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Average White Band

Average White Band
Average White Band 2013.jpg
Average White Band in 2013
Background information
Also known as AWB
Origin Dundee, Scotland
Genres Blue-eyed soul, funk, pop rock, soul
Years active 1972–1983
1989–present
Labels Atlantic, RCA, MCA, Rhino, Arista
Associated acts Arif Mardin, Ned Doheny, Tower of Power
Members Alan Gorrie
Onnie McIntyre
Fred Vigdor
Rocky Bryant
Brent Carter
Rob Aries
Past members Roger Ball
Malcolm "Molly" Duncan
Robbie McIntosh
Michael Rosen
Hamish Stuart
Steve Ferrone
Eliot Lewis
Alex Ligertwood
Tiger McNeil
Peter Abbott
Fred "Catfish" Alias
Adam Deitch
Brian Dunne
Klyde Jones
Morris Pleasure
Monte Croft

Average White Band (also 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. The band name was initially proposed by Bonnie Bramlett. They have influenced others such as the Brand New Heavies, and been sampled by various musicians including the Beastie Boys, TLC, The Beatnuts, Too Short, Ice Cube, Eric B. & Rakim, Nas, and A Tribe Called Quest, as well as Arrested Development – making them the 15th most sampled act in history. As of 2016, 40 years after their formation, they continue to perform.

AWB was formed in early 1972 by Alan Gorrie, and Malcolm "Molly" Duncan, with Onnie McIntyre, Michael Rosen (trumpet), Roger Ball, and Robbie McIntosh joining them in the original line-up. Hamish Stuart quickly replaced Rosen. Duncan and Ball, affectionately known as the Dundee Horns, studied at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art (now part of the University of Dundee, but which at the time was part of the Dundee Institute of Art and Technology, now known as Abertay University), and were previously members of Mogul Thrash. Gorrie and McIntyre had been members of Forever More. McIntyre and McIntosh were used as session musicians on Chuck Berry's recording of "My Ding-a-Ling".


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