Chicken Shack Live

[Gypsycat999]

Hi all,
I'm wondering if any of you has live stuff by Chicken Shack and would be so kind to share it?? I'd absolutely love to hear it!
Much thanks in advance.

[goldustsongbird]

Chicken Shack, 1968 BBC Sessions: 1968: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?om0tmohx4hm

[Gypsycat999]

Thank you sooooooo much!! You made my day !

[goldustsongbird]

Originally Posted by Gypsycat999

Thank you sooooooo much!! You made my day !

Anytime.

[Gypsycat999]

If someone has more...it would be awesome if you'd post . I'm dying on Chicken Shack stuff.

[jbrownsjr]

Chris's playing on some of these is amazing...

[aleuzzi]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

Chris's playing on some of these is amazing...

And her voice is in very good shape. She had some trouble with live vocals from 1970-72, maybe from trying to make the transition from straight-ahead blues to rock. Still, back in 69 she sounded amazing live.

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by aleuzzi

And her voice is in very good shape. She had some trouble with live vocals from 1970-72, maybe from trying to make the transition from straight-ahead blues to rock. Still, back in 69 she sounded amazing live.

I love this period for her!!

[nicepace]

Thanks for posting this. I enjoy hearing Chris' blues playing. I agree that her singing is very good on these recordings too. It was sweet hearing the announcer call her "Christine Perfect." Did she write all of the songs she sings in this recording?

[aleuzzi]

She wrote all of the ones she sang except Mean Old World.

[macpai]

Thanks! Very cool.

[David]

Originally Posted by nicepace

Thanks for posting this. I enjoy hearing Chris' blues playing.

Her style, particularly her left hand with its metronomic rhythm pattern on the shuffles of pinky+thumb doing the I+V --> I+VI, reminds me more & more of that of Bob Hall.

I know about her deliberate study & simulation of Freddie King's playing, but I've always wanted to ask her whether she copied Bob Hall, too. They play exactly alike. It's uncanny.

I think I once e-mailed Bob Hall & asked him something or other, but he thought I was weird.

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by David

I think I once e-mailed Bob Hall & asked him something or other, but he thought I was weird.

And see, that's what I love about you.....

otherwise... it's just boring...

[nicepace]

Originally Posted by David

I think I once e-mailed Bob Hall & asked him something or other, but he thought I was weird.

How did you know that's what he thought? (LOL) Did he write you back and say, David man, you're one weird dude?

By the way, where can I hear Bob Hall so that I can listen to his uncannily Christine-like piano?

[David]

Originally Posted by nicepace

How did you know that's what he thought? (LOL) Did he write you back and say, David man, you're one weird dude?

Oh, you just know ... know what I mean?

By the way, where can I hear Bob Hall so that I can listen to his uncannily Christine-like piano?

Listen to the Tramp album with "Month of Sundays," "What You Gonna Do" & "Baby What You Want Me to Do."

Bob & Chris play the same licks, which is less remarkable than the fact that they consistently play them in the same way -- emphasis on mimicking the bass line, highly repetitive figuration (sometimes to the point of rhythmic hypnosis), at the hind end of the beat, etc. Their respective pianos are recorded dry, with the same placement in the mix (which is probably their preference). They even play trills identically (to fill the count for the bar, for example, usually after the main blues lick or run is done) & with the same tripping (slightly unsure) touch!

They're both probably extremely influenced by Sonny Thompson.