Christine’s piano playing in Chicken Shack

[SteveMacD]

In retrospect, it’s weird that she wasn’t asked to join Fleetwood Mac after Mr. Wonderful.

Maybe Mike Vernon knew Chicken Shack wouldn’t be viable without her and he needed at least one more noteworthy band.

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

In retrospect, it’s weird that she wasn’t asked to join Fleetwood Mac after Mr. Wonderful.

Maybe Mike Vernon knew Chicken Shack wouldn’t be viable without her and he needed at least one more noteworthy band.

I never thought of that. But, it makes sense.

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

I never thought of that. But, it makes sense.

I mean, Chicken Shack was absolutely Stan’s band. Christine only had two songs on 40BFFPARTS and 3.5 songs on OK Ken?

All of which makes the fact she was the lead vocalist on three of the first four Chicken Shack singles all the more telling of what Vernon really thought of Chicken Shack an Stan Webb.

[lazy poker]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

I mean, Chicken Shack was absolutely Stan’s band. Christine only had two songs on 40BFFPARTS and 3.5 songs on OK Ken?

All of which makes the fact she was the lead vocalist on three of the first four Chicken Shack singles all the more telling of what Vernon really thought of Chicken Shack an Stan Webb.

Still Mike Vernon held on to the Shack for two more albums after Christine had left - but their success was dwindling down . . . which wasn't really surprising.

[aleuzzi]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

I never thought of that. But, it makes sense.

In retrospect it makes perfect sense, but in the minds of the Green band, they weren’t ready to consider it. Not even close. They needed to feel the devastating loss of their leader, record an entirely different kind of record (Kiln House) without any clear sense of direction before they realized what was in front of them all along. There’s an early 70s interview with Kirwan (cited in Samuel Graham’s book on the band) that supports this.

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by aleuzzi

In retrospect it makes perfect sense, but in the minds of the Green band, they weren’t ready to consider it. Not even close. They needed to feel the devastating loss of their leader, record an entirely different kind of record (Kiln House) without any clear sense of direction before they realized what was in front of them all along. There’s an early 70s interview with Kirwan (cited in Samuel Graham’s book on the band) that supports this.

Ohhhh, I'd love to see that quote.

[aleuzzi]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

Ohhhh, I'd love to see that quote.

The book isn’t Samuel Graham’s. The quote is actually in a book written by Charley Walters. It was published by Billboard in 1978. I don’t own it but I remember it was in there. I’ll find a copy…

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by aleuzzi

The book isn’t Samuel Graham’s. The quote is actually in a book written by Charley Walters. It was published by Billboard in 1978. I don’t own it but I remember it was in there. I’ll find a copy…

Thanks for posting. Learned something new!