C’mon folks…these AWB songs are some of the best soulful, funky R&B vibes still hitting in 2023! Been a fan since the ‘70’s. Hamish…in awe of his range! Alan…so damn good! Entire band….just blow you away! Man I hope these beautiful men reconnect and make it happen all over again! My soul needs it!
Saw these guys in Miami in "76 in the Miami Jai Alai Fronton. Venue held about 5,000 people. People were actually sitting in the aisles!! No frills, they just came out and destroyed!!! One of the all-time great r&b groups of all time....
When I first heard AWB I thought that they were one of the funkiest bands I had ever heard for a bunch of guys from Scottland. Then I went to see them in concert at The Front Row in Cleveland, Ohio and they blew my mind. They were awesome and me being a drummer made Steve Ferrone my idol of drummers. He was and still is the best pocket drummer ever. I still love these guys today. Music is not like this no more...AWB for life
Alan and Hamish are an underrated, legendary bomb combo on the vocals. AWB needs there flowers. Oh yeah , love and light, and RIP Malcolm “Mollie” Duncan on sax. ☝🏾❤️ #youngoldheadapproved
One of the funkiest bands of the 70's that's still fresh even today.True lovers of funk,soul and r and b..no pretenders in this band.Wish the original members would play again..
Robbie McIntosh died in his sleep due to laced heroine in Autumn 1974 in LA, and Alan Gorrie would have died too if it wasn't for Cher keeping him awake until he got medical attention, Steve Ferrone replaced McIntosh (by accounts both knew each other) by the next year and they recoreded the Cut The Cake album with Ferrone on drums in 1975, I would say both had in the pocket playing style, both drummers are my influences.
hamish Stewart was the heart and back bone of awb i dont know why he left the band awb but it was never the sam e without him his voice singinging and getauir playing was central leader of band,i saw awb in concert in norfolk va when i was just 19 now im 64 im so glad i can still listen to them on internet thanks alot
Hamish sadly fell out with Alan gorrie, Hamish felt the band was going in the more commercial direction with the Cupid's in Fashion album and we're losing their soulful sound which he didn't agree with shortly after the band split up but reformed in 1990 with Alan Gorrie, Onnie McIntyre and Roger Ball with new recruit Elliott Lewis, Hamish Stuart,Molly Duncan, and Steve Ferrone all declined to reform the original band.
Not only one of the best R&B bands of all time, but,their songwriting was and is off the chain!! Songs like Chaka's "What'cha gonna do for me", were written by Hamish Stuart and Alan Gorrie.
very few bands can come up with voices like this, and IMO no one can touch them, their soulful coming togethyer and pure musicianship creates a band that will stand the test of time, and that is what they have done.
Since first getting turned on to that blue-eyed soul way back when "Pick Up The Pieces" first hit the airwaves back in the 70's, AWB has been my favorite group of all time. Being white myself, and loving that old school R&B even before they came along, it was so great having some white boys that put out such awesome funk. It tore me up when they split up, but I own all their projects, and still enjoy them just as much today.
How I found this..Gods gift to me. Always been a true fan. AWB played in California on radios..house parties...skating rinks we had so much love for them 74 & on. My #1 favorites Hamish, Roger, RIP-Molly & both drummers RIP-Robby...they deserve so much more credit for their talents...
Classic!! I remember the FEEL NO FRET album and it was a JAMMY!!! I also saw them perform in Cincinnati - "Palace Theatre" when they were promoting their FEEL NO FRET album... Fantastic concert 1979!! THANK YOU AWB & Hamish!!
I was at this gig and appear a couple of times in the video. They absolutely killed it that night, shame the extended version of Pick Up The Pieces they played at the end wasn't included.
music was phenomenal and everyone danced. but say goodby to all devises, i was a little girl and it was like a different planet. much less choices of entertainment, much much more person to person (🤣) connections.
They fell into the disco trend and it killed them. There were a fantastic live band...straight funk. I misss Hamish Stuart and his lead vocal so much. Seeing them today without him just doesnt get the groove. Especially on all the ballads they had. Really a shame. Listen to"A Love Of Your Own" half way the though this...It Was crazy!!
Was feeling feeling and thought of AWB live" Love of my own" got me feeling like back in the day, reincarnated Brother with all this Soul. Peaceful music
I happen to reading some comments about AWB's greatest hits. Listening to their songs on the radio, I would have to include Person To Person and of course, on my way to school, I have to also include School Boy Crush. Do many AWB's fans agree with me here that these two were also hits??
"200%", my mate (with a complicated moniker :D)! :) The miracle with those Scots is that they've produced *a totally atypical number* of such irresistible hits, that our bodies and minds rejoice to, without a hint of reserve! :)) No question about it: "Person to person", "Schoolboy Crush", "Cut the Cake", "Put it where you want it" (have you caught that early video clip where Hamish sports a stunning "red afro hairdo" 2 feet wide, hippie-style?? :)), "When will you be mine"... Alan Gorrie is the mastermind of the outfit, and he and Hamish Stuart have (had? no! still have by the grace of these RU-vid video and audio traces!) a unique and very effective composer (both of them), lyricist (ditto), guitarist (ditto), Fender-bassist (ditto) duo. Onnie McIntyre is the funkiest of them all, devoutly devoted to churning his funkiest base riffs as long as it takes; Steve Ferrone, as others here have pointed, is the ideal drummer for these guys, so suple, and bouncy, and groovy, and strong. On this one, live on stage, Alan Gorrie couldn't deliver the singing better. Mark my words: he's inspired by the great Black US outfits of the 50s and 60s, like most of us, but restitutes the soulful routine tighter than any of those generous and seminal 'Mercans, without any overspill of effects... ... it's not about "race"... and it's still about race or "originator", signifying that it (the "mojo", what moves us so and radiates joy of living) has nothing to do with it. :) Hence the "Average White Band" name, to be taken, tongue-in-cheek, as meaning the exact opposite: definitely NOT "average", rather, "exceptional"; and "White" has nothing to do with it, it's just to say "you don't have to be Black", but American Blacks, of course, inspired all of us to this joy, the conjugation of European most subtle harmonies (and religion) and African bodily fervor, pulse, one-with-nature and human free interaction. Hail, hail, hear, hear, for Gorrie, Stuart, and that definitely not average white band who still moves us "Forty or Fifty [effing] Years After"! :))
@@LeeOLumbroso - Very good report. You nailed it. This was a very good outfit that white commercial radio ignored after Cut the Cake which was a shame. Maybe that freed them from having to think of hit making and instead just create quality. Even in that thinking there certainly were hits on every album if they had just gotten air play. But we lifelong fans still appreciate what they did and left us with.
Does anybody out there have the ability to put two of my favorites on here?......"Everybody's Darling" and "Sunny Days".....both songs show their smooth side....absolutely masterful tunes.
I am glad you guys like it. I ot this and the ABB vids from what I think was an early archive that eventually turned into Wolfgang's Vault. If you like live shows, especially concerts from Winterland, and both Fillmore East and Fillmore West you will LOVE Wolfgang' Vault and a one year subscription is cheap for what you get. It is 3.99 a month or 39.99 a year and with a year you usually get a GREAT freebie. I got a set of 6 original CSNY tickets from 1969, their shows leading up to Woodstock.
Thanks for the video!I won a dance contest in the 8th grade to "cut the cake" when the song was new and the group has been one of my favorites for over 30 years!THE BEST!
this song always make me feel better im so glad i found this hamish a god send and a real gentel man class all the way from a real AWB fan to roger ball and the crew thanks
One of the best concerts I ever attended and I've seen some greats the Jackson 5 in 79 EWF and many more,but AWB in November 1976 Atlanta Civic center set it off for me them boys was so down with soul music they crossed the waters and kept it real and funky they appreciated what we were taking for granted , we are a people with so much soul it effects the whole world!
@@maureengochett102 Yeah my Sister and Queen they did my very first concert, baby it was amazing to see with your eyes vocals and instrumentation, that we just naturally do coming people that not black and not one once of Rock and roll!
I recorded this from my tele onto tape using a microphone balanced next to the speaker into my brand new music center in 1979. suprisingly it worked, had that tape for years. This rolls back the years timeless.
,,,they share a level of popularity that rivals band's like 'Frankie Beverley & Maze' or 'Tower of Power'. They're meant for 'Everyone' but everyone just 'don't get it'.
fantastic it fulels my memories, the only concert in those days of going to national record mart store and purchasing concert ticket. on awb first tour in the u.s., i waited and was first in line and had my pick of any seats. when awb played all they had the oncored with i heard it through the grapvine! thank you jbow drohegda
Amazing band. I remember watching this the first time it was broadcast. Michael Palmer is correct that AWB are a Scottish band but Steve Ferrone is English and I am very proud of the guy and the career he has had since the great work he did with AWB.
Yes, skinny white Scotsmen.... who would have ever though these guys could be this funky. God really does move in mysterious ways. Love Hamish Stuart who I have seen pop up here and there since leaving the band including a very nice Whats Goin On with Michael McDonald few years back.
Saw them live in Liverpool, late seventies, they were mindblowing ( without daft drugs - we did not need them!! ) they came out for an encore and did a twenty minute version of 'heard it through the grapevine' the place was "on fire"
We Mexicans would go out to buy the LP then to see them live in the celebrity theater in Phoenix we didn't know they were white from Britain we thought there were black from America lots of fun good music
Absolutely killer band... with this line-up, but especially with original drummer, the late, great Robbie McIntosh (heard on the 'AWB White Album' and debut 'Show Your Hand'. As stated elsewhere, there was a near telepathic relationship within the band, though most notably with Hamish Stuart and Alan Gorrie... the vocal interplay was incredible. This was a good period for the band, but it was the start of the end... The afore mentioned albums and 'Cut the Cake' and 'Soul Searching' are the ones.
AWB is still around, however only Onnie Mcintyre and Alan Gorrie are there from the original band. I saw them recently in Washington, DC and they are still going strong!
It's a matter of opinion, yes McIntosh was a fantastic killer funk drummer, but from what I've heard Ferrone on AWB and other recordings he has more pocket to his playing. Both funky as hell drummers though. the band with Ferrone on drums disbanded in 1982 (Ferrone being in the band since 1975), the band reformed minus Ferrone, Hamish Stuart & Molly Duncan, leaving Alan Gorrie, Onnie McIntyre & Roger Ball along with Eliot Lewis & Pete Abbott who both have since left too.
Wolfgang's Vault has a different show. They have the show from Spectrum (Philadelphia, PA) Aug 17, 1976. With the member ship youcan listen on your computer, i-Phone, i-Pad, or possible other device whenever you want or you can download and own it for 5.00. They offer two free downloads every week and are having a 50% off sale on all their merchandise right now.. and they have some cool stuff from back in the day. Most I cannot afford, maybe you can.
Dude, Clyde Jones came along just a few years ago, waaaaayyy after the group split, then reformed to go on the "oldies tour". The two guys out front on this video are the original two lead singers, Alan Gorrie and Hamish Stuart, with Alan being the one to reform the old group. Currently it's only he and guitarist Onnie McIntyre as the only two remaining origianl members.
Steve Ferrone is a nice drummer with a nice pocket...no doubt. Many drummers have a nice pocket, but Robbie McIntosh was also really 'funky'. The tracks he played on AWB in 1974 were some of the most classic funk drum performances.
Sorry, but I have to differ: I do sympathize with Robbie's shortened destiny and he was definitely a "founder", but Steve Ferrone is THE Average White Band drummer, so suple and bouncy and easy -- I do not find the same natural and adapted feel in Robbie's drumming.
It's a shame by this time they'd gone a more commercial, sanitized direction. The 1977 Montreux performance is AWB in their prime, true funk and soul only shown in glimpses here.
That is so funny! Kids today would not have a clue what we did for entertainment! You have got the memories of being a teenager in the early-late 70s flooding back! Did you ever record the Top 30 off the radio on a Sunday night?!!LOL :)
tonyskins19, the co-lead singer (guy on Alan Gorrie's left, facing us) is Hamish Stuart.He left to "do his own thing",when AWB decided to split up. He landed with Paul McCartney & Wings,as Paul's guitarist/backup vocalist,and even did a solo project.Alan Gorrie,along with Onnie McIntyre, an original AWB member & guitrist,reformed the group and started going on tour and have released several of their own projects,under the Average White Band name.....still puttin' out the funk I might add.
Songandgroove Whatta statement my friend♪ 5 stars fellow I guess they aren't that famous cos they dont enjoy playing the clowns on stage... &co. AWB the best Funk BAND ever! Slàinte from Alba / Scotland
Hey boys, listen up. There's a hundred bucks for each of you if you'll get back together and come by the house and do a set of all your classics. I'll have plenty of beers on hand. Let me know.
