Chicken Shack?

goldustsongbird · #1 01-20-2006, 07:26 PM

I've always wondered where the inspiration for this name came from. I figure it's just an unusual, nonsense sort of name that they thought would get attention... Anyone?

wetcamelfood · #2 01-20-2006, 07:55 PM

I understand they came up with that name just because they used to practice in a chicken shack.

John

goldustsongbird · #3 01-20-2006, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by wetcamelfood

I understand they came up with that name just because they used to practice in a chicken shack.

John

Clever bunch they are.

Guess that makes sense!

macfan 57 · #4 01-20-2006, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by goldustsongbird

I've always wondered where the inspiration for this name came from. I figure it's just an unusual, nonsense sort of name that they thought would get attention... Anyone?

When their then manager first saw them, they were playing in a chicken shack, I'm not sure where, maybe in Birmingham or Kidderminster. The band was originally called Shades Of Blue. That eventually evolved into Chicken Shack.

goldustsongbird · #5 01-20-2006, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by macfan 57

When their then manager first saw them, they were playing in a chicken shack, I'm not sure where, maybe in Birmingham or Kidderminster. The band was originally called Shades Of Blue. That eventually evolved into Chicken Shack.

Oh, I just realized I'd left out the last sentence in my post.

I was going to say, I wonder why they'd go from something nice like Shades of Blue to Chicken Shack.

SteveMacD · #6 01-20-2006, 08:41 PM

Intersting thing about Shades...the sax player for Shades was none other than Chris Wood, who went on to be a founding member of Traffic with Stevie Winwood and Dave Mason.

Jyqm · #7 01-20-2006, 09:05 PM

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Oh, I just realized I'd left out the last sentence in my post.

I was going to say, I wonder why they'd go from something nice like Shades of Blue to Chicken Shack.

Shades of Blue is a bit banal for a band name, don't you think?

Some guy: Hey, did you hear about this new blues group called Shades of Blue?
Me: No, never heard of 'em! Maybe I'll check 'em out, though!

(five minutes later)
Some other guy: Hey, did you hear about this new blues group called Shades of Blue?
Me: No, never heard of 'em!

Chicken Shack is a much more evocative name, and much better suited to the temperament of a band who named one of their albums Forty Blue Fingers Freshly Packed and Ready to Serve. Shades of Blue is barely worthy of being a Miles Davis song title.

macfan 57 · #8 01-21-2006, 06:36 AM

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Chicken Shack is a much more evocative name, and much better suited to the temperament of a band who named one of their albums Forty Blue Fingers Freshly Packed and Ready to Serve. Shades of Blue is barely worthy of being a Miles Davis song title.

I totally agree. And, it's not just the album titles, but check out the album covers(both Forty Blue Fingers & O.K. Ken?). The covers are so unusual & unique.

Gailh · #9 01-21-2006, 01:36 PM

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I totally agree. And, it's not just the album titles, but check out the album covers(both Forty Blue Fingers & O.K. Ken?). The covers are so unusual & unique.

I think the album cover for Forty Blue Fingers is a bit gruesome.

Gail

aleuzzi · #10 01-23-2006, 01:05 AM

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Originally Posted by macfan 57

I totally agree. And, it's not just the album titles, but check out the album covers(both Forty Blue Fingers & O.K. Ken?). The covers are so unusual & unique.

I especially like the band photo on OK Ken? Where Christine and co are pictured wiith fans and mannequins. Strange but evocative, just this side of weird, almost haunting.

Gailh · #11 01-21-2006, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by macfan 57

When their then manager first saw them, they were playing in a chicken shack, I'm not sure where, maybe in Birmingham or Kidderminster. The band was originally called Shades Of Blue. That eventually evolved into Chicken Shack.

Wasn't Shades of Blue the one where Christine played bass?

Gail

macfan 57 · #12 01-21-2006, 03:25 PM

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Wasn't Shades of Blue the one where Christine played bass?

Yes, that's the one.

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I think the album cover for Forty Blue Fingers is a bit gruesome.

I think so too, but it did win some kind of an award for the artwork.

GypsySongbird · #13 01-21-2006, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by macfan 57

Yes, that's the one.

I think so too, but it did win some kind of an award for the artwork.

some awards i will never understand......

i think they pull of chicken shack beautifuly!

it suits them somehow

Jyqm · #14 01-21-2006, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by GypsySongbird

i think they pull of chicken shack beautifuly!

it suits them somehow

My attempt to articulate why I think the name suits them: I think the term "chicken shack" evokes an image of a band that's very un-pretentious, down-home, just playing the music they grew up hearing down on the farm and having a good time doing it.

Of course, some of this imagery is in my head no doubt thanks to Jimmy Smith's 1960 album Back at the Chicken Shack: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...=glance&n=5174