average white band original members
Current membersAlan Gorrie – guitars, vocals, bass (1972–1983, 1989–present)Owen "Onnie" McIntyre – guitars, vocals (1972–1983, 1989–present)Fred Vigdor – tenor saxophone, keyboards (1996–present)Rocky Bryant – drums (2006–present)Brent Carter – vocals (2011–present)Rob Aries – bass, keyboards (2013–present)Cliff Lyons – alto saxophone (2015–present), Former membersRoger Ball – alto saxophone, keyboards (1972–1983, 1989–1996)Malcolm "Molly" Duncan – tenor saxophone (1972–1983)Robbie McIntosh – drums (1972–1974; his death)Michael Rosen – trumpet (1972)Hamish Stuart – guitar, bass, vocals (1972–1983)Steve Ferrone – drummer (1974–1983)Eliot Lewis – keyboards, guitar, bass, percussion, vocals (1989–2002)Peter Ramsey – Keyboard (1989–1999)Tiger McNeil – drums (1989–1994)Alex Ligertwood – vocals (1989)Peter Abbott – drums (1994–1998)Fred "Catfish" Alias – drums (1998–1999)Adam Deitch – drums (1999–2001)Brian Dunne – drums (2001–2006)Klyde Jones – guitar, keyboards, vocals (2002–2011)Morris Pleasure – keyboard, bass, guitar (2011, 2013)Monte Croft – keyboard, bass, guitar (2011–2013), Studio albumsYear Album UK US1973 Show Your Hand – 3911974 AWB 6 11975 Cut the Cake 28 41976 Soul Searching 60 91977 Benny & Us (w/Ben E. King) – 331978 Warmer Communications – 281979 Feel No Fret 15 321980 Shine 14 1161982 Cupid's in Fashion – 2021989 Aftershock – –1997 Soul Tattoo – –2003 Living in Colour – –2018 Inside Out – –, Live albumsYear Album UK US1976 Person to Person (Double Album) – 281999 Face to Face – –2006 Soul & the City – –2011 Live at Montreux 1977 (recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival, July 10, 1977) – –2013 Times Squared (recorded at B. On June 25, 2019, The New York Times Magazine listed Average White Band among hundreds of artists whose material was reportedly destroyed in the 2008 Universal fire. McCaskill had many contacts from his days with Clapton and managed to get Atlantic Records to sign them. He is a former original member of the Average White Band (AWB). Copy link. 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. Changing Faces’s 'I Got Somebody Else' Chris Rock ft ODB’s 'Me & ODB' Doug E Fresh’s 'On the Strength' Public Enemy’s 'Night of the Living Baseheads' Real Roxanne’s 'Her Bad Self' Steady B’s 'Certified Dope' Stezo’s 'Jimmy's Gettin' Funky' Stezo’s 'Talking Sense' Style’s 'Set the Mood' Tim Dog’s 'You Ain't Shit' YZ ft G Rock’s 'In the Party''Person to Person' Big Daddy Kane’s 'Mr. The next album would have to be recorded in the States. Line-up includes 23 year old, Adam Deitch in the drum chair. Average White Band (or AWB) is a Scottish funk and R&B band formed in London in early 1972 that had a series of soul and disco hits between 1974 and 1980. 19th July 1946, Perth, Scotland; bass, vocals); Mike Rosen (trumpet, guitar); replaced by Hamish Stuart (b. 25th September 1945, Lennoxtown, Scotland; guitar); Malcolm 'Mollie' Duncan (b. The band relocated to Los Angeles and released the follow-up, AWB, better known as The White Album. Alex Ligertwood (ex-Santana, Jeff Beck Group and another veteran of Brian Auger's Oblivion Express) also appeared on this album, replacing lead singer Hamish Stuart, along with Eliot Lewis who co-wrote with Gorrie and joined the band. King's, New York, NY, March 18, 2009) – –2015 Access All Areas (recorded at Nottingham's Theatre Royal, summer 1980) – –2016 AWB R&B – –, Compilation albumsYear Album UK US1980 Volume VIII (5 Hits + 4 Unreleased songs) – 1821992 Pickin' Up the Pieces: The Best of Average White Band – –1994 The Best of the Average White Band - Let's Go Round Again 38 –1997 Pick Up the Pieces and Other Hits - –2005 Greatest & Latest – –2006 The Very Best Of – –2009 Pick Up the Pieces (The Very Best Of) – –2014 All the Pieces - The Complete Studio Recordings 1971-2003 – –2019 Gold 99 –, SinglesYear Single (a-side b/w b-side) UK US R&B AUS Comments1973 "Put It Where You Want It" b/w "Reach Out" – – – – MCA Records MUS 1187 (UK)"Show Your Hand" b/w "The Jugglers" – – – – MCA Records MUS 1208 (UK)"This World Has Music" b/w "The Jugglers" – – – – MCA Records MCA-40168 (US)1974 "How Can You Go Home" b/w "Twilight Zone" – – – – MCA Records MCA 102 (UK)"Pick Up The Pieces" b/w "You Got It" (US b-side: "Work to Do") 6 1 5 38 Atlantic Records K 10489 (UK) / 45-3229 (US, as AWB)"Nothing You Can Do" b/w "I Just Can't Give You Up" – – – – Atlantic Records K 10498 (UK) / 45-3044 (US, as AWB)1975 "Cut the Cake" b/w "Person to Person" 31 10 7 – Atlantic Records K 10605 (UK) / 45-3261 (US, as AWB)"How Can You Go Home" b/w "Twilight Zone" – – – – MCA Records MCA 186 (UK, re-issue)"Twilight Zone" b/w "How Can You Go Home" – – – – MCA Records MCA-40196 (US)"If I Ever Lose This Heaven" b/w "High Flyin' Woman" – 39 25 – Atlantic Records K 10655 (UK) / 45-3285 (US, as AWB)"School Boy Crush" b/w "Groovin' the Night Away" – 33 22 – Atlantic Records K 10701 (UK) / 45-3304 (US, as AWB)1976 "Everybody's Darling" b/w "Why?" All user-contributed text on this page is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. & Rakim, Nas, and A Tribe Called Quest, Christina Milian, as well as Arrested Development – making them the 15th most sampled act in history. The band is flown to Atlantic Studios in N.Y. Gene Paul (son of Les) is assigned as the engineer best equipped to capture their sound. Roger Ball has retired from touring. Share. Hamish Stuart quickly replaced Rosen. The reaction to their own set however, gives Gorrie the idea that with the right line-up, U.S. tours may be possible. It was awarded a gold disc by the R.I.A.A. This is in essence one half of the original Average White Band. Gorrie and McIntyre had been members of Forever More. Bonnie Bramlett of (Delany & Bonnie) hears the new rehearsal tapes and flies AWB to Los Angeles to start work on her first solo albumSweet Bonnie Bramlett. Hamish Stuart quickly replaced Rosen. 1 and sold over one million copies. Somewhat incongruously, given their Scottish roots, the six piece took the influences of their R&B heroes - people like Marvin Gaye, James Brown, Donny Hathaway and others - and developed their own 'authentic' sound which was eagerly adopted by black audiences in the US and elsewhere. The musical energy and trademark sound are remarkably true to the original, and with constant revisitations and re-workings of AWB's, and others' classics in the mix, it is no surprise that the Average White Band is now a multi - generational attraction, and a perennial fixture with so many of the top music venues. The result, Show Your Hand is released on both sides of the Atlantic to 'much acclaim and cult status' but does not cross over into mainstream. Average White Band Ex Original members are Molly Duncan,Hamish Stuart,and Steve... Jump to After their first gig however, Gorrie decides that his vocal approach demands a second lead singer with a strong falsetto. Show Your Hand : 'The Jugglers' Ice Cube’s 'What They Hittin' Foe?' Find album reviews, stream songs, credits and award information for AWB - Average White Band on AllMusic - 1974 - After debuting with 1973's excellent but… 9 R&B Album). Alan Gorrie records solo album Sleepless Nights for A&M. 1979Feel No Fret (self-produced by AWB) is released, featuring hit singles ‘Walk On By’ and ‘Atlantic Avenue’. Roger Ball leaves the band and recommends sax man, Fred ‘Freddy V’ Vigdor. 1965-66PERTH, SCOTLANDAlan Gorrie co-founds the ‘Blue Workshop’ as a place for musicians to interchange line-ups and explore the jazzier side of R&B. AWB - 17.06.2000Matteo Negri: http://www.villaggiomusicale.com/artista/matteo-negri 3 talking about this. Boogie Down Productions’s 'Ya Know the Rules' Cash Crew’s 'U Can't Stop This' Jurassic 5’s 'Unified Rebellion' The LOX’s 'The Heist (pt 1)', Average White Band : 'Pick up the Pieces' Awesome Dre’s 'You Can't Hold Me Back' Cash Money & Marvelous’s 'Who's in the Place?' Alan Edward Gorrie (born 19 July 1946 in Perth) is a Scottish bassist, guitarist, keyboardist and singer.He is a founding member of the Average White Band and remains one of two original members in the group's current line-up.. History. 1970 London being the only UK city in which to secure a recording contract, all future AWB members are now there working and recording; McIntosh, who with the Senate, had backed Ben E. King, Garnet Mimms etc, is now with Brian Auger's Oblivion Express with Jim Mullen and Alex Ligertwood. 1 AWB album – reached No. Average White Band Ex Original members are Molly Duncan,Hamish Stuart,and Steve Ferrone. 2005Greatest & Latest released, a retrospective of post 1989 material, featuring both live and studio cuts including an instrumental remake of 'Work To Do' which becomes a nationwide hit on Smooth Jazz Radio. 1983 – 1988AWB disband. As of 2019, Alan Gorrie and Onnie McIntyre are the only two original members left in the Average White Band. The band name was initially proposed by Bonnie Bramlett. 1998Live album, Face To Face recorded at the Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, showcasing new AWB members. Whilst a good number of cuts - 'Cut The Cake' and 'Let's Go 'Round Again' to name but two - attracted chart action as hit singles, many other album tracks, like 'Schoolboy Crush' and 'Person to Person' became much sampled and turn-tabled 'rare' grooves. Hamish Stuart, in particular, goes on to work with David Sanborn, Chaka Khan, and (most notably) Paul McCartney. AWB is chosen to form the nucleus of Atlantic’s All-Stars at The Montreux Jazz Festival. AWB (Gold Album)# 1 Pop Album (Billboard)# 1 R&BAlbum (Billboard), Cut The Cake (Gold Album)# 1 R&B Album (Billboard)# 4 PopAlbum (Billboard), Soul Searching (Platinum Album)# 2 R&B Album (Billboard)# 9 PopAlbum (Billboard), Benny and US (with Ben E. King)# 9 R&B Album(Billboard)# 28 PopAlbum(Billboard), Warmer Communications (Gold album)# 12 R&B Album (Billboard), 'Pick Up The Pieces'# 1 PopSingle (Billboard) # 5 R&B Single (Billboard)# 6 U.K. chartGrammy Nomination - 'Best R&B Instrumental Performance', 'Cut The Cake' # 7 R&B single (Billboard)Grammy Nomination – 'Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance', 'Schoolboy Crush'# 22 R&B single (Billboard), 'Soul Searching' # 4 Dance Single (Billboard), 'Get it Up For Love'# 21 R&B Single (Billboard), 'A Star in The Ghetto' # 25 R&B Single (Billboard). AWB was formed in early 1972 in London by Alan Gorrie, and Malcolm "Molly" Duncan, with Owen "Onnie" McIntyre, Michael Rosen (trumpet), Roger Ball, and Robbie McIntosh joining them in the original line-up. Find Average White Band credit information on AllMusic AllMusic. 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. 1982Cupid's In Fashion Released on MCA, featuring contributions from writer/producer Dan Hartman. It was both a tribute to AWB's knowledge of funk and a tongue-in-cheek play on the Scottish band's name. Though perhaps best known for their timeless instrumental mega-hit 'Pick Up the Pieces' the band's strength actually lay in their consistently accomplished song-writing, stretching across several gold selling albums and multi- grammy nominations for the legendary Atlantic Records. 1972 McIntyre and McIntosh record live with Chuck Berry at The Lanchester Arts Festival. Dunne was replaced by Rocky Bryant as drummer as of the 2006 tour. Released as The London Sessions his best selling album ironically spawned his first and only No.1 single 'My Ding-A-Ling'. 'Sweet & Sour', wins another Grammy nomination - Best R&B Instrumental Performance. Back when there were still six of us - Steve Ferrone, Molly and myself started working together as the '360band', doing a couple of short UK tours and one album together. It reached No. All the singles and albums of AVERAGE WHITE BAND, peak chart positions, career stats, week-by-week chart runs and latest news. Regulars included Dundee Art College buddies Molly Duncan and Roger Ball on horns, Jim Mullen on double bass (yes, that Jim Mullen!) The Average White Band (ou AWB) é uma banda escocesa de funk e R&B que emplacou diversos sucessos disco entre 1974 e 1980. Cliff Lyons -- Alto sax, keyboards, vocals, Fred "Freddy V" Vigdor -- Tenor Sax, keyboards,vocals. "Arif Mardin is assigned producer and asks for two more songs. A double live album "Person To Person" was issued in late 1976. GLASGOW, SCOTLAND Onnie McIntyre and Hamish Stuart gig and frequent The Picasso Club, a live music, after-hours R&B haven where musicians can try out new material, jam, hangout and/or dance to the best soul tracks imported directly from Atlantic, Stax, Motown etc. Gorrie also overdosed, but Cher kept him conscious until medical help arrived. He was then succeeded by Peter Abbott (ex-Blood Sweat and Tears), who in turn was replaced by Fred "Catfish" Alias in September 1998. Profile: Original Members: Alan Gorrie (b. Robert Broderick James McIntosh (6 May 1950 – 23 September 1974) was a Scottish drummer from Dundee, who was a founder-member of the Average White Band (AWB). Info. Featured … LOS ANGELESCommonly known as The White Album, the eponymous AWB album is released in August. MCA Records released their debut album, Show Your Hand (1973), which sold poorly. CommercialsBUDWEISERCREST MONARCHMITSUBISHI ECLIPSEREVLON (LIPGLIDE) SCHLITZ MALT LIQUOR, Video GamesDRIVER: PARALLEL LINESMIDNIGHT HOLD 'EM POKER. The group initially disbanded by 1983. McIntosh was replaced by Steve Ferrone (previously of Bloodstone), and, like McIntosh, previously with Brian Auger's Oblivion Express. The classic lineup of Gorrie, McIntyre, Ball, Stuart, Duncan and Ferrone reunited for one last time at the Atlantic Records 40th Anniversary in 1988. The song knocked Linda Ronstadt's "You're No Good" out of No. Alan Gorrie ... Average White Band Biography by Jason Ankeny + Follow Artist. 8th October 1949, Glasgow, Scotland; guitar, vocals); Owen 'Onnie' McIntyre (b. Nevertheless, with record sales gradually dwindling, 1982 found Average White Band disbanding - only to later reunite in 1989 with original members Gorrie, McIntyre and Ball in tow. Gorrie, Ball, and McIntyre reformed Average White Band in 1989, tapping vocalist Alex Ligertwood for their comeback effort Aftershock. In July 2015, Malcolm ‘Molly’ Duncan, Steve Ferrone and Hamish Stuart reunited to form The 360 Band. Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. AWB was formed in early 1972 in London by Alan Gorrie, and Malcolm "Molly" Duncan, with Owen "Onnie" McIntyre, Michael Rosen (trumpet), Roger Ball, and Robbie McIntosh joining them in the original line-up. 9 talking about this. 1977Benny & Us with Ben E. King is released as a partnership album featuring the ex-Drifters front-man on lead vocals (No. 1989AWB reforms with original members Gorrie, McIntyre and Ball, and are joined by multi-instrumentalist Eliot Lewis to record Aftershock , a new studio album with guest appearances by Chaka Kahn, Ronnie Laws and Alex Ligertwood. Volume VIII is released on Atlantic, and contains four previously unreleased songs on side one, and a Best Of selection on side two. 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Complete song listing of Average White Band on OLDIES.com Average White Band ~ Songs List | OLDIES.com COVID-19: Because of processes designed to ensure the safety of our employees, you may experience a delay in the shipping of your order. Beatnuts’s 'Ya Don't Stop' Color Me Badd’s 'Thinkin' Back' De la Soul’s 'Do as De La Does' De la Soul’s 'Strictly Dan Stuckie' Diana King’s 'Shy Guy' DJ Eclipse’s 'Dedication' Double XX Posse’s 'School of Hard Knocks' EPMD’s 'Can't Hear Nothing but the Music' EPMD’s 'Give the People' Eric B and Rakim’s 'Microphone Fiend' Father MC’s 'One Night Stand' Fresh Kid Ice’s 'From da Bottom to Da Top' Immature’s 'Do My Thing' Janet Jackson’s 'New Agenda' Kwame’s 'Thatthewaydatitgoez' Lench Mob’s 'You and Your Heroes' Nas’s 'Halftime' Public Enemy’s 'Pollywanacraka' Ras Kass’s 'Soul on Ice' Rodney O & Joe Cooley’s 'Nutty Block' South Central Cartel’s 'Bring it On' Special Ed’s 'Think about It' TLC’s 'Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg' Too $hort’s 'Life is Too $hort' X-Clan’s 'Grand Verbalizer, What Time is It?' The current lineup of the band, with noted US musicians alongside founding members Alan Gorrie and Onnie McIntyre, continues to delight audiences and critics alike in its wide - ranging touring. As of 2019, Alan Gorrie and Onnie McIntyre are the only two original members left in the Average White Band. They continue to perform. In his book The Rhythm And The Blues Wexler says "They hit me where I lived, their tape was great and I wanted to sign them on the spot! Average White Band has continued recording (1997's Soul Tattoo, 1999's Face to Face) and touring since. 1973 After a long hiatus, Eric Clapton stages his comeback performance, dubbed the Rainbow Concert, it is one of the most highly anticipated music industry events in years. Powered by SquarespaceSquarespace 1997Studio album Soul Tattoo, released with Pete Abbott on drums. Group Members. Their 1980 disco hit "Let's Go Round Again" (UK No. In 1985 Gorrie released a solo album, Sleepless Nights. 1980Shine (Produced by David Foster) is AWB’s debut for Arista /RCA and includes UK hits ‘For You, For Love’, and ‘Let's Go Round Again’ (No.12 in the UK) and has the longest stay in the charts of any single that year. Kings in New York City. THIEVESVH1's WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform. Scrobble songs to get recommendations on tracks, albums, and artists you'll love. AVERAGE WHITE BAND ON TOUR . Cut the Cake was dedicated by the surviving band members to McIntosh's memory. Brian Dunne took over the drum chair in 2001 and when Eliot Lewis left the band in September 2002 to pursue other musical opportunities (including a stint with Hall and Oates), he was replaced by Klyde Jones. The band's breakthrough was a support slot at Eric Clapton's comeback concert in 1973. Average White Band (also AWB) is a Scottish funk and R&B band that had a series of soul and disco hits between 1974 and 1980. . (No 1 R&B album) and earns the band another Grammy Nomination - Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance – for the single 'Cut The Cake', 1976 AWB’s biggest US-selling (platinum) album Soul Searching is released (No 2 R&B album), spawning hit single 'Queen of My Soul'. 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. Stephen Ferrone (born 25 April 1950) is an English drummer known as a member of the rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers from 1994–2017, replacing original drummer Stan Lynch, and as part of the "classic lineup" of the Average White Band in the 1970s. Roger Ball (born 4 June 1944, Broughty Ferry, Scotland) is a Scottish saxophonist, keyboardist, songwriter and arranger. 2006‘Rocky Bryant (Dave Sanborn, Cindy Lauper) takes over the drum chair.AWB releases Soul & The City CD, recorded live at B.B. Collectively they become the unofficial house band at Island Studios working individually and/or together on various sessions, most notably Johnny Nash's 'I Can See Clearly Now'. Gorrie, McIntyre, and Ball then continued in 1989 to record Aftershock. It also prompted The J.B.'s, the backup band of the "Godfather of Soul", James Brown, to record and release a song in reply, "Pick Up the Pieces, One by One", under the name AABB (Above Average Black Band).