruit Records was an independent record label in the United Kingdom.The label, established by Clive Selwood and John Peel in 1986, was the primary distributor of BBC recordings, including Peel Sessions.... - Black Night (1999), (as Stan Webb's Chicken Shack)
- Still Live After All These Years (2004), Mystic
- Webb (2001)
- Stan The Man (2002), compilation albumCompilation albumA compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
- Stan Webb (2004)
- Going Up, Going Down-Anthology (2004)
- Poor Boy/the Deram Years (2006), (as Stan Webb's Chicken Shack)
- Strange Situations/The Indigo (2006), (as Stan Webb's Chicken Shack)
Singles
- "It's Okay With Me Baby" 19/01/1968, Blue Horizon
- "I'd Rather Go BlindI'd Rather Go Blind"I'd Rather Go Blind" is a Blues song written by Ellington Jordan and co-credited to Billy Foster. It was first recorded by Etta James in 1968, and has subsequently become regarded as a blues and soul classic.-Original version by Etta James:...
" (1969), Blue Horizon - UK Singles ChartUK Singles ChartThe UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
- Number 14. - "Tears in the Wind" (1969), Blue Horizon - Number 29.
Current members
- Stan WebbStan WebbStan Webb is the frontman and lead guitarist with the blues band, Chicken Shack.-Career:...
- vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
(1965–present) - Dave Winthrop - saxophoneSaxophoneThe saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
(1976–1978, 1986–1987, 2008–present) - Gary Davis - guitar (1988–present)
- Jim Rudge - bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
(1998–present) - Chris Williams - drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
(2010–present)
Guitarists
- Robbie BluntRobbie BluntRobbie Blunt is a rock guitarist who has worked with a variety of bands, most notably Robert Plant's in the 1980s. Since leaving Plant's band in the mid-1980s, Blunt has provided session work for a number of artists, such as Julian Lennon, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and Clannad.-w/ Robert...
(1976–1978) - Paul Butler (1979–1982)
- Miller AndersonMiller Anderson (musician)Miller Anderson is a UK based blues guitarist and singer.Apart from pursuing his own solo career, he was a member of the Keef Hartley Band. Other groups Anderson has been associated with are; the Spencer Davis Group, Broken Glass, The Dukes, Savoy Brown, T.Rex and Chicken Shack...
(1982–1986) - Roger Saunders (1983–1986)
Bassists
- Andy SilvesterAndy SilvesterAndrew Frederick 'Andy' Sylvester is a bassist and multi-instrumentalist. Sylvester has played in various bands during his career, most notably as co-founder of both Chicken Shack and Big Town Playboys as well as a tenure in the British blues band Savoy Brown and Los Angeles based soft rock...
(1965–1971) - John GlascockJohn GlascockJohn Glascock was the bass guitarist, backing vocalist, and occasional lead vocalist for the progressive rock band Carmen. He was also the bass guitarist and backing vocalist for the progressive rock band Jethro Tull from December 1975 until August 1979...
(1971–1972) (†) - Bob DaisleyBob DaisleyRobert John "Bob" Daisley is an Australian musician, bassist and lyricist who has performed in genres of rock, blues, R&B, hard rock and metal.-Early career:...
(1972, 1979) - Rob Hull (1972–1974)
- Paul MartinezPaul MartinezPaul Martinez is a session bassist and songwriter, best known for his work for Robert Plant, Jackie Edwards, Dave Edmunds, George Harrison, Maggie Bell, Peter Gabriel, among others...
(1976–1977) - Steve York (1977–1978)
- Alan Scott (1980–1981)
- Andy PyleAndy PyleAndy Pyle is an English bass guitarist. He played with The Kinks from 1976–1978. Prior to that, he was in Blodwyn Pig and Savoy Brown...
(1981–1986) - Andy Scott (1983–1986)
- Jan Connolly (1986–1987)
- Wayne Terry (1987)
- David Wintour (1987–1991)
- James Morgan (1991–1998)
Drummers
- Alan Morley (1965–1968)
- Al Sykes - drums (1968)
- Hughie FlintHughie FlintHughie Flint , is an English drummer, best known for his stint in John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, playing drums on the Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton album, released in 1966, for his group McGuinness Flint in the early 70s and for his subsequent association with The Blues Band.Flint played in...
(1968) - Dave Bidwell (1968–1971)
- Pip PylePip PylePhillip "Pip" Pyle was an English-born drummer from Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, who later resided in France...
(1971) (†) - Paul Hancox (1972)
- Alan PowellAlan PowellAlan Powell is a drummer who was mainly active during the 1970s.In 1964 Alan joined Manchester R&B band Ivans Meads who released their first single for EMI label "Sins of a Family" followed in 1965 with "We'll Talk about it Tomorrow"...
(1972–1974) - Ed Spivock (1976–1978)
- Keef HartleyKeef HartleyKeef Hartley was an English drummer and bandleader. He fronted the Keef Hartley Band, and played at Woodstock. Hartley was later a member of Dog Soldier, and variously worked with Rory Storm, The Artwoods and John Mayall.-Biography:Hartley was born in Preston, Lancashire, England...
(1979) (†) - Ric LeeRic LeeRic Lee is the English drummer of the British late 1960s to 70s rock group, Ten Years After.-Biography:...
(1980–1982) - Russ Alder (1982–1983)
- John Gunzell (1983–1987)
- Bev Smith (1987–2002)
- Mick Jones (2002–2010)
Keyboardists
- Christine Perfect (1968–1969) - also a vocalist
- Paul RaymondPaul Raymond (musician)Paul Martin Raymond is an English keyboardist/guitarist.Raymond began his musical career as a keyboardist/vocalist for the band, Plastic Penny, in 1967. He left after the band split up in 1968. He replaced Christine Perfect in British blues band Chicken Shack when she left to join Fleetwood Mac...
(1969–1971) - David Wilkinson (1972–1974, 1986–1993)
- Tony AshtonTony AshtonTony Ashton was an English rock pianist, keyboardist, singer, composer, producer and artist.-Biography:...
(1981–1983) (†)
Membership timeline
| Year | Lead Vocals | 1st Guitar | 2nd Guitar | Keyboards | Bass | Drums | Saxophone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965–68 | Stan Webb | Stan Webb | Andy Silvester | Alan Morley | |||
| 1968 | Stan Webb, Christine Perfect | Christine Perfect | |||||
| 1968 | Al Sykes | ||||||
| 1968 | Hughie Flint | ||||||
| 1968-69 | Dave Bidwell | ||||||
| 1969-71 | Stan Webb | Paul Raymond | |||||
| 1971 | John Glascock | Pip Pyle | |||||
| 1971 | Bob Daisley | ||||||
| 1972 | Paul Hancox | ||||||
| 1972-74 | David Wilkinson | Rob Hull | Alan Powell | ||||
| 1976-77 | Robbie Blunt | Paul Martinez | Ed Spivock | Dave Winthrop | |||
| 1977-78 | Stevie York | ||||||
| 1979 | Paul Butler | Bob Daisley | Keef Hartley | ||||
| 1980 | Alan Scott | Ric Lee | |||||
| 1981 | Tony Ashton | ||||||
| 1981-1982 | Andy Pyle | ||||||
| 1982-1983 | Miller Anderson | Russ Alder | |||||
| 1983-1986 | Miller Anderson, Roger Saunders | Andy Pyle, Andy Scott | John Gunzell | ||||
| 1986-1987 | David Wilkinson | Jan Connolly | Dave Winthrop | ||||
| 1987 | Wayne Terry | ||||||
| 1987-1988 | David Wintour | Bev Smith | |||||
| 1988-1991 | Gary Davis | ||||||
| 1991-1993 | James Morgan | ||||||
| 1993-1998 | |||||||
| 1998-2002 | Jim Rudge | ||||||
| 2002-2008 | Mick Jones | ||||||
| 2008-2010 | Dave Winthrop | ||||||
| 2010–present | Chris Williams |