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The Penguin Discography: Back On The Chain Gang




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Back On The Chain Gang
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Chrissie Hynde

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Date Performance 1999-00-00
Running Time 4:05
Performers Chrissie Hynde (Vocals), Chrissie Hynde (Guitar), Adam Seymour (Guitar), Martin Chambers (Drums), Andy Hobson (Bass Guitar), Zeben Jameson (Keyboards), Thom Panunzio (Mixed By)
Commentsby The Pretenders (appear courtesy of Warner Music UK, Ltd.) (P) & (C) 1999 Viacom International Inc. Chrissie Hynde: "I was writing 'Back On The Chain Gang' when Jimmy and Pete were still alive and in the band, and we were trying to work the song out at our sound checks. Jimmy was real excited about it. He died before I finished the song. I think I kind of dedicated it to him when I finished it. I was trying to work out who I could get to play on that song, so I pulled in Jimmy Scott's favorite guitar player, Billy Bremner, who had played in a band called Rock Pile. Billy came up with that awesome riff in the beginning."
Appears On
VH1 Storytellers (2000)
Various Artists

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Date Performance 1982-07-20
Running Time 3:54
Performers Chrissie Hynde (Vocals), Martin Chambers (Drums), Billy Bremner (Guitar), Tony Butler (Bass), Chris Thomas (Producer)
Commentsby The Pretenders. Recorded at AIR Studios, London
Appears On
Women In Rock (0000)
Documentary Film

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2009-08-19