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- Origin: London, England
- Years Active: 1972-Present
- Music has been featured in nine movies
- Now has more U.S.-born members than Scots, 3-2
- On September 23, 1974, at a party thrown for Gregg Allman, AWB drummer Robbie McIntosh died from a heroin overdose
- Opened for Eric Clapton on his comeback tour in 1973
- Record Label: Rhino Records
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"With some decent equipment and somebody steering us it could have been as fine as the Average White Band"— David Coverdale"The funkiest Scottish band ever, these soulful emulators of Sly and the Family Stone and James Brown prove they can get into a solid groove with excellent arrangements like "Pick Up the Pieces." This treasure brims with dominant saxophones, jazzed-up rock production, great harmony vocals and some of the best drumming in the genre. But the less-impressed quip the '70s outfit "really lives up to their name."— Zagat Survey Music Guide - 1,000 Top Albums of All Time, 2003
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Average White Band on Amazon
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Average White Band - Live at Montreux, 1977 - $14.98
The AVERAGE WHITE BAND (or AWB) came together in 1973 from various Scottish soul and jazz groups. They became one of the few white bands to achieve both success and critical acclai...Amazon
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AWB - $7.98
The mid-'70s song "Play that Funky Music White Boy" was by Wild Cherry, but if you really want a bunch of pigmentally challenged males to play some funky music, then call on the Av...Amazon
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Tonight - Average White Band in Concert - $14.99
Classic soulsters Average White Band has been laying their funky R&B grooves on sellout audiences for more than two decades. Now, with their first concert on home video, the band b...Amazon
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Pickin' Up the Pieces: The Best of Average White Band (1974-1980) - $7.98
If they'd never cut another track after their monster-grooving, No. 1 R&B instrumental, "Pick Up the Pieces," the Average White Band still would have earned an enduring place in th...Amazon
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Average White Band Questions
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