One of the earliest of British blues bands, Savoy Brown, with founder guitarist Kim Simmonds at the helm, were a major part of the UK blues boom movement. Savoy Brown released their debut album "Shake Down" in 1967. Finding success in the USA, Kim Simmondsenlisted Stan Webb and members of Chicken Shack to join the group in 1971 after most of the original band left to form Foghat. Savoy Brown have headlined NYC's Carnegie Hall, LA's Fillmore East and West and have cemented their name as one of the important British Blues bands of all time alongside Fleetwood Mac/Peter Green, The Yardbirds, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Ten Years After, and The Animals.