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Chicken Strut

About Me

Take four journeymen Austin musicians, add a pound of soul-jazz, two cups of New Orleans funk, a heaping helping of blues and a pinch of barnyard country pickin', simmer over a low flame and you get Chicken Strut, the funkiest small combo around!

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Member Since: 1/8/2007
Band Members: Bobby Perkins - bass (Carolyn Wonderland, Larry, Topaz), Neil Pederson - keys (Extreme Heat, Papa Mali, Topaz), Michael Hale - drums, M.C. (Patrice Pike, Afrofreque, Dirty Wormz), Ron Sio - guitar (MeterMen, Topaz) ............................................................ ............................................Honorary Strutters: Mike Rhoder, Barry "Frosty" Smith, Josh Perdue, Ephraim Owens, Eldridge Goins, Ed Miles, Mista Swift, Anthony Farrell, Phil Bass, Tom Robinson, Mike Barnes, Topaz, Scott French, and many more!
Influences: The Meters, Grant Green, Jimmy Smith, Herbie Hancock, early Johnny Guitar Watson
Sounds Like: "...Chicken Strut scratches out a sparer sound, one rooted in the Southern instrumental soul of Booker T. & the MGs and the Meters." - The Austin Chronicle
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Strut News for 2008

Hey all you Strutters -      As you can tell by our schedule Chicken Strut is on a partial hiatus in January and February - we'll be hiding out at the coop frying up some new origi...
Posted by on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 11:14:00 GMT

Link to Chronicle article

Hey y'all -      For those of you who might have missed it here's a link to the Austin Chronicle article from July featuring Chicken Strut and a bunch of our friends and about the ...
Posted by on Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:17:00 GMT

Chicken Strut Download

Hey Strutters -      I nearly forgot that one of our earliest shows at Lambert's from Jan. of this year  is available for download at : http://www.archive.org/details/Chicken...
Posted by on Sat, 18 Aug 2007 13:37:00 GMT

Chicken Strut in the Austin Chronicle!!!!

Hey there fowl-weather friends -      Don't forget to check us out in the current issue of the Austin Chronicle - we're featured in one of a trio of related feature articles about ...
Posted by on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 11:37:00 GMT

Vid Clips of the Strut at the Continental!

Hey all you yardbirds!  Here are some video clips of us at the Continental featuring special guest Tom Robinson sitting in on saxes. Thanks to the lovely Willow for the videos! B'gaaaaaaaaaaaawww...
Posted by on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 08:49:00 GMT

Chicken Strut featured in the Chronicle!

Hey y'all -      Keep your eyes peeled the next couple of weeks for an upcoming feature article in the Austin Chronicle by Jim Caliguri about the burgeoning improvisational funk ...
Posted by on Sat, 23 Jun 2007 23:45:00 GMT

Continental Tonight - Chicken Strut & Texican feat. Topaz!

Hey all you barnyard fowl -      In the eleventh hour we've put together a double-bill to fill in for HRM Barfield, The Tyrant of TX Funk who is on temporary royal hiatus.  T...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 17:42:00 GMT

The Strut have been pre-empted

Hey all -      We have been pre-empted for tomorrow night (the 27th) at the Continental Club to allow for a Southern Culture On the Skids show (with the mighty Barfield ...
Posted by on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 20:29:00 GMT

Chicken Strut at the Continental!

Hey Chicks and Roosters-      We just played an awesome set at the Continental this last Tuesday playing between Austin institution Miss Toni Price and the mighty Tyrant of Texas F...
Posted by on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 06:26:00 GMT

Strut schedule

Hey all-      This month the Strut's schedule is a bit funny:  we're on at Lambert's this Thursday the 8th but we're off at both Lambert's and Nuno's to allow for SXSW stuff.&...
Posted by on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 05:48:00 GMT