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Average White Band
The AWB - as they're affectionately called - are a rare British band to win
mainstream success as well as widespread respect in America playing in a rootsy
and authentic funk style. Alan Gorrie and Malcolm Duncan originally put the band
together in 1972 with Onnie McIntyre, Hamish Stuart, Roger Ball and Robbie
McIntosh to give a driving brass sound to funk and disco music. A support slot
on an Eric Clapton show in 1973 brought them to international attention and,
although their debut album Show Your Hand flopped, they found fame in America,
where they were signed to Atlantic Reco...
