In 1968 Chicken Shack were a major signing to Mike Vernon’s now legendary Blue Horizon label.  Led by the mercurial Stan Webb on guitar and vocals, Chicken Shack were a band brimming full of talent, far outweighing the bands, groups and solo performers purveying the Blues at that time – a musical tradition in many forms, taken from the “Folk Roots of Black America”.
The late sixties were a prolific time for Chicken Shack with their first two albums “40 Blue Fingers Freshly Packed And Ready to Serve” and “OK Ken” storming into the UK top twenty, whilst the now legendary single “Rather Go Blind” made it to the top 3 of the UK singles chart and was followed by the next chart hit, “Tears in the Wind”.

Stan’s blistering guitar style matched with a huge stage presence have made Chicken Shack a firm favourite of rock and blues fans everywhere.  Since those heady days of the late sixties a further fifteen albums have been released together with numerous compilations proving that Stan really is “The Man”.  Stan puts a lot of his blues style down to the close association he had with blues legend Freddie King.  Chicken Shack became the first band outside of America to back and tour with Freddie King when he visited the UK in 1968 and gave Stan first hand advice on technique in singing and playing.

Throughout his career Stan Webb has played and/or recorded with the very best, including Eric Clapton, Stevie Wonder, Howling Wolf, Taj Mahal, Peter Green and Canned Heat, whom he joined on guitar for a UK tour.

Since the late 60’s through to the current day Stan Webb and Chicken Shack show no sign of slowing down, playing in the UK and continually touring the length and breadth of Europe and further afield to great acclaim.  In 1997 Stan received the Blue Heart Award for services to blues in Germany, an award that had gone to BB King the previous year; a glowing testament to Stan Webb and his music.