Stan Webb (guitarist)

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Stan Webb
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Webb performing in 2019
Background information
Born
Stanley Frederick Webb

(1946-02-03) 3 February 1946 (age 79)
Fulham, South West London, England
Genres Blues
OccupationGuitarist
Instruments
  • Guitar
  • vocals
Years active1965–present
Member of Chicken Shack

Stanley Frederick Webb (born 3 February 1946) is an English musician who has been the sole frontman and lead guitarist with the blues band Chicken Shack since 1965. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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Career

Webb formed Chicken Shack as a trio in 1965. [8] The band played in Hamburg, Germany over the next couple of years. [9] They had a top 20 hit in 1969 with a cover of Etta James' "I'd Rather Go Blind". [10] Chicken Shack disbanded in January 1974, and Webb was recruited to join Savoy Brown and performed on their album Boogie Brothers. [1] [11]

Webb reformed Chicken Shack in 1976, and as of 2026, is the bands only constant member; since 1978 the band have released albums and toured under the name "Stan Webb's Chicken Shack". [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Virgin Encyclopedia of Sixties Music - Colin Larkin 1997 - page 110
  2. 1 2 "Stan Webb's Chickenshack – Beginnings". Stanwebb.co.uk. 3 February 1946. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  3. 1 2 "Stan Webb's Chickenshack – 1970s". Stanwebb.co.uk. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  4. 1 2 "Stan Webb's Chickenshack – 1980s". Stanwebb.co.uk. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  5. 1 2 "Stan Webb's Chickenshack – 1990s". Stanwebb.co.uk. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  6. 1 2 "Stan Webb's Chickenshack – 2000s". Stanwebb.co.uk. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  7. 1 2 "Stan Webb's Chickenshack – Personnel". Stanwebb.co.uk. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  8. ↑ Phipps, Robert. "Stan Webb's Chickenshack - Beginnings". www.stanwebb.co.uk. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2026.
  9. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. pp. 2006–2008. ISBN   978-0-85712-595-8.
  10. ↑ "CHICKEN SHACK". Official Charts. 13 May 1969. Retrieved 13 January 2026.
  11. ↑ Savoy Brown - Boogie Brothers, 1974, retrieved 13 January 2026


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