Average White Band are awesome. I have seen them in concert several times. One of their big hits was Pick up the Pieces. The instrument is a tenor saxophone. If you want a good Scottish rock band listen to Nazareth.
Great reaction Dom. We had such great music in the 60’s and 70’s. This song was released in 1976. Makes me happy to see young people appreciating our great music.
This song is my era and this is the first I'm hearing this song. Great reaction. You should listen to more instrumentals so you can begin to distinguish the different instruments, that's if you're interested lol.
Soul is a Feeling of Emotion, not a color young Brother...... This group is Funky and Soulful. Check out "Queen of My Soul" and "School Boy Crush"..... Peace
False. Soul music was created by blacks and other genres. Whites have studied many black artists and replicated it. Why do you think soul categories are mostly black and pop is mostly white? Stop trying to "all lives matter" black music. And he's right, until you see them, you'd think they're black cause that is our type of music. Don't lecture him. 😒
@@feliciasanders2066 You sound like a Trump Supporter. MUSIC IS NOT ABOUT ETHNICITY....!! You just contradicted yourself. UNTIL YOU SEE THEM .... So you DON"T KNOW.... STOP lecturing. So all lives don't matter....?!!! Go back under the rock you crawled from.......
Their second album was nominated for a Grammy in the soul catagory but they could not give it to a white Band back in those days but it was the best soul LP that year 1974.
The Doobie Brothers are a great band that have been rocking together since the early 70's. "Black Water" and "China Grove" are two of my favorites. Please give them a try!
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AWB appeared on Soul Train, when most artist lip synched their songs, they insisted they play live to prove they were playing and singing. Please react to School Boy Crush , Person to Person, Cut the Cake, or Work to Do. (The saxophone player is playing a tenor saxophone)
Another when I came up with for you is Chris Stapleton they classify him as a country singer but this man can say blues like you never heard in your life it’s a rock blues it’s all together one of the first songs you should play is a Tennessee whiskey second song to cover that he does have James Brown this is a man’s world that will bring the views in anything he sings cold is there’s no record out and I’ll keep I’ll keep it up Liz the queen
Don’t forget when I told you about Stevie Ray Vaughan you’ll get so many hits it’ll be unbelievable they’ve got to be live shows cell voodoo Child Texas flood his catalog is so huge I could name them all the queen
Great that you're trying so much music. My son is learning saxophone. Just went from alto to tenor. I should have him listen to this 😂 He actually has me put on jazz in the car sometimes. Good to expose kids to all kinds of music. 🎶
This is an incredible Scottish soul band that have been playing together for about 40 years! Check out “Everybody’s Darling” and “If I Ever Lose This Heaven” by AWB. Also check out the band Tower of Power from that era. I grew up with this music - the soundtrack of my youth. So glad you are hearing and appreciating it!
Average White Band is a funk/soul band if you have to categorize them. Check out “Pick up the Pieces” or “Cut the Cake” for an upbeat groove. Also, you may want to check out Hall & Oates “I can’t go for that.”
Great song choice. Love the saxophone. You should react to another of theirs...Pick Up the Pieces. Another great saxophonist is Kenny G. I saw him live a few years ago and it made me appreciate his talent even more. Very personable and funny guy.
This song was a mainstay on R&B radio channels during the "Pillow Talk" or "Quiet Storm" hours back in the day (typically 7pm - midnight). You should check out "Sara Smile" or "She's Gone" by Hall & Oates.
Thank you so much for reviewing some AWB. Try Queen of my soul, studio track. Been one of my favourite songs ever since released. Also Lets go round again... and many more. You can also try out some Steely Dan such as Black Cow, which you might recognise has been sampled in recent years. They've lots of good songs too and plenty of sax-playing! Keep up the reactions. love from the uk stay safe xx
Oooh yeah ! Great saxophone playin. Awesome vocals. They were major in mid - late 70s ! Check out “Shining Star”, by Earth Wind & Fire ! That’d be a great reaction vid ! Also : “Takin’ It To The Streets”, by The Doobie Brothers
Give a listen to “School Boy Crush”, “If I Ever Lose This Heaven”, “Work To Do”, and so many other GREAT songs from Average White Band. True soul music transcends race.
Yes, this song was a banger back in the day. The actual LP that's what they use to call it you know the plastic was definitely a better version of the song to listen to. I'm not that crazy about the live performances because sometimes they have to change the song a little bit. I did not hear the screams that I was use to hearing when I listened to this song back in the day. Hey if you can you might want to listen to the Jackson Five song, Shake Your Body Down to the Ground or You Push Me Away.
Try Cut the Cake by this same band. It's way upbeat! ( they have an instrumental called Pick Up the Pieces that most people recognize immediately upon hearing it but just don't know who the musicians are!)
Hey brother, Instruments like the woodwinds and brass winds are sometimes hard to distinguish. In the beginning of the video, that was a Sax you asked about. Much love to you.
I agree with you Dom. In fact, I've always known this song but didn't know it was them singing it. I thought it was Earth Wind & Fire or Brothers Johnson. Great song! Great talent.
