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. 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. 1977Benny & Us with Ben E. King is released as a partnership album featuring the ex-Drifters front-man on lead vocals (No. Soul-influenced Scottish funk band who produced hits including 1974's "Pick Up the Pieces." It was awarded a gold disc by the R.I.A.A. Copy link. Find album reviews, stream songs, credits and award information for AWB - Average White Band on AllMusic - 1974 - After debuting with 1973's excellent but… Find similar artists to Average White Band and discover new music. Cliff Lyons -- Alto sax, keyboards, vocals, Fred "Freddy V" Vigdor -- Tenor Sax, keyboards,vocals. In 1985 Gorrie released a solo album, Sleepless Nights. The band name was initially proposed by Bonnie Bramlett; the band backed Bramlett on her first solo outing, 1973's Sweet Bonnie Bramlett, an album that presaged the Disco movement, particularly with the track Crazy 'Bout My Baby played heavily in dance clubs. Profile: Original Members: Alan Gorrie (b. Ligertwood left after the album's recording and drummer Tiger McNeil joined for the reunited band's live shows. Shopping. Bruce McCaskill, Eric Clapton’s tour manager, … Their next LP, Benny & Us, was a collaboration with Ben E. King. Average White Band - Pick Up The Pieces (Live At Montreux 1977) Watch later. Stanley Baker's company promotes The Lincoln Music Festival, the band is booked, but don't yet have a name. As of 2019, Alan Gorrie and Onnie McIntyre are the only two original members left in the Average White Band. TelevisionTHAT '70s SHOWTHE AINSLEY HARRIOTT SHOWARLI$$ THE BERNIE MAC SHOWBET ON JAZZTHE CAROL BURNETT SHOWTHE CHRIS ROCK SHOWCLASSIC SPORTS CENTURYELLEN DEGENERES SHOWGOOD TIMESHUFFIN LIVING COLORJIMMY KIMMEL LIVELATE NIGHT WITH CONAN O'BRIENTHE LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMANMTV'S FAST, INC. -ONE DAY AT A TIMETHE PJ'sSATURDAY NIGHT LIVESHOWTIME IN HARLEM! . 12), was covered in the late 1990s by Louise. The band relocated to Los Angeles and released the follow-up, AWB, better known as The White Album. 1972 McIntyre and McIntosh record live with Chuck Berry at The Lanchester Arts Festival. Their line-up as of 2002 became Alan Gorrie (bass guitar, guitar, lead and backing vocals), Klyde Jones (keyboards, bass guitar, guitar, lead and backing vocals), Onnie McIntyre (guitar, vocals), Freddy V (sax, keyboards, vocals), and Brian Dunne (drums). 'Let's Go Round Again'#12 UK chart, #1 Japanese chart. 1978Warmer Communications is released and achieves gold status(No.12 R&B Album). 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. The band is now touring extensively. They are best known for their million-selling instrumental track "Pick Up the Pieces", and their albums AWB and Cut the Cake. Show Your Hand :  'The Jugglers'     Ice Cube’s 'What They Hittin' Foe?' 'Walk On By'# 32 R&B single (Billboard), # 18 UK chart. The next album would have to be recorded in the States. Gorrie also overdosed, but Cher kept him conscious until medical help arrived. 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. Line-up includes 23 year old, Adam Deitch in the drum chair. 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. 'If I Ever Lose this Heaven'     De la Soul’s 'Foolin''     Gumbo’s 'The Jungle' 'Cut the Cake'     Beastie Boys’s 'Dis Yourself in '89 (Just Do It)' 'Groovin' the Night Away'     Non Phixion’s 'Suicide Bomb', Soul Searching  ''Soul Searching'     Private Investigators’s 'A If U Listen' 'Love Your Life' (Horns)     A Tribe Called Quest’s 'Check the Rhyme'     Fatboy Slim’s 'Love Life'     Geto Boys’s 'We Cant Be Stopped'     Kool Keith’s 'Get off My Elevator'     Larry Larr’s 'Jazz it Up'     Penthouse Players Clique’s 'Blak is a Poet'     Stereo MCs’s 'Use It' 'I'm the One'     Brand Nubian’s 'Word is Bond' 'A Love of Your Own'     Brownstone’s 'Love Me Like You Do'     Lil' Kim ft Mona Lisa’s 'Time to Shine'     Yella’s 'Dat's How I'm Livin', Person To Person :  'Cut the Cake' (Live)     High Performance’s 'Here's a Party Jam', Benny And Us : 'A Star in the Ghetto'    NWA’s 'If it Ain't Ruff' 'Get It Up For Love'     Def Jef’s 'God Made Me Funky', Warmer Communications : 'Your Love is a Miracle'     Del’s 'Hoodz Come in Dozens'     Ultramagnetic MCs’s 'Bust the Facts'     WC & the Maad Circle’s 'Get on up on That Funk' 'Sweet & Sour'     Justin Warfield’s 'Cool Like the Blues' 'Daddy's All Gone'     Twista & Freeway’s 'Show Must Go On', Feel No Fret : ''Stop the Rain'     Detroit’s Most Wanted 'Backstabber'     GangStarr’s 'Gotta Get Over'     Lena Conquest’s 'Boundaries'     Pete Rock’s 'Play Dis Only at Night'     Willie D’s 'My Alibi', FilmBOWFINGERARTIE LANGE'S BEER LEAGUEBLUE STREAKFALCON & THE SNOWMANFRIDAY AFTER NEXTHOME OF THE BRAVEPRIVATE PARTSLUMINARIASMY OWN PRIVATE OSHAWANEXT FRIDAYTHE PEOPLE VS LARRY FLYNTROLL BOUNCERUNNING WITH SCISSORSSTARSKY & HUTCHSUICIDE KINGSSUPERMAN 2SWINGERSTAXIUNDERCOVER BROTHERTHE VALISEWILD ABOUT HARRY. 2003Long awaited new studio album, Living In Colour released featuring new member Klyde Jones, replacing Eliot Lewis (joins Hall & Oates), Brian Dunne is now on drums. 1975 The album AWB gains ‘Gold’ status (No.1 on Billboard Pop and R&B Album Charts) ‘Pick Up The Pieces’ (No.1 Billboard pop single) becomes a worldwide hit and receives a Grammy Nomination - 'Best R&B Instrumental Performance', Now with black Brighton-born drummer Steve Ferrone on drums, the follow up Cut The Cake album is released. 'Reach Out'     Boogie Down Productions’s 'House Niggas'     Ice Cube’s 'Steady Mobbin''     Lifer's Group’s 'Jack U. 'Sweet & Sour'Grammy Nomination -  'Best R&B Instrumental Performance'. Perfil: Original Members: Alan Gorrie (b. The song knocked Linda Ronstadt's "You're No Good" out of No. & Rakim, Nas, and A Tribe Called Quest, Christina Milian, as well as Arrested Development – making them the 15th most sampled act in history. Regulars include Maggie Bell, Frankie Miller, Jimmy Dewar, and Alex Ligertwood. 1979Feel No Fret  (self-produced by AWB) is released, featuring hit singles ‘Walk On By’ and ‘Atlantic Avenue’. After Jones left in 2011 to join Hall and Oates, Monte Croft (keyboards, bass, guitar) and former Earth Wind and Fire member Morris Pleasure (keyboards, bass, guitar) came in to do brief stints before Rob Aries arrived in 2013. 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. This is in essence one half of the original AWB. 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. CommercialsBUDWEISERCREST MONARCHMITSUBISHI ECLIPSEREVLON (LIPGLIDE) SCHLITZ MALT LIQUOR, Video GamesDRIVER:  PARALLEL LINESMIDNIGHT HOLD 'EM POKER. 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. 1 and sold over one million copies. 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 wer… AWB performs and receives rave reviews. 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. In 1975, the single "Pick Up the Pieces" – taken from the No. After several more albums, "Warmer Communications" (1978), "Feel No Fret" (1979) and after a switch to the U.S. Arista label, "Shine" (1980) and "Cupid's In Fashion" (1982), AWB's audience and sales dwindled. He is the curator, along with partner Claire Houlihan and friend Tom Sutton-Roberts, of the annual mOare Music festival, held in the village of Oare , Faversham , Kent . They released an album titled Three Sixty in 2017 and have been performing live together along with supporting musicians. They are best known for their million-selling instrumental track "Pick Up the Pieces", and their albums AWB and Cut the Cake. Feel free to contribute! Bruce McCaskill, who was Clapton's tour manager, liked the band's music and agreed to manage them. Regulars included Dundee Art College buddies Molly Duncan and Roger Ball on horns, Jim Mullen on double bass (yes, that Jim Mullen!) 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. The Average White Band’s breakthrough was a support slot at Eric Clapton’s comeback concert in 1973. Powered by SquarespaceSquarespace 1998Live album, Face To Face recorded at the Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, showcasing new AWB members. Malcolm "Molly" Duncan – tenor saxophone (1972–1983) died in 2019. 1974 LOS ANGELES What eventually becomes known as the White Album is recorded for MCA in Los Angeles, but MCA rejects it. He was then succeeded by Peter Abbott (ex-Blood Sweat and Tears), who in turn was replaced by Fred "Catfish" Alias in September 1998. Ferrone went on to work with Duran Duran whilst Hamish Stuart joined Paul McCartney's touring group. Average White Band Ex Original members are Molly Duncan,Hamish Stuart,and Steve... Jump to Person To Person (Live) is released, showcasing the band in live performance, playing arena sized venues, to enthusiastic, predominately black audiences. 2007-PRESENTThe band continues to tour extensively across North America with appearances in the UK, Japan, South Africa and elsewhere. Cut the Cake was dedicated by the surviving band members to McIntosh's memory. He is a former original member of the Average White Band (AWB). 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.Malcolm "Molly" Duncan – tenor saxophone (1972–1983) died in 2019. B. 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. McCaskill had many contacts from his days with Clapton and managed to get Atlantic Records to sign them. 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. Gorrie & McIntyre have two albums with RCA as Forever More, Stuart is with The Dream Police, Duncan and Ball with Mike Rosen on trumpet (dubbed 'The Dundee Horns' by Maggie Bell), are now in demand as a horn section. Artist descriptions on Last.fm are editable by everyone. 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. Group Members. They are best known for their million-selling instrumental track "Pick Up the Pieces", and their albums AWB and Cut the Cake. In July 2015, Malcolm ‘Molly’ Duncan, Steve Ferrone and Hamish Stuart reunited to form The 360 Band. Volume VIII is released on Atlantic, and contains four previously unreleased songs on side one, and a Best Of selection on side two. Hamish Stuart, in particular, goes on to work with David Sanborn, Chaka Khan, and (most notably) Paul McCartney. 1 AWB album – reached No. Stuart leaves to form Dream Police in Glasgow. Roger Ball has retired from touring. (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'. Pitiful'     Bobby Jimmy’s 'Erotic Psychotic'     Boss’s 'Recipe of a Hoe'     Brand Nubian’s 'Word is Bond'     Brothers Like Outlaw’s 'Trapped into Darkness'     Changing Faces’s 'I Got Somebody Else'     Downtown Science’s 'Something Spankin' New'     EPMD’s 'Richter Scale'     Funkmaster Flex’s 'Sad and Blue'     Insane Poetry’s 'Angel of Death'     Low Profile’s 'That's Why They. THIEVESVH1's WHERE ARE THEY NOW? "Arif Mardin is assigned producer and asks for two more songs. Read Full Biography. Average White Band Ex Original members are Molly Duncan,Hamish Stuart,and Steve Ferrone. 1971  Gorrie books studio time in Denmark Street Studios and with the Dundee Horns, McIntyre and McIntosh, record three original songs; the results are such that they immediately decide to form the band and look for management. Average White Band - Pick Up The Pieces (Live At Montreux 1977) - YouTube. Dunne was replaced by Rocky Bryant as drummer as of the 2006 tour. 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. 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. Featured … Average White Band. Back (So You Wanna Be a Gangsta)'     Lifer's Group’s 'Rise or Fall'     Prince Paul’s 'Steady Slobbin''     Yo-Yo’s 'Put a Lid on It' 'T.L.C.' Scrobble songs to get recommendations on tracks, albums, and artists you'll love. MCA Records released their debut album, Show Your Hand (1973), which sold poorly. 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). Hamish Stuart quickly replaced Rosen. They continue to perform. – – – – Atlantic Records K 10778 (UK)"Queen of My Soul" b/w "Would You Stay" 23 40 21 – Atlantic Records K 10825 (UK) / 45-3354 (US, as AWB)"A Love of Your Own" b/w "Soul Searching" – 101 35 – Atlantic Records K 10880 (UK) / 45-3363 (US, as AWB)1977 "Cloudy" b/w "Love Your Life" – – 55 – Atlantic Records 45-3388 (US, as AWB)"Goin' Home" b/w "I'm the One – – – – Atlantic Records K 10912 (UK)"Get It Up" b/w "Keepin' It to Myself" – – 21 – Atlantic Records 3402 (US, as AWB and Ben E. King)"A Star In the Ghetto" b/w "Keepin' It to Myself"(US b-side: "What Is Soul") – – 25 – Atlantic Records K 10977 (UK, as Average White Band and Ben E. King)Atlantic Records 3427 (US, as AWB and Ben E. King)"The Message" b/w "Fool for You Anyway – – – – Atlantic Records 3444 (US, as AWB and Ben E. King)"Imagine" b/w "What Is Soul" – – – – Atlantic Records K 11019 (UK, as AWB and Ben E. King)1978 "One Look Over My Shoulder (Is This Really Goodbye? 1967LONDON Gorrie joins McIntyre in the Scots of St James, who work mostly backing visiting American soul artists, they tour Germany playing clubs and US military bases. 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. McIntyre and McIntosh were used as session musicians on Chuck Berry's recording of "My Ding-a-Ling". Luke’s 'Cowardz in Compton'     Mellow Man Ace’s 'Gettin' Stupid'     Public Enemy’s 'Air Hoodlum'     Puff Daddy ft Foxxy Brown’s 'Friend'     South Central Cartel’s 'Ya Getz Clowned'     Steady B’s 'Stone Cold Hustler'     Tim Dog’s 'Goin Wild in the Penile'     Yo-Yo’s 'Put a Lid on It'     YZ’s 'Thinkin' of a Master Plan', Cut The Cake :  ''Schoolboy Crush'     AMG’s 'Once a Dawg (Janine 2)'     Artifacts’s 'What Goes On?' 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. The band's breakthrough was a support slot at Eric Clapton's comeback concert in 1973. and a startling visit from a young Robbie McIntosh on drums. 25th September 1945, Lennoxtown, Scotland; guitar); Malcolm 'Mollie' Duncan (b. 9 R&B Album). It reached No. Alan Gorrie records solo album Sleepless Nights for A&M. Their 1980 disco hit "Let's Go Round Again" (UK No. 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 … A new version of Last.fm is available, to keep everything running smoothly, please reload the site. After their first gig however, Gorrie decides that his vocal approach demands a second lead singer with a strong falsetto. 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. Ball worked on Soul Tattoo with the group but was replaced by Fred Vigdor (aka Freddy V.) in 1996. 19th July 1946, Perth, Scotland; bass, vocals); Mike Rosen (trumpet, guitar); replaced by Hamish Stuart (b. Brent Carter (ex-Tower of Power) has been singing with AWB since 2011. 70's classic soul, "A Love Of Your Own" performed by the Average White Band.1976 1997Studio album Soul Tattoo, released with Pete Abbott on drums. Undeterred, the band discovers that Jerry Wexler from Atlantic Records is in town, they crash his party and play him the album. Roger Ball (born 4 June 1944, Broughty Ferry, Scotland) is a Scottish saxophonist, keyboardist, songwriter and arranger. 9 talking about this. They are joined briefly by Hamish Stuart, change the name to ‘Hopscotch’ and land a recording deal with United Artists releasing 2 singles. Having previously played in Forever More, Gorrie and Owen "Onnie" McIntyre formed the Average White Band in London in 1971. AVERAGE WHITE BAND ON TOUR . According to Duncan, members of the band had played together before in Scotland, but had moved to London separately and met up by chance at a Traffic concert. 2006‘Rocky Bryant (Dave Sanborn, Cindy Lauper) takes over the drum chair.AWB releases Soul & The City CD, recorded live at B.B. Kings in New York City. 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?" They decided to jam together; a friend heard them and remarked: "This is too much for the average white man," which became adapted as the name of the band. 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. McNeil was with the group until 1994. Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. 1 and was the first of many with renowned producer Arif Mardin. The live album from the festival is released later that year; the highlight being a big band version of 'Pieces' arranged and conducted by Arif Mardin, The all-star line-up includes Randy and Michael Brecker, Don Ellis, Herbie Mann, Sonny Fortune, Jim Mullen, Dick Morrisey. 1982Cupid's In Fashion Released on MCA, featuring contributions from writer/producer Dan Hartman. Many more tunes, such as 'Cloudy', 'A Love Of Your Own' and 'Nothing You Can Do' - amongst many others- stand alongside some of the finest soul 'album tracks' ever recorded. The reaction to their own set however, gives Gorrie the idea that with the right line-up, U.S. tours may be possible. McIntosh was replaced by Steve Ferrone (previously of Bloodstone), and, like McIntosh, previously with Brian Auger's Oblivion Express. 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. 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. 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 Average White Band (ou AWB) é uma banda escocesa de funk e R&B que emplacou diversos sucessos disco entre 1974 e 1980. Hamish Stuart, (doubling on guitar and bass) is brought in to replace trumpeter Rosen. Gorrie, McIntyre, and Ball then continued in 1989 to record Aftershock. 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'. 8th October 1949, Glasgow, Scotland; guitar, vocals); Owen 'Onnie' McIntyre (b.