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The Average White Band (also known as AWB) are a Scottish funk and R&B band that had a series of soul and disco hits between 1974 and 1980. They are best known for their million-selling instrumental track " Pick Up the Pieces ", and their albums AWB and Cut the Cake .
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Aug 7, 2023 · The funk and soul group Average White Band (or AWB) started in 1972 in London, co-founded by Alan Gorrie and Malcolm Duncan. Prior, the members who would comprise the group had played together in...
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Commonly known as The White Album, the eponymous AWB album is released in August. In September on the last night of a triumphant week at The Troubadour, drummer Robbie McIntosh dies of a drug related incident at a celebratory Hollywood party.
- The arrival of Rock ’n’ Roll. BEFORE Elvis and Buddy Holly and Bill Haley and The Comets arrived in my life, I had been listening to my dad’s records.
- Please Please Me. IT was March 1963 and I was listening to Radio Luxembourg. The world stopped for me that night, when I heard Please Please Me by The Beatles.
- The Blue Workshop. FROM 1964 to 1966 we had this wonderful experimental club in Perth called The Blue Workshop which I had a hand in setting up. By this time, I was at Duncan of Jordanstone School of Art in Dundee and I had a couple of pals there who played sax – that was Molly Duncan and Roger Ball – so I brought them along to take part.
- La Bamba. Photograph: TSL. BETWEEN 1964 and 1966 The Vikings also became a resident band at a club in Falkirk called La Bamba. I think it’s true to say that this was Scotland’s Cavern.
Average White Band. Soul-influenced Scottish funk band who produced hits including 1974's "Pick Up the Pieces." Read Full Biography.
Average White Band Concert History. The Average White Band (AWB) is a Scottish soul and funk band formed in London in 1972. The band consists of Cliff Lyons on alto sax, keyboards, and vocals, Rob Aries on keyboard and bass, Onnie McIntrye on guitar and vocals, Brent Carter on lead vocals, Alan Gorrie on lead vocals, bass, and guitar, Rocky ...
They may have been know as the Average White Band, but there was certainly nothing average about them! The Average White Band or A.W.B. for short, formed 32 years ago in London by six Scottish musicians who loved American jazz and soul music, particularly the Memphis and Philly soul sounds.
