Name: Live At Montreux 1977
Brand: Average White Band

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2018-11-30

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0213060EMX

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4029759130604

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Average White Band

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Earmusic Classics

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Blues / Gospel

This unique act, an R'n'B/ soul group from Scotland and originally with no black musicians became one of the best selling and sounding funk bands in the world. The horn section started out as "The Dundee Horns". They can be heard on Johnny Nash's reggae hit "I Can See Clearly Now".

Eric Clapton and Bonnie Bramlett (of Delaney & Bonnie) helped them on their way to becoming a household name. But it wasn't until they reached the US and were signed to Atlantic Records that *Average White Band* really took off. Arif Mardin became their producer and together they couldn't do wrong. All of their seventies albums reached gold or even platinum status and hits such as the timeless "Pick Up The Pieces" and "Cut The Cake" were number 1 hits on the U.S. Billboard Charts.

Tragedy hit the young group in 1974 when their drummer, Robbie McIntosh died at a Hollywood party in a drug-related incident, but their act only became stronger. It was after Robbie's death, Steve Ferrone joined to replace Robbie on drums, and was the only black musician in band, it was a standing joke in the band that they 'played' with the press because of their band name.

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this release is part of a batch of high profile montreux audio releases for summer 2011. 'live at montreux 1977' includes the hit tracks 'pick up the pieces', 'work to do', 'a love of your own' and 'cut the cake'. the average white band came together in 1973 from various scottish soul and jazz groups. they became one of the few white bands to achieve both success and critical acclaim playing funk. their breakthrough release, the arif mardin produced 'pick up the pieces', was a no.1 single in the us and a top 10 in the uk and across europe in 1975. the average white band only played at montreux in 1977 but that year they not only had their own concert, which forms this cd release, but also acted as the backing group for a number of other acts. however this headline performance was definitely one of the stand out nights of the 77 festival.

Live At Montreux 1977

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