Originally posted April 5, 2011 and July 20, 2017
Chicken Shack - Live BBC 1968
(featuring Christine Perfect)
(featuring Christine Perfect)
BBC Broadcast @192
*Original Notes*
For many, British blues band Chicken Shack are best remembered for the smouldering I’d Rather Go Blind. The song was popular enough in Malaysia in the late ’60s and early ’70s to be found on a number of pirated 7-inch vinyl singles, which were quite the rage then. However, the name (and vocalist) Christine Perfect wasn’t well known then, until she married John McVie and joined Fleetwood Mac.
Chicken Shack probably had the most success with Perfect in the lineup - she got a Melody Maker award for female vocalist for both 1969 and 1970 respectively - and, on the track, When The Train Comes Home, she gets to showcase her bluesy keyboards skills. The bonus is having blues singer and musician Duster Bennett on harmonica on Mean Old World.
Track List:
01. When The Train Comes Home
02. Love Me or Leave Me
03. Mean Old World (with Duster Bennett)
04. It’s OK With Me Baby
Lineup:
Christine Perfect - keyboards, vocals
Stan Webb - guitar
Andy Sylvester - bass
Dave Bidwell - drums
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