Bryan James "Chas" Chandler (18 December 1938– 17 July 1996) was an English musician, record producer and manager, best known as the original bassist in the Animals. He also managed the band Slade and Jimi Hendrix, about whom he was regularly interviewed until his death in 1996.
Early life
Chandler was born at 35 Second Avenue, Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne in Northumberland U.K. After leaving school, he worked as a turner in the Tyneside shipyards. Having originally learned to play the guitar, he became the bass player with The Alan Price Trio in 1962.
With the Animals
After Eric Burdon joined the band, the Alan Price Trio was renamed the Animals. Chandler's bass lines were rarely given critical attention but some, including the opening riff of the group's 1965 hit "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" subsequently received praise. Chandler was also the most prominent of the group's backing vocalists and did occasional songwriting with Burdon. in 1966, despite commercial success, Chandler became disillusioned with the lack of money, recalling that, "We toured non-stop for three years, doing 300 gigs a year and we hardly got a penny."
Frank William "Chas" Chandler is a fictional character in the Hellblazer series published by DC Comics' Vertigoimprint. Chas is John Constantine's closest and longest surviving friend, who acts as his sidekick and cab driver. He first appeared in Hellblazer #1.
Fictional character biography
Born Francis William Chandler, but nicknamed "Chas" after the famous bassist for The Animals. The roots of their friendship can be traced back to the late sixties, when a sixteen-year-old John Constantine arrived on the streets of London for the second time in his young life, with nothing to his name but an overly sarcastic sense of humour and a half-empty pack of Silk Cut cigarettes. Eager to get a cheap roof over his head, John leapt at the chance to move in with his new-found mate, even if he did live with his mother. John's housewarming consisted of a tense meeting with Chas' obese mother Queenie and her vile monkey familiar Slag.
Unable to put up with his miserable existence at the hands of his mother and her simian familiar, Chas broke down and told John all about his pitiful life– revealing how Slag appeared on the scene shortly after his brother was hanged and his mother killed his father. A dabbler in petty magics, Queenie made her wage by holding the occasional séance and the like. Chas' real problems came from Slag, the chimpanzee delighted in ruining his life, using her obnoxious body odor to great effect in alienating him from his mates as well as putting paid to what was already a pretty pathetic love life.
Once a small grain trading hub of the region, Chas became notable during the Second World War when the British government used it as a base to supply soldiers fighting in the eastern front against the Japanese. After the decision of Government of India to establish the Bokaro Steel Plant, the economic activity of Chas gathered momentum. It was the administrative headquarters of the area when Bokaro was a part of Dhanbad district, and later when Bokaro became a district itself. Later the headquarters were moved to the Bokaro steel city.
Geography
Chas is located at 23°38′N86°10′E / 23.63°N 86.17°E / 23.63; 86.17. It has an average elevation of 210metres (688feet). It is situated on the junction of National Highway 23 and National Highway 32. Some places of interest include Check Post, Bhootnath Mandir, Joda Mandir,jagadamba mandir, solagidih surya mandir, Success Computer & Cafe- Jodhadih More, Shivpuri Colony, Yadu Bans Nagar Colony.
The corresponding Old Norse form is Karl, the German form is also Karl. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as Karolus (as in Vita Karoli Magni), later also as Carolus.
Etymology
The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun *karlaz meaning "free man", which survives in English as churl (< Old English ċeorl), which developed its deprecating sense in the Middle English period.
In the form Charles, the initial spelling ch- corresponds to the palatalization of the Latin group ca- to [tʃa] in Central Old French (Francien) and the final -s to the former subjective case (cas sujet) of masculine names in Old French like in Giles or James (< Latin -us, see Spanish/ Portuguese Carlos).
According to Julius Pokorny, the historical linguist and Indo-Europeanist, the root meaning of Karl is "old man", from Indo-European *ĝer-, where the ĝ is a palatal consonant, meaning "to rub; to be old; grain." An old man has been worn away and is now grey with age.
QUESTION. Have there been any accounts of alien encounters that included descriptions of what clothes the aliens wore? ... The uniforms were like glossy leather' ... Q ... Q ... Q ... J ... Clapton was playing with Cream when Hendrix's manager ChasChandler introduced them ... .
Hendrix worked out the music on his ever-present Fender Stratocaster, in the flat he shared with his manager ChasChandler, in December 1966 ... “I said, write the rest of that,” said Chandler.
... band’s manager, ChasChandler (drummer Don Powell later recalled that he believed the band had actually broken up by then – and that Chandler sold the show as the chance to go out on a high).
READ MORE. Nikki Sixx incurs the wrath of Swifties after accusing Taylor Swift of “whining” ...Born in the US, Hendrix moved to London in September 1966 after his talents were discovered by the British musician ChasChandler ... ....
In 1980, Slade played Reading festival after which artist pulled out?. “Ozzy Osbourne.”. CORRECT ... We went down a storm and it turned our careers around ... WRONG ... He once walked in early while our manager ChasChandler was mixing one of our tracks, and said.
READ MORE ... While he says he didn’t know at the time how famous Hendrix would become, Baxter shared that he knew the appearance of famed producer, manager and artist ChasChandler at Hendrix’ shows signalled big things for the guitarist.
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