AVERAGE WHITE BAND
Genres: Funk, RnB • United Kingdom

Average White Band (also AWB) is a Scottish funk and R&B band, who had a series of soul and disco hits between 1974 and 1980. They are best known for their million selling song, "Pick Up the Pieces" and their album 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  - in turn making them the fifteenth most sampled act in history. As of 2010, and almost forty 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. read more...