Chris Youlden 1943 - 2025

 Christopher Thomas Youlden (1 January 1943 – 4 April 2025) was an English blues rock singer. He worked with the British blues band Savoy Brown from 1967

in his prime

Brother Jobe dropped by with bad news and we have lost anther great R ’n’ B legend in ex Savoy Brown alum [and Chris and the Slammers] a true force of blues n boogie nature if ever there was one

            Here he is then covering a favourite song of mine by Nawleans legend Earl King . . . . . . . Chris Youlden and The Slammers 

Chris Youlden and the Slammers. Trick Back - The Troubadour, London 2018

For Brother Jobe . . . . 

Chris Youlden has died of bronchial pneumonia at the age of 82, on April 4th, 2025. Youlden is best known for his stint as the distinctive blues/rock singer and songwriter for Savoy Brown, over a quartet of albums considered to be their best, which drove them to the high watermark of their success between 1967 and 1970. He appeared on two albums in 1968, Getting to the Point, and Blue Matter. A Step Further was released the following year. The Youlden original “I’m Tired” produced Savoy Brown's first American hit single. Following the release of Raw Sienna (also released in 1969), Youlden departed the band to pursue a solo career. After two critically acclaimed solo albums with London Records failed to score with any significance—Nowhere Road (1973), and City Child (1974)—he slipped under the radar and rarely performed or recorded again

Jazz News.

Chris Youlden - Closing Time - Mike Mills