This Thursday!

The Eighth Annual celebration of our residency at The Cantab Lounge is this Thursday, September 19! Please join us for a romping good time, featuring Brother Wayne spinning classic vinyl, special musical guests, giveaways, prizes, and your favorite classic funk and soul band, The Chicken Slacks.

Thanks to our fans for such great support over the years, and thanks to Steve and Fitzi at The Cantab for keeping us around!

See you at The Cantab Lounge, this Thursday night, 9:30 - 1:30 AM! 738 Massachusetts Ave., (Central Square), Cambridge, MA. (617) 354 2685

8th Anniversary Circus!!!

Proud to announce our 8th Anniversary Circus at The Cantab Lounge, an annual celebration of a beautiful residency and of all who have supported us for so many fun years! Special guests, giveaways, always a good time.

Come see us Thursday, September 19,  9:30 - 1:30 AM.  Details to follow!

Busy busy busy

Nine weddings in the next eight weeks!

Here are a couple pics from Diana and Scott's wedding this June at the Flag Hill Winery in Lee, NH. Thanks to Marina DeMarco at Geneve Hoffman Photography!

Tracy, Rick, Mike.

Cantab is the place to be on Thursdays, says the Herald

Thanks to our friend, journalist Jed Gottlieb, for including the Chicken Slacks on his list of must-see club residencies in an article for the Boston Herald. He give The Chicken Slacks the nod for Thursdays!

Sometimes we go to our own weddings

Congratulations to our drummer Ted Sullivan and his new bride, Jess Rogean! We wish you many years of health and prosperity.

Saturday, August 3, Barnstable, MA     

"That's the Way Love Is"

Remembering Bobby Blue Bland, one of the all time great soul-blues artists, who passed away last Sunday.

Here's his 1963 hit "That's the Way Love Is," which reached #33 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Billboard Hit R&B Singles. Classic soul.

This is great news

One of the all-time classic pop/funk albums has been re-issued! "Inspiration Information," a 1974 masterpiece by Shuggie Otis, has been released with a companion album, "Wings of Love," a compilation of 14 unreleased cuts.

Shuggie, son of the famous band leader and producer Johnny Otis, made his initial splash at the age of 15 as a blues guitarist, appearing on Al Kooper's 1969 Kooper Session. In 1970, B.B. King called Shuggie "his favorite new guitarist."

"Inspiration Information," a trippy, jazzy ride that still sounds contemporary, was Shuggie's third and final album for Epic Records, taking three years to complete. Shuggie wrote and arranged all the music and played all the instruments except horns and strings. The album hit #181 on the Billboard Top 200, and Shuggie has not released an official new project since.

Check it out!

Also-- check out "Strawberry Letter #23," released in 1977 by The Brothers Johnson. You may remember this cut from its extended play on Quentin Tarentino's film "Jackie Brown". Shuggie wrote the song and plays guitar on the track. The song went to #1 on the Soul Singles chart.

Check this out from NPR. Shuggie is touring to support the new release! He'll be at Scullers Jazz Club, in Alston, MA, for two shows on August 7.