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Chicken Shack

Chicken Shack are a British blues band, founded in the 1965 by Stan Webb (guitar and vocals), Andy Silvester (bass guitar), and Alan Morley (drums), who were later joined by Christine Perfect (vocals and keyboards) in 1968. Front man and guitarist Stan Webb was born in London in 1946. The group began their blues playing on the Blue Horizon label in a similar style to the early Fleetwood Mac. Singer Christine Perfect left after marrying John McVie (bassist) with Fleetwood Mac. Christine later joined Fleetwood Mac in their second reincarnation.

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The Session

The Session are a band from Coventry in England who formed in the latter half of 2002.
The band's line up has evolved over the last few years, but remains acoustic driven.
Their songs are drawn from their experience of life and are as much stories as songs.
The band alternate between male and female lead vocals.
With six members The Session draw their influences from many genres of music, in particular funk and soul, and have managed to capture what is a unique and original sound. The band members are

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Post War Years

The Post War Years are an up and coming band from Royal Leamington Spa, who (according to their Myspace page) are Latin/Hard House/Jazz but they have an Alternative/Indie edge about them too. Post War Years consist of Si Critten, Henry Riggs, Tom and Fred. They are all very nice chaps and in some cases close personal friends. They all enjoy a variety of musical styles and it shows, because they have a diverse range of songs evincing Prince to Battles as influences, unified thematically by all being jaw-droppingly great.

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Yeah Yeah Noh

Yeah Yeah Noh were a group formed in Leicester, England in 1984. They released two albums and five singles while still together, and have had two compilation albums issued since they split in 1986. The group reformed in 2011, an announcement appearing on the Cherry Red Records website: "STOP PRESS: Yeah Yeah Noh are back together and are playing live as of summer 2012, on the lookout for 'interesting gigs in fields; gardens with expansive lawns considered'."

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Denny Laine

Denny Laine (born Brian Frederick Arthur Hines, 29 October 1944, Tyseley, Birmingham) is an English songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, best known for his roles as former guitarist and lead singer of The Moody Blues and, later, co-founder (along with Paul McCartney) of Wings. Laine is of Romani descent and was educated at Yardley Grammar School, in Birmingham. His first solo performance was at the age of twelve.

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Poppy & The Jezebels

Poppy & The Jezebels are an indie-pop band from Birmingham, UK formed in 2005 by 14 year old school-girls, Mollie Kingsley (vocals & percussion), Amber Bradbury (guitar & vocals), Poppy Twist (drums & vocals) and Dom Vine (keyboards, bass & vocals). Still at school and inbetween studying for their GCSE's they started to record debut material in 2006/07. Following the release of their mini-length LP in Autumn 2007 entitled "Follow Me Down" on Derby indie, Reveal Records, they signed to EMI imprint, Mute.

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