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Undeterred by these setbacks, Stan Webb continued with new members including bass guitarist John Glassock from Jethro Tull and Paul Hancox on drums. However, after various lineup changes throughout the mid-1970s, Chicken Shack ultimately disbanded.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"forty-blue-fingers-freshly-packed-and-ready-to-serve","title":"Forty Blue Fingers, Freshly Packed And Ready To Serve","description":"\u003cp\u003eFeaturing Christine Perfect (better known as the future Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac), the British ensemble Chicken Shack offers up a solid set of blues-influenced rock on their 1968 album, fully titled \u003ci\u003e40 Blue Fingers, Freshly Packed and Ready to Serve\u003c\/i\u003e. This album was a promising debut, especially noteworthy for Stan Webb's Freddie King-inspired guitar playing and Christine Perfect's vocals. 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