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Sydney duo Chickenhead came about as a kind of fun thing for guitarist Roy Payne and drummer Neville Anderson - a side project born out of a love for the old time country blues, and one that would offer something different from the country and hillbilly bands that would continue to dominate their time. This was to be no blues-rock knee jerk to the White Stripes. In fact inspiration for the two piece format came from the legendary Tony Joe White, who has toured here on several occasions with long time friend and drummer ‘Boom Boom’. R.L. Burnside and T-Model Ford dragged the concept into the nineties, from as far back as the fifties and were an early influence also – the band lifting its name from a song by the latter called ‘Chickenhead Man’ – “..when you kill a chicken babe – save me the chicken head..” Although the band leans towards a more earthy ‘roots’ sound, there is a raw intensity that is never the less very contemporary. Chickenhead blend their blues with tex/mex and