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Christine left Chicken Shack in 1969 after meeting Fleetwood Mac bassist John McVie.Ĭhristine was a fan of Fleetwood Mac at the time, and while touring with Chicken Shack the two bands would often run into each other. Perfect received a Melody Maker award for female vocalist in both 19. Chicken Shack had a hit with "I'd Rather Go Blind", which featured Christine on lead vocals. Chicken Shack's debut release was "It's Okay With Me Baby", written by and featuring Christine. She stayed with Chicken Shack for two albums, during which time her genuine feel for the blues became evident, not only in her Sonny Thompson-style piano playing, but through her authentic "bluesy" voice. She wrote to them asking to join, and they invited her to play keyboards/piano and to sing background vocals. In 1967, she learned that her ex-band mates Andy Silvester and Stan Webb were forming a blues band, Chicken Shack, and were looking for a pianist.
After five years, Christine graduated from art college with a teaching degree, but by that time "Sounds of Blue" had split up.įresh out of art college, Christine found that she did not have enough money to launch herself into the art world, so she moved to London, where she worked briefly as a department store window dresser. Also during that time she would often sing with Spencer Davis. Knowing that Christine had musical talent, they asked her to join. At the time, they were playing in a band called "Sounds Of Blue" which had a few dates booked, but no bass guitarist. Her first foray into the music field didn't come until she met two friends, Stan Webb and Andy Silvester in a pub one night. During that time she met a number of budding musicians in Britain's blues scene. Other early influences included The Everly Brothers.Ĭhristine studied sculpture at an art college in Birmingham for five years, with the goal of becoming an art teacher. Continuing her classical training until the age of fifteen, her musical focus made a radical shift to rock & roll when John brought home a Fats Domino songbook. Although Christine was introduced to the piano at the age of four, it was not until age eleven that she studied music seriously, when she was re-introduced to the instrument by Philip Fisher, a local musician and school friend of her older brother John. Her grandfather had been an organist at Westminster Abbey. Christine's mother Beatrice E.M.(called Tee) née Reece, was a medium, psychic, and faith healer. Peter's College of Education, Saltley, Birmingham. Christine was born in the small village of Bouth in the Lake District of England and grew up in the Bearwood area of Smethwick near Birmingham, where her father, Cyril P.A.Perfect, was a concert violinist and music lecturer at St.
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