My last post was about Chubb, a band from the early 90s that I discovered on Soundcloud that had 3 very nice songs. That same Soundcloud account had a bunch more songs from a previous project called Chic & Vinny.

Chic was the vocalist and guitar played on Chubb, Vinny was the bassist. This was clearly their previous band.

One thing I couldn’t figure out was where they hailed from. I had the idea they were from around Manchester or even as far away as Liverpool. Their recordings were done in Macclesfield.

For Chic & Vinny there are more recordings, we find Braincell Blues which has some cool trumpets by guest player Colin Duff, “Futile” which is a top track that I could imagine in many compilation tapes from the time,

The recordings were made by Hursty at Station House in New Brighton in 1986.

Interesting enough they have rerecorded “Futile” in 2020. It is uploaded in their Soundcloud. They say that they did this as the original version had damage. They also slowed down this new version.

There are two other tracks that was recorded in 2020, while on lockdown. They are “Edelweiss” which is the band’s tribute to a local band with that same name and “Forever“.

Then in 2021 Chic and Vinny continued recording. Each recording at their own home their parts. In 2021 they wrote and recorded “Thought for a Day“. Here I discover thanks to the credits that Chic’s real name is Cliff Williams. Maybe he used Chic to not be confused with Cliff Williams from AC/DC?

And lastly there’s “Walking My Way” that is undated but clearly is from this latter period, not the 80s.

Not much more information if you google about them. So I think we’ll have to wait if by any chance we hear from the people in the band. I look forward to learn more about Chic & Vinny!

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Listen
Chic & Vinny – Futile