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Chicken Shack are a British blues band, founded in the late 1960s by Andy Silvester (bass guitar) and Stan Webb (guitar and vocals), with Alan Morley (drums) and later joined by Christine Perfect (vocals and keyboards).

The band were formed in April 1965, naming themselves after Jimmy Smiths 'Back At The Chicken Shack' album. Chicken shacks (chicken restaurants) had also by then frequently been mentioned in blues and rhythm and blues songs, as in Amos Milburn's hit, "Chicken Shack Boogie". Their first concert was at the 1967 National Blues and Jazz Festival at Windsor and they were signed by the Blue Horizon record label in the same year.

Chicken Shack enjoyed modest commercial success, with Christine Perfect being voted Best Female Vocalist in the Melody Maker polls, two years running.

Perfect left the band in 1969 when she married John McVie of Fleetwood Mac. Pianist Paul Raymond, bassist Andy Silvester, and drummer Dave Bidwell all left in 1971 to join Savoy Brown. In 1977 Silvester joined Los Angelas based ensemble, Wha-Koo. Webb was also recruited for Savoy Brown in the mid 1970s, and recorded the album Boogie Brothers with them.

John Glascock, later of Jethro Tull, played on Chicken Shack's Imagination Lady (1972) album.

Although Chicken Shack went through several subsequent incarnations, they never equalled their earlier successes. Webb remains as their only constant band member.

Chicken Shack featuring Christine Perfect (McVie) BBC 1968

Christine Perfect - keyboards, vocals
Stan Webb - guitar
Andy Sylvester - bass
Dave Bidwell - drums

01. When The Train Comes Home
02. Love Me or Leave Me
03. Mean Old World (with Duster Bennett)
04. It's OK With Me Baby