The Chosen Few

Newcastle's The Chosen Few were a very good band that failed to connect, despite the presence of several prodigiously talented members who were to go on to much bigger success in groups like Lindisfarne and Ian Dury & the Blockheads. They were formed out of the remains of two earlier Newcastle bands, the Unknowns and the Cresters, and came along at around the same time that Eric Burdon, Alan Price, and company were forming up what would become the Animals. The Chosen Few were similar to the Animals in many respects, performing American-style R&B with an organ-and-guitar lead i...