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The Average White Band (also known as AWB) were a Scottish funk and R&B band that had a series of soul and disco hits between 1974 and 1980. They were 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.
The guitar line of the song came from Hamish Stuart, while Roger Ball wrote the first part of the horn melody. The song was produced by Arif Mardin.According to Malcolm 'Molly' Duncan, he had disagreed with releasing the song as a single because the song is a "funk instrumental played by Scotsmen with no lyrics other than a shout".
Average White Band. Alan Gorrie – bass, guitar, lead and backing vocals; Hamish Stuart – bass, guitar, lead and backing vocals; Roger Ball – keyboards, alto saxophone, string arrangements, horn arrangements
Warmer Communications is a studio album released by Average White Band. [2] The title is a play on Warner Communications, parent company of AWB's Atlantic Records label at the time of the album's release.
Stephen A. Ferrone (born 25 April 1950) is an English drummer. He is known as a member of the rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers from 1994 to 2017, replacing original drummer Stan Lynch, and as part of the "classic lineup" of the Average White Band in the 1970s.
AWB is the second studio album by the Scottish funk and soul band Average White Band, released in August 1974.. AWB topped Billboard's Pop Albums and Black Albums charts. Its million-selling single "Pick Up the Pieces" knocked Linda Ronstadt's "You're No Good" out of #1 on Billboard's Hot 100.
He co-wrote a total of forty three songs for the Average White Band. Before forming AWB in 1971, Ball was a session musician in London, arranging and playing for Vinegar Joe, Badfinger, Kiki Dee and Elton John, Mama Cass, Bryan Ferry, Roxy Music and others. He has played on stage with Chaka Khan and Marvin Gaye.
Alan Gorrie. 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 [1] and remains one of two original members in the group's current line-up (Onnie McIntyre being the other).
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