Average White Band - Pick up the pieces

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  • @ralphmiklic4225
    @ralphmiklic4225 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    I will never get enough of listening to them 😎🙏

  • @David.962
    @David.962 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    There's nothing better than some Scottish Funk.

    • @lukeriley73
      @lukeriley73 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      No. There. Is. Not. 🕺🕺

    • @rondeneef
      @rondeneef 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      zin nederlanders rotterdam

    • @marknc9616
      @marknc9616 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      The Dundee Horns!

    • @katherineskrzynecki3347
      @katherineskrzynecki3347 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Loved that brass!! That's what really hooked me!! Besides the funk!

    • @gangoffour6690
      @gangoffour6690 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      They sure can lay it down man ✌️

  • @MrBlackbass59
    @MrBlackbass59 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Hamish is ROCKIN’ that kilt, man!

  • @darylhoskins2967
    @darylhoskins2967 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Real old school funk

  • @jeromebrown944
    @jeromebrown944 4 ปีที่แล้ว +254

    This generation will never know how good music made you feel.... Serious Funk!!!!

    • @jaex9617
      @jaex9617 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Ain't *nothing* like a funk band with a solid horn line. Synths and sampling? Nope! Maybe us old folks got to bring this back one more time.

    • @SoundBoss5150
      @SoundBoss5150 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Until they get stuck on hold during a phone call lol

    • @SoundBoss5150
      @SoundBoss5150 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@jaex9617 synths & samples should always be used in addition to, not in place of real instruments. Snarky Puppy & Deltron 3000 are both excellent examples of that approach being executed properly.

    • @jaex9617
      @jaex9617 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @SoundBoss5150 That's a good attitude. 😅

    • @jabbermocky4520
      @jabbermocky4520 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah, you couldn't NOT dance!

  • @kennethbrown3893
    @kennethbrown3893 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

    The 70's was the greatest music era in the US and probably the world.

    • @SaraHassman-xx9cz
      @SaraHassman-xx9cz 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Also the musician had respect for GOD and Humanity, not like today unfortunately.

    • @juliejames8531
      @juliejames8531 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      70s the best for me now age 61... we literally were blessed with soooo many fantastic music types!

    • @AlanHeah
      @AlanHeah 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      For me, it has more often been the 80s.
      Clean melodies, sincere lyrics.

    • @juanalba4698
      @juanalba4698 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Don't forget the 60's and the 50's, but get it, great music!

    • @Ron-id1ze
      @Ron-id1ze 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Nothing to do with the usa

  • @richardmitchell8213
    @richardmitchell8213 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

    There’s nothing “Average” about this song. It’s one of the greatest funk pieces ever written. I dig funk personally, it just has this groove that can’t be beat and some of the best bass and horn licks you will ever hear.

    • @juanalba4698
      @juanalba4698 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Hey bro, don't forget Tower of Power!

  • @craigjohnson5590
    @craigjohnson5590 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    This is what I love about da funk...if you've the rhythm, you can groove black, white, Jew or gentile. And let me tell you these Scots have it in ACES!!! Nasty Funkalicious in the pocket

  • @shin-8008
    @shin-8008 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    素晴らしい!最高!最強!最上級!です✨全てが極上で完璧です✨SOULFULでFUNKYでGROOVYでFANTASTICです✨今世紀最高のLive Performanceです✨魂に響き揺さぶられます❤️🔥時代が変わっても決して色褪せません🌟永遠に不滅です🌟AVERAGE WHITE BANDに夢中でお気に入りです✨🆙して頂き誠にありがとうございます‼️😊✨🌟🔥❤️🥰😄👍

  • @empoweringyouthdevelopment1488
    @empoweringyouthdevelopment1488 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Average white band cool dudes glad i was born in that era what an era when life was great with bands like this make you feel great to be alive.👍😀♥️!fk

  • @HighwayRamos
    @HighwayRamos 7 ปีที่แล้ว +414

    Music knows no color, you gotta feel it - can't fake it.

    • @brianglade848
      @brianglade848 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My dad has bad breath

    • @kennyb6591
      @kennyb6591 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@brianglade848 It's hereditary then.

    • @brianglade848
      @brianglade848 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@kennyb6591 that's a coded phrase

    • @kennyb6591
      @kennyb6591 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@brianglade848 One I'm not familiar with but it was only banter. No real offence intended.

    • @brianglade848
      @brianglade848 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@kennyb6591 none taken at all, thanks for the nice reply

  • @chgosatrap
    @chgosatrap 11 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Yes it is necessary. That is the official name of the band, and it didn't bother us back in the 70's (contrary to what mainstream society may have thought). We loved them as much as we did Motown.

  • @philbiddle1899
    @philbiddle1899 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Saw AWB, with support act Kokomo at the Hammersmith Odeon London back in 1976 absolutely awesome night just doesn't get any better AWB, the masters of funk & Kokomo the Pioneers of British funk...

  • @RuthAmezcua-rx9gp
    @RuthAmezcua-rx9gp ปีที่แล้ว +76

    Average White band was one of the best funk music ever we really love it here in California. My respect to these Brothers.

    • @DexterHaven
      @DexterHaven 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Yeah, anyone who has never heard this band has work to do.

    • @kevingoins9858
      @kevingoins9858 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@@DexterHavenclever reply based on a tune they recorded

    • @DexterHaven
      @DexterHaven 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@kevingoins9858 hehe, I knew someone would get that.

  • @msr1116
    @msr1116 6 ปีที่แล้ว +93

    Late '74, early '75 you could not avoid this instrumental. It was EVERYWHERE. I know, I was there and I couldn't get enough of it myself!

    • @brendaseven9828
      @brendaseven9828 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      2023 still listen to this great song almost everyday and….i’m 79 and still rockin’ it😂

    • @DexterHaven
      @DexterHaven 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah, it was as infectious as covid back then. ;)

    • @ruthbarrett770
      @ruthbarrett770 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I was 15. And it still sounds as fresh as if it was released yesterday 🎵

    • @derekbarker1489
      @derekbarker1489 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      P​@@brendaseven9828

    • @fortytipper
      @fortytipper 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I remember hearing this on KFRC in constant rotation

  • @Loneman_OG
    @Loneman_OG 2 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    This! This is the _true_ definition of an absolutely timeless classic! 😎❤‍🔥

    • @DexterHaven
      @DexterHaven 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Kenny G paid tribute to this with a great cover version too, in case anyone missed that great work.

  • @FranciscoRamirez-sk4fx
    @FranciscoRamirez-sk4fx 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Molly Duncan has taken his Sax to Heaven leaving all us AWB fanatics to Pick Up Pieces.
    R.I.P. Mr. Duncan you will missed in this world.

  • @choliegentry8137
    @choliegentry8137 7 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    The funk masters from Scotland!

    • @melvinpage9154
      @melvinpage9154 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      AWB. Are. The. True. Masters. Of. Funk. Music.

    • @furiacabocla2furiacabocla589
      @furiacabocla2furiacabocla589 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They re scotish ? Cool. Freedom to Scotland.

    • @RobBob555
      @RobBob555 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@furiacabocla2furiacabocla589 shut up ye wee fanny

    • @furiacabocla2furiacabocla589
      @furiacabocla2furiacabocla589 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@RobBob555 Freedom...

    • @MrProplayer1
      @MrProplayer1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@central_scrutinizer chill guys, we’re here for the music

  • @steventartt3448
    @steventartt3448 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I agree. Glad I was old enough to appreciate it. 😮

  • @danielbrown1724
    @danielbrown1724 4 ปีที่แล้ว +118

    This was my jam as a kid in the 80's. Dad's band used to cover it.
    Always thought it was a black funk band from America as a youngin', oh how wrong I was.
    These blokes couldn't be more white 😆.....and from Scotland to boot 😳
    What a classic!!

    • @sharonkutz8272
      @sharonkutz8272 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      So true. Listen to them in the 70s. Love the band.

    • @Erkle64
      @Erkle64 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      "These blokes couldn't be more white"
      Ummm... the drummer is Steve Ferrone.

    • @elainewaller-rose9707
      @elainewaller-rose9707 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      That's perfect though because the "average white band" in the '70s had a brotha in it somewhere. There were several, but the Doobie Brothers and their bassist Tiran Porter comes to mind. Nothing average about that band either.

    • @nicidevine6670
      @nicidevine6670 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      For sure

  • @xarzu
    @xarzu 10 ปีที่แล้ว +220

    What a wonderful world we live in. I wanted to hear "pick up the pieces". So I search on TH-cam and I get to hear the Average White Band play it recorded live. I love living in the Information Age of the Internet.

    • @onabrebv
      @onabrebv 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Better yet, I loved growing up in the 70's. Everything was so good: Music, cars, high school, braless halter tops, midriffs, micro mini skirts, crotch hair and daisy dukes were the norm in high school. Days before aids and herpes.

    • @kbanghart
      @kbanghart 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@onabrebv I was born in 72, so I mainly remember the 80s.

    • @duran007fan5
      @duran007fan5 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@onabrebv Not to mention hot pants.

    • @Civinprod2
      @Civinprod2 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'm with you there! Just about everything one could ask for. Getting ready to play this tomorrow night.

    • @Civinprod2
      @Civinprod2 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@onabrebv, gotta say I love the 70's Playboy.

  • @bluemanlou3082
    @bluemanlou3082 13 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    I will never get tired of hearing that song, even after playing the grooves off the double live album, "Person to Person". Such an under rated band. Thanks for posting this!

    • @OldSchoolChicano1974
      @OldSchoolChicano1974 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      That's how I discovered this band spinning my Uncles 70's LPs in the late 80s🤔🧐🤓💯👏👐👊✊✌

    • @ronniesmith8941
      @ronniesmith8941 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I still have that album

    • @ronniesmith8941
      @ronniesmith8941 ปีที่แล้ว

      I still have the Person To Person double live album

  • @enriquepina9829
    @enriquepina9829 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Bad Ass Song!!! Band!!!! My Era!!! I'm 69 still Rock n Roll!!!! Still got all my Albums and 45,s, and cassettes

  • @idaho4586
    @idaho4586 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Oh my god this version goes incredibly funky, I love this so much

  • @otman558
    @otman558 9 ปีที่แล้ว +146

    Saw this amazing Scottish band in their hometown of Dundee back in 1981. Perfect vocals and wall to wall funk. Certainly not a one hit wonder, their sound stands the test of time.

    • @volpegregori5348
      @volpegregori5348 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      average white band is from the east bay of san francisco , california

    • @otman558
      @otman558 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@volpegregori5348 that is absolute nonsense. They are a Scottish band. Plenty info online if you care to look it up.

    • @volpegregori5348
      @volpegregori5348 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@otman558 I apologize and stand corrected . I made an incorrect assumption that because I saw them a few times in the bay area , that is where they were from . puts a whole new slant on the band now . thank you

    • @otman558
      @otman558 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@volpegregori5348 hey no problem. They are a bit fab though eh!

    • @nickcox2974
      @nickcox2974 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Watch these amazing funk band at a agricultural college blown me out just fabulous wall to wall sound it was the best bring them days back and I still play there sounds in my tractor 🚜 today 2022 what's that tell you real music still alive today well done guys who is still keeping this fabulous band alive playing these fabulous tracks

  • @theodoraporter9423
    @theodoraporter9423 5 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    good old funk,theres nothing else to say😍 THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER TIME, LIKE THE 70'S

    • @rondeneef
      @rondeneef 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      nederland rotterdam groep* candy dulfer

  • @medusafanatic
    @medusafanatic 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I remember when I first discovered this video back at the beginning of 2010. It's great to see it's still posted years and years later.

    • @chrispeverley2036
      @chrispeverley2036 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Well we all have to discover 'the old stuff' sometime. Long as you getting musically educated. Now groove on!

  • @louisegross3886
    @louisegross3886 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Aww hell here it go we loving it

  • @billbill5326
    @billbill5326 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    2021 and song is still one of the funkiest tunes ever. Great live performance!

  • @lukehorn4286
    @lukehorn4286 11 ปีที่แล้ว +425

    James Brown said these are the funkiest white men alive! :D

    • @hotrod3able
      @hotrod3able 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      AND HE WAS SO SO RIGHT OUR GODFATHER OF SOUL THE MUSIC MAN

    • @rocjackson5975
      @rocjackson5975 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      CORRECT!!

    • @marmar9507
      @marmar9507 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      After 40 years listening to their way too funky beats had the chance to meet them and talked to them too!

    • @terryakuna66
      @terryakuna66 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I thought that James Brown said that about Wild Cherry and was surprised the band members where white.

    • @dongray6834
      @dongray6834 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Luke Horn
      Check out the Muscles Shoals Sound Studio documentary.

  • @powerwindow2
    @powerwindow2 7 ปีที่แล้ว +253

    there aint nuthin average 'bout THIS white band.

    • @v6monza535
      @v6monza535 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      They were just bad to the bone!!!!

    • @kitsune9726
      @kitsune9726 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      According to Wiki, "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."

    • @constancejenkins3867
      @constancejenkins3867 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Amen

    • @MrRhurbarb
      @MrRhurbarb 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Aint much white neither except the color of their skin.

  • @miracle55able
    @miracle55able 11 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    The Saxophone speaks for itself! Hey drummer! Yeah!

  • @raymondmorgan7589
    @raymondmorgan7589 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    RIP Molly Duncan Thank you for the great music. - Philly

  • @agape4tube
    @agape4tube 9 ปีที่แล้ว +346

    One of the best groups ever. Great musicians and vocals. This is just a sample of the excellence I enjoyed back in the 60's & 70's.

    • @andreawhalen4142
      @andreawhalen4142 9 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      +Nancy Hickman yeah but remember bt. express!!!!!!!!

    • @agape4tube
      @agape4tube 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +Andrea Whalen good one😉

    • @ninthdark
      @ninthdark 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Nancy Hickman I know right... love it. Just good ol' awesome pick me up music.

    • @jamiemalokas3693
      @jamiemalokas3693 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Nancy Hickman I completely agree with you Nancy! EXCELLENT song !

    • @crystalball2469
      @crystalball2469 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +SaxyDan54 Forget the hits go and listen to the album Person to Person. Not one bad song. Usually the best songs on any album are never played on the radio.

  • @mastersofmetalllc8188
    @mastersofmetalllc8188 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I've been spinning LPs and 45s since age 7 in the late 70's and started drum lessons at age 9 in 1978. Somehow, I completely missed everything provided by the Average White Band in my younger years. I heard their name of course, but for whatever reason I associated it with some "one hit wonder" band I had long forgotten about. Today I was prompted to look their work up....I was stunned. ......2x4 to the face. This stuff is massive! I would put this up there with legendary stuff like "Switch" and "Tower of Power".......any day of the week and twice on Sunday. Totally shocked that I was so out of touch but am happy to be here now!

  • @terryralla1314
    @terryralla1314 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    One of the greatest tunes ever hadn't heard it for ages

  • @tinaBabe4
    @tinaBabe4 9 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    They're SCOTTISH!!!! 💯

  • @icecoldlow652
    @icecoldlow652 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The horns the drums the bass made the band

  • @zoneseven1222
    @zoneseven1222 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is PURE MOTHERFUNKIN' FUNK!!!

  • @sony197
    @sony197 8 ปีที่แล้ว +170

    Sad thing is You don't hear jamz like this anymore.

    • @rorozxzx
      @rorozxzx 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I totally disagree. Check out Papa Grows Funk, Galactic, Vinyl, Greyboy, etc. AWB was incredible back in the day, but there are a ton of great bands carrying on that legacy.

    • @daviswhitlock9161
      @daviswhitlock9161 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Vulfpeck

    • @jimmoore826
      @jimmoore826 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You need to get out more is all! cheers.

    • @j.parrish385
      @j.parrish385 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'd go see them right now.💜💛💜💛💜💛💜love them.

    • @marygillespie1993
      @marygillespie1993 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      sony Rolling Stones hot stuff

  • @anthonys1959
    @anthonys1959 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I'm black, I can listen to them jam
    all day, every day. Love some AWB!!!

    • @rondeneef
      @rondeneef 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      look at her solo. the sax. candy dulfer

  • @RFToob
    @RFToob 8 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    Great band man. Drummer has a great pop and touch...this is how a drum set should sound.

    • @kiranlovelove
      @kiranlovelove 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dооn't miss out оn milliоns оf s*ху girls nеаr уоu => twitter.com/dbfed53af9dd71e59/status/801992405775826944 Аvеrаgе Whitе Bаnd Рiсk uр thе рiесееееs

    • @andrewfurst5711
      @andrewfurst5711 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Steve Ferrone. He went on to be Tom Petty's drummer for over 20 years.

    • @wmjoca
      @wmjoca 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@andrewfurst5711 drummed for Chaka Khan too

    • @vincenteades207
      @vincenteades207 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      STEVE IS A TRUE FUNK MACHINE WITH EVERYONE HE HAS PLAYED FOR!!!!!!!!!!! BUT, EVERYONE WHO HAS NOT LISTENED TO THE ENTIRE BAD ASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSED ALBUM "LIVE AT THE APOLLO" , AWB THIS ENTIRE ALBUM, WAS SMOK'IN, SUPER DYNAMITE SOUL FUNK!!!!!!!!!

    • @vincenteades207
      @vincenteades207 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      THE NAME OF THE ALBUM / CD IS "PERSON TO PERSON" ANS WAS RECORED LIVE AT THE APOLLO

  • @armandocacciatori2894
    @armandocacciatori2894 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Excelente!!! No pierde vigencia. Escuché este tema por primera vez en 1977. Sigue siendo grandioso.

  • @deloresshephard463
    @deloresshephard463 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So Funky !!!
    ❤❤ 7 - 29 - 23

  • @pandrew60
    @pandrew60 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love the Blondie Horns!

  • @brianwilson9937
    @brianwilson9937 5 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    What a band they were.Owen Onnie McIntyre on Rhythm Guitar.Hamish Stuart on Lead Guitar and vocals.Alan Gorrie on Bass Guitar and Vocals.Steve Ferrone on Drums and the Dundee Horns.Roger Ball on Sax and Malcolm Molly Duncan on Tenor Sax,who sadly passed away today.R.I.P Molly.

    • @Sherman62
      @Sherman62 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Great song. The horns are magnificent!

    • @kolerains2167
      @kolerains2167 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      RiP Malcolm Molly Duncan!

    • @arthurgarner3674
      @arthurgarner3674 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yes I had the Golden opportunity to see the original band AWESOME!

    • @alhudson
      @alhudson ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@arthurgarner3674 me too! One of their first - if not THE first - at the Fulham Place Road Greyhound. It was advertised as Brian Auger's Oblivion Express, and all the speaker cabinets had the BAOE stencil all over them.

    • @seanboy316
      @seanboy316 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Please don't forget original drummer Robbie McIntosh as well, who is on the original recording. RIP Robbie 9/23/74.

  • @justincredible214
    @justincredible214 10 ปีที่แล้ว +102

    Steve Ferrone on drums can make any song stand out that much more.

    • @ocean4315
      @ocean4315 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      He's very good! I actually heard him first on a Chaka Khan record playing along with Anthony Jackson.

    • @huss03
      @huss03 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      justincredible214 The actual studio recording of this song is not Ferrone...it's a white guy...And it's even funkier...

    • @therasound
      @therasound 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Its true...that said...this drummer is seriously in the pocket and rock steady for sure...good quick fills...

    • @brianmullins5157
      @brianmullins5157 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yea, the original drummer Robby Macintosh died shortly after the record came out, cocaine OD. RIP. Steve filled his shoes well!

    • @leighstreet8298
      @leighstreet8298 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He was also with Duran Duran too

  • @clarkadams9845
    @clarkadams9845 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    1974 we rocked out to this jam!! It gets my toes tapping!!

  • @ericbush6124
    @ericbush6124 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So Funky so nice saw them in Concert twice killer Groove laying down the stinky nasty Funk

  • @chrisredrup1480
    @chrisredrup1480 11 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Funky White Boys!!! An ABSOLUTE CLASSIC!!!!!!!

  • @southerncuzass
    @southerncuzass 9 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    Dude blowing that Sax Solo did this song justice! This is STILL one Bad Song!!! One of only a few that made the radio waves heavy back in the day and was all instrumental. That's saying something. ;)
    #SALUTE

  • @yearke9904
    @yearke9904 9 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    Yes, soul and funk have no color, just STYLE.
    AWGB have consistently been funky.They have just always broken through the styles.
    The way they have punched through, live, in concert is very wonderful.
    I don't know how long it took, but they finally, consistently have played through their great stuff. I saw that in person 2 years ago. I'm stupid right now but probably most agree with me.
    Yes: AWB is a really great band to see live. So Natural and human. I have a feeling that they are the same wherever they go.

  • @blowe3401
    @blowe3401 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    FUNK, FUNK, FUNK...NOTHING BUT FUNK!!!!

  • @pumpkin19521
    @pumpkin19521 10 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    These guys could play their butts off this was one of my favs.

  • @206BenJammin
    @206BenJammin 9 ปีที่แล้ว +484

    The band is white
    The crowd is black
    Life is GOOD!

    • @tonyroy8123
      @tonyroy8123 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      +Boise BenJammin Which world do you live in dude? This is 1977!

    • @fdavyes
      @fdavyes 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +Boise BenJammin Peace bro! Cheers.

    • @donaldclark7705
      @donaldclark7705 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +Boise BenJammin In the baddest drummer in the WORLD IS BLACK.

    • @funkyfillbeats
      @funkyfillbeats 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      +Tony Roy 1988 actually .

    • @rogerleemeyzindi1218
      @rogerleemeyzindi1218 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      STEVE FERRONE IS BLACK

  • @squirrelattackspidy
    @squirrelattackspidy 8 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Dude is rockin a kilt!

    • @lialane3961
      @lialane3961 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      He is indeed !! Loving it !!

  • @melaniamonicacraciun9900
    @melaniamonicacraciun9900 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Easter celebrations are near, let's encourage everybody pick up something of Renaissance spirit, turning back to live again friends

  • @timothyproksch2915
    @timothyproksch2915 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You had to be there. When the world was looking for the next big thing after rock and roll and the excitement of the music explosion

  • @tombeyer375
    @tombeyer375 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Gettin' down for sure! Awesome! Sooo many memories from those days!

  • @alherrera9920
    @alherrera9920 9 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Still the jam after all these years!

    • @v.dargain1678
      @v.dargain1678 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      True .

    • @rustypeterson5920
      @rustypeterson5920 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'll never forget jamming to these guys , freaking awesome, learned how to play the sax. Yeah got a lot of girls

  • @johnny4blues
    @johnny4blues 7 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Steve Ferrone!! What an awesome drummer...

    • @julio_scissors
      @julio_scissors 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      He's absolutely crushing it on this. On point and in the pocket.

    • @jayskywalker5049
      @jayskywalker5049 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      johnny4blues one of my personal heroes and reason for drumming he gave me hope that maybe one day I'll be able to join the band cause I'm black too 😂😂

  • @perpetual61
    @perpetual61 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I Thank Scotland for Producing such a Legendary Band nothing Average or Ordinary about these guys.

  • @AndreaAltgayer
    @AndreaAltgayer 8 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    These guys are BRILLIANT!Now THIS is what you call musicianship!

  • @budwickman446
    @budwickman446 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Back in late '71 or early '72 at our EM (Enlisted Mans) club in Gelnhausen Germany, I heard the original AWB band play this. OMG ! I was SO taken ! (Being a garage band drummer, prior to drafted in '70 into the Army) WOW ! These guys got it going on ! What an AWESOME tune ! Then after being discharged in ' 72 I came home and when I heard them on the radio, I thought, It's about time !!! A song that will last through the ages. Thanks Guys ! INCREDIBLE SONG !!!

  • @jerryhorton5708
    @jerryhorton5708 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Never get tired of this song

  • @heresjohnny999
    @heresjohnny999 10 ปีที่แล้ว +169

    People couldn't believe this band was white when they came out. James Brown went to see them live and his entourage/musicians were talking to the AWB members and were like "YOU ARE FROM SCOTLAND! WTF". Music has no colour.

    • @alpha02omega
      @alpha02omega 9 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      ***** DUDE, these guys are WAY MORE than a one hit wonder....there music lives TODAY in so many samples and is revered in the Contemporary Jazz community.

    • @TheresScienceToDo
      @TheresScienceToDo 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ***** they are well known for this song, sure, but listen to any song from their first three albums and you won't be disappointed.

    • @SuperStuey2
      @SuperStuey2 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +heres johnny LOL...ya..like when I 1st heard Living Color on the radio...they're what?...Indeed music is color blind.

    • @realcoolbreeze
      @realcoolbreeze 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Andrea Llewellyn Naw.don t think so.England was heavily influenced by Chuck Berry and the Doo Wop and Soul music and black artists and groups from the late 50 s and 60 s.That s where the British invasion came from in in the ewarly and mid 60 s.

    • @heresjohnny999
      @heresjohnny999 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      *****
      I never said he was in shock, read what i said.

  • @jonathancalandra1220
    @jonathancalandra1220 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Nothing like the old bands there the best 😎

  • @MegaDeansy
    @MegaDeansy ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I' m one year away from loving AWB for 50 years !

  • @emmathomas2011
    @emmathomas2011 11 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Boy oh boy this brings back great memories

    • @v.dargain1678
      @v.dargain1678 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Right .

    • @sharonkutz8272
      @sharonkutz8272 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes it does. Living on my own early 20s and listening to music like this 🙌 😌 👌 life was 👍 🦸‍♂️ 🦸‍♀️ 🧧 🤞 🤳

  • @irenecara3572
    @irenecara3572 8 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Brings back happy memories of my youth when I knew these legends personally growing up in NYC !! LOVE It -"The Way We Were" !

  • @bemcgovern
    @bemcgovern 10 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    So many happy memories of seeing AWB in the 70's and 80's, what a band, what a time, what a privilege!!

  • @sylviaross5486
    @sylviaross5486 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love that kilt, Hamish of the House of Stuart!!!

  • @saxon1177
    @saxon1177 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I grew up watching "Soul Train", love the funk! I hope it makes a big comeback and knocks hip hop out of the park!

  • @rondepinto3139
    @rondepinto3139 9 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    cant get enough of that funky stuff

  • @bravepursuit
    @bravepursuit 10 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Talent man, talent without all the digital BS which usually hides a lack of talent - OMG THIS GOOD!

  • @sallyserrano
    @sallyserrano 8 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Average White Band awesome musicians and awesome music

  • @michaelalexander5637
    @michaelalexander5637 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    there is nothing average about the average white band and they are NOT just white anymore
    SCOTTISH SOUL !!! I saw them in concert in 1978 and they are still smokin

  • @luknuk4726
    @luknuk4726 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I was at this show in the 2nd row. HBO special. Awesome to see all those bands from Atlantic records. And around midnight Zeppelin finally hit the stage.

  • @nealjones84
    @nealjones84 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Still listening in 2020🔥😀👍

  • @bryanchatham143
    @bryanchatham143 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I was fortunate enough to meet these Guys backstage at the opening UK show in Bristol on their 1984 tour ....on the afternoon sound check . and was there for that evening's gig. The band I played in was supposed to be the support band too the AWB ,but the UK players got the support gig . however our horn section(I play Alto Sax) was allowed to go to that gig. we meet Molly and Roger and the rest of the band , they were brilliant and very Gracious towards us . A lasting and Treasured moment in time

  • @beauregardb6108
    @beauregardb6108 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    On the studio track, the tightness of the saxes was amazing. To see them this tight live... Jeebus!

  • @zoranfriganovic468
    @zoranfriganovic468 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ma famozna umotvorina uvijek iznova slatko razara i puni srca... Bravo

  • @dxb1986
    @dxb1986 11 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Yeah.. Scottish funk brilliant.

  • @anthonydennis7869
    @anthonydennis7869 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    When this song came out in 1974, I dug it, and I also thought to myself that for some cats from Scotland, these cats were funky!

  • @user-ky6vw5up9m
    @user-ky6vw5up9m 8 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    There is a part-time all-female funk band in U.K. Called "Average Wife Band"

  • @gangoffour6690
    @gangoffour6690 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This whole record AWB from 1974 was pure fire 🔥. Great album cover too.

  • @arthouston7361
    @arthouston7361 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love how tight this groove is.

  • @weltmeisterbayernmunchen6308
    @weltmeisterbayernmunchen6308 8 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    this is pure funk music,no rock here!!! 👍👍👍👍

  • @cowlico
    @cowlico 11 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    Always tight!!

  • @teresamiller7732
    @teresamiller7732 9 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Yes no one could belive they were white! Love it we all sure dance our butts off to this.Oh an cut the cake was great! :)

    • @bsmith9506
      @bsmith9506 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Cut the cake............ple-e-e-e-e-e-a-s-e

  • @TruthB7Told
    @TruthB7Told 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    FUNKY!!!!! And on the One!

  • @robschannel4512
    @robschannel4512 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The gift of music knows no color or creed. You have it or you dont.

  • @RogerCharlesCourtney
    @RogerCharlesCourtney 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Sure did rock my New Years Eve Party.

  • @ginanichols1170
    @ginanichols1170 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    They were and are phenomenal ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @oscarvega1751
    @oscarvega1751 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    always dug this jam,
    don't know how to dance...but when I hear this...I sure as Hell try😉💃

  • @ralphmiklic4225
    @ralphmiklic4225 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love the Band. Never listened to this song but two years ago and WOW❤❤❤❤🙏😎

  • @tronicvision-misic
    @tronicvision-misic 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    During the 70's our band, Nth Degree Odyssey was stranded in up state N.Y. The guitar player and his main squeeze always sneaked off .One evening while bitchin at him, his squeeze jumped me saying he was listening to the "white boys" which turned out to be AWB from an off beat station out of Canada.
    I was floored. We learned "Pieces" and most of their stuff. I played the horn parts on B3 organ. (5 piece band.no horns.). AWB helped us crossover to white gigs. The funk was there.
    Randell Briggs

  • @acdegrees421
    @acdegrees421 10 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Man, that ish is DOPE!!!!! Raw as a rash!!! Can't stop watching the intro!!!

  • @bobboggano9201
    @bobboggano9201 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It was good to hear and see the music being played. What a treat, thanks utube for us old guys being able to see the musicians in action.

  • @tomrawley6549
    @tomrawley6549 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    been a fan since I wa seventeen, a long time ago ! the best soul /funk band ever to come out of my country, keep soul searching my brothers !!