There's nothing better than some Scottish Funk.

@lukeriley73

Ай бұрын

No. There. Is. Not. 🕺🕺

@rondeneef

28 күн бұрын

zin nederlanders rotterdam

@marknc9616

7 күн бұрын

The Dundee Horns!

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

@brianglade848

5 жыл бұрын

My dad has bad breath

@kennyb6591

5 жыл бұрын

@@brianglade848 It's hereditary then.

@brianglade848

5 жыл бұрын

@@kennyb6591 that's a coded phrase

@kennyb6591

5 жыл бұрын

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

@brianglade848

5 жыл бұрын

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

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

@jaex9617

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

Until they get stuck on hold during a phone call lol

@SoundBoss5150

Жыл бұрын

@@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

Жыл бұрын

@SoundBoss5150 That's a good attitude. 😅

@jabbermocky4520

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, you couldn't NOT dance!

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

3 жыл бұрын

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

@Erkle64

2 жыл бұрын

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

@elainewaller-rose9707

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

For sure

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

@onabrebv

5 жыл бұрын

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

5 жыл бұрын

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

@duran007fan5

5 жыл бұрын

@@onabrebv Not to mention hot pants.

@Civinprod2

4 жыл бұрын

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

@Civinprod2

4 жыл бұрын

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

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

@DexterHaven

Ай бұрын

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

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

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

2 жыл бұрын

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

@otman558

2 жыл бұрын

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

@volpegregori5348

2 жыл бұрын

@@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

2 жыл бұрын

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

@nickcox2974

2 жыл бұрын

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

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.

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

8 жыл бұрын

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

@agape4tube

8 жыл бұрын

+Andrea Whalen good one😉

@ninthdark

8 жыл бұрын

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

@jamiemalokas3693

8 жыл бұрын

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

@crystalball2469

8 жыл бұрын

+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.

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

@DexterHaven

Ай бұрын

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

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

7 ай бұрын

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

@DexterHaven

Ай бұрын

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

@ruthbarrett770

17 күн бұрын

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

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

@hotrod3able

5 жыл бұрын

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

@rocjackson5975

5 жыл бұрын

CORRECT!!

@marmar9507

5 жыл бұрын

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

@cjohnson7251

5 жыл бұрын

Mar Mar Which players did you meet? In the 90’s every original player but one had left. Just Onnie Mcintyre left. They got there asses handed to them by the Tower of Power that night.

@terryakuna66

5 жыл бұрын

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

there aint nuthin average 'bout THIS white band.

@v6monza535

5 жыл бұрын

They were just bad to the bone!!!!

@kitsune9726

5 жыл бұрын

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

5 жыл бұрын

Amen

@MrRhurbarb

4 жыл бұрын

Aint much white neither except the color of their skin.

The funk masters from Scotland!

@melvinpage9154

3 жыл бұрын

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

@furiacabocla2furiacabocla589

3 жыл бұрын

They re scotish ? Cool. Freedom to Scotland.

@livelongandprosper70

3 жыл бұрын

@@furiacabocla2furiacabocla589 shut up ye wee fanny

@furiacabocla2furiacabocla589

3 жыл бұрын

@@livelongandprosper70 Freedom...

@MrProplayer1

2 жыл бұрын

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

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

@kiranlovelove

7 жыл бұрын

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

2 жыл бұрын

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

@wmjoca

Жыл бұрын

@@andrewfurst5711 drummed for Chaka Khan too

@vincenteades207

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

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

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

Жыл бұрын

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

@ronniesmith8941

Жыл бұрын

I still have that album

@ronniesmith8941

Жыл бұрын

I still have the Person To Person double live album

They're SCOTTISH!!!! 💯

@cassianandor4103

8 жыл бұрын

+Tina Norman Great Scot!

@cogman62

3 жыл бұрын

Aye!

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

@rondeneef

2 ай бұрын

nederland rotterdam groep* candy dulfer

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

@ocean4315

9 жыл бұрын

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

@huss03

9 жыл бұрын

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

@therasound

9 жыл бұрын

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

@brianmullins5157

5 жыл бұрын

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

@leighstreet8298

5 жыл бұрын

He was also with Duran Duran too

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...

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

9 жыл бұрын

***** 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

9 жыл бұрын

***** 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

8 жыл бұрын

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

@realcoolbreeze

8 жыл бұрын

+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

8 жыл бұрын

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

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.

The Saxophone speaks for itself! Hey drummer! Yeah!

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

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

@tonyroy8123

8 жыл бұрын

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

@fdavyes

8 жыл бұрын

+Boise BenJammin Peace bro! Cheers.

@donaldclark7705

8 жыл бұрын

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

@funkyfillbeats

8 жыл бұрын

+Tony Roy 1988 actually .

@rogerleemeyzindi1218

6 жыл бұрын

STEVE FERRONE IS BLACK

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

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

2 жыл бұрын

Great song. The horns are magnificent!

@kolerains2167

Жыл бұрын

RiP Malcolm Molly Duncan!

@arthurgarner3674

Жыл бұрын

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

@alhudson

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

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.

@scottdavidson8086

8 ай бұрын

Amen brother!

@nettyspinelli3496

5 ай бұрын

Wow Thanks KZread for this 👏🇫🇷

Hamish is ROCKIN’ that kilt, man!

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

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

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

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

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

Steve Ferrone!! What an awesome drummer...

@julio_scissors

6 жыл бұрын

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

@jayskywalker5049

4 жыл бұрын

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 😂😂

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

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

@katewalford5983

10 жыл бұрын

mine too :) x

@pumpkin19521

10 жыл бұрын

Ikr we use to jam to this tune, these guys wasn't no joke :)

@robwinder7025

6 жыл бұрын

@Taximan55

@robwinder7025

6 жыл бұрын

@taximan55

@robwinder7025

6 жыл бұрын

Strawberryblonde

Dude is rockin a kilt!

@lialane3961

8 жыл бұрын

He is indeed !! Loving it !!

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

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

@rorozxzx

7 жыл бұрын

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

5 жыл бұрын

Vulfpeck

@jimmoore826

5 жыл бұрын

You need to get out more is all! cheers.

@j.parrish385

5 жыл бұрын

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

@marygillespie1993

5 жыл бұрын

sony Rolling Stones hot stuff

Still the jam after all these years!

@v.dargain1678

4 жыл бұрын

True .

@rustypeterson5920

2 жыл бұрын

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

cant get enough of that funky stuff

Boy oh boy this brings back great memories

@v.dargain1678

4 жыл бұрын

Right .

@sharonkutz8272

3 жыл бұрын

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

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

@Jeffrey-lw5ls

10 ай бұрын

Cool dance

Always tight!!

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.

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

5 жыл бұрын

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

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

@PeterSpaeter96

6 жыл бұрын

Brilliant! Are they all married?

@estellebevan3387

3 жыл бұрын

I like that!!!

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

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 !!!

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

@253jacksonrhoads1

8 жыл бұрын

But it does rock man. haha

@weltmeisterbayernmunchen6308

8 жыл бұрын

+Anthony Mccammant 👍

@lydiatinajero6911

7 жыл бұрын

Ryan Van Lobbrecht that it is

@heathermackay6779

5 жыл бұрын

WELTMEISTER BAYERNMÜNCHEN n

This is when the SH** was REAL..

@ethuslane1238

4 жыл бұрын

Yesssssssssssssss

They are having fun, like its the first time they came together in a jam session.

@thomasedmundrichards

6 жыл бұрын

Mwangamizi Ogun they wouldn’t be that tight if it was their first jam session

@amackay9108

6 жыл бұрын

tom richardson think he's meaning that it's so carefree and all just occurring naturally 👍

@realrobh

2 жыл бұрын

@@amackay9108 Thank you

Still listening in 2020🔥😀👍

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.

Never get tired of this song

Average White Band awesome musicians and awesome music

I saw them live and was amazed. Some of the greatest musicians around.🎵🎵🎵 Dang this is AMAZING. Hamish is working that kilt!!

@cheryljames1480

Жыл бұрын

Does he have on draws? Hopefully not Love him

@Theanswerisblowinginthewind

8 ай бұрын

He sure is ! 😍

Scotland gets down yo!

@clarkewi

8 жыл бұрын

This a truly amazing track from a magic era. The horns are beyond compare. Shows that "Funk" had gone global, not just inner city America. AWB was right before "Disco" and along with the OZZY Bee Gees had a huge influence on the "Saturday Night Fever" thing.

@brianglade848

5 жыл бұрын

A glastineau de baffoo, singin the blues

@leighstreet8298

5 жыл бұрын

@@clarkewi the bee gees are Brit's not Aussies!!!

Yeah.. Scottish funk brilliant.

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

@rondeneef

2 ай бұрын

look at her solo. the sax. candy dulfer

The best from the best forever , beautiful .beautiful I am from Babylon and I feel like an Angel so thank you .realy the best Dr Amir

I will never get enough of listening to them 😎🙏

Sure did rock my New Years Eve Party.

love this song and the group

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 !!

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

@michaelcarruthers4226

4 жыл бұрын

LOL YUP SHO..NUFF

I LOVE this version of Pick up the Pieces. The guy in the kilt is really getting down, but Steve's drum solo is the part that really takes it for me.

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.

Steve Ferrone giving those drums a critical beat down.

@justincredible214

9 жыл бұрын

Lol indeed!

@mcfly3510

5 жыл бұрын

Leila or this incredible sense of feel where to open the Hihat - Steve Ferrone

@richardcox8409

4 жыл бұрын

its my hook...love it!!

@jrt1776

4 жыл бұрын

What? The Sax drives it!

@donnatew9216

3 жыл бұрын

He is AWESOME

James Brown once said that the Average White Band played better than his own band.

@sheanwalsh5892

Жыл бұрын

Blimey i never knew that ......nuff said

@paulthibodeaux7053

Жыл бұрын

​@@sheanwalsh5892j

I was living in 1970's Switzerland when they came out, we thought they were from Mowtown USA.

@DSAK55

4 жыл бұрын

I was living in the USA when they came out, I they were from Mowtown

@sharonkutz8272

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly 💯

@minochervania2179

3 жыл бұрын

@@margaretfitzgerald4664 😂👍

They were and are phenomenal ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

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

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.

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

Used to love the 1980's FM Simulcasts. TVs back then had crappy speakers. Enjoyed listening to this on my B&O stereo.

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

Band still kicks ass!!

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!

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

Jesus, what a drum groove!

I saw Ya'll back in 1978 @ the Portland, OR coliseum....Gr8 show

Play that funky music whtie boys. lol

I had bought this 8-track (yes, I said that) sometime in the mid 70s. Most I knew thought it was on the disco side......until one night I had a car full with my boyfriend and his friends. Every one of them was bobbing their head to the music. I looked in my rearview mirror at them and said "told ya!"

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

I think of this song When I have to get myself together. Pick up the pieces of my life.

Love this as much now, as I did when I first heard it!!!

Loved them all my life ...been playing their music since the eighties...seen them twice live ...just great!!!!!

Honestly you cannot get any FUNKIER than this 🤩😍😎😄😁sooo cool!!!!! Oh MG I had forgotten how good they sound 🥰❤️

At over 2 million views this aint average and remains one of my favourite tracks.

For the first time ever, I just heard how the horns riffs directly influenced Blondie’s Rapture!

I love how tight this groove is.

@Jeffrey-lw5ls

10 ай бұрын

Cool. Wlov. Jamming

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

they play in perfect harmony, never seen such good live performance. absolutely great !! eventhough i don't really like funk and jazz stuff, this is AWESOME :D

Quality and class, a fabulous band, a favourite track of the many they did, who would have thought this came from Scotland at the time of the American influences.

Oh, I love that he's wearing a kilt!!

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

THIS was the moment for me when music went color blind my dad took me to see them in 1976 in Detroit Michigan and was blown away still have the tour book one of my favorites still to this day and they had a great band logo as well (AWB with the females butt being the W) and they are still in rotation on ALL my musical gadgets