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Chicken Shack is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Amos Milburn, Jimmy Smith, Muddy Waters, Etta James and Charlie Musselwhite. Those roots explain a lot about how Chicken Shack arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Humble Pie, The Allman Brothers Band, John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers and Ten Years After, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Fleetwood Mac, Accept and John Glascock, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 22 connections around Chicken Shack, reaching back through Amos Milburn and forward to Fleetwood Mac. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Chicken Shack are a British blues and rock band, founded in the mid-1960s by Stan Webb, Andy Silvester, and Alan Morley (drums), who were later joined by Christine Perfect in 1967. Chicken Shack has performed with various line-ups, Stan Webb being the only constant member.
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Chicken Shack connections
Chicken Shack grew out of Amos Milburn, Jimmy Smith, Muddy Waters and Etta James, shares an orbit with The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Humble Pie, The Allman Brothers Band and John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, went on to shape Fleetwood Mac, Accept and John Glascock. 22 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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