Average White Band Live 1977 Don Kirshner's Rock Concert Person, I'm the One, Heaven, Work to Do

AWB classic line-up is Alan Gorrie (guitar/bass/vocals), Malcolm "Molly" Duncan (tenor saxophone), Owen "Onnie" McIntyre (guitar/vocals), Roger Ball (keyboards/saxophone), Steve Ferrone (drums) and Hamish Stuart (guitar/bass/vocals). Person To Person, I'm The One 6:25 If I Ever Lose This Heaven 10:58 and Work To Do 17:05 are performed live by Average White Band on Don Kirshner's New Rock Concert. The #awb TV performance was broadcast on February 17, 1977. #averagewhiteband
Watch Cal Vid Playlist of Average White Band performing live in concert at the Hollywood Catalina Jazz Club Bar & Grill, Los Angeles, CA • Average White Band

[@baniconeocleous5837]

If you are not nodding your head or feet whilst listening to this, you must be dead

[@yogiman4293]

I grew up on these guys! Truly missed music for us who are from I guess what they call, old school! Who else feel the same way? Thankful for KZbin!

[@richardpayton9671]

Hamish Stuart had one of the most soulful voices!

[@heavydownn2962]

I feel so privileged to have personally experienced the music of the 60’s, 70’s, and the 80’s. What an amazing ride!!

[@CalVid]

Totally!

[@debracarr1137]

Absolutely wonderful!

[@colinbradford2671]

That’s funk beyond the call of duty right there!

[@BlueSandLive]

Even today, AWB is unmatched in their accomplishment.

[@debracarr1137]

Just saw them for the first time a few years ago. Even without the original lead singer,they still got it going on. They were on the same show with War. It was great!

[@debracarr1137]

This is when music was music . Today's music/artist can't touch them. Real singing and playing of instruments.

[@bbowjazz]

@@debracarr1137…. playing and singing this well at the time - imagine that!

[@electricbomber9970]

I love AWB but unmatched? There is Earth Wind and Fire, Tower of Power for fifty plus years...???

[@rayh6204]

Junior in high school 1975, someone played the Cut the Cake album over the PA in gym class. I was forever hooked on AWB. 48 years later, I still listen all the time. I ❤ AWB.

[@rayinpau.s.a.6351]

I loved this Band the moment I heard them . The 70's was great . A young Teen with rhythm !

[@rongreen1103]

This band was awesome right out of the box. Exquisitely funky...

[@georgeobrientheroninrealto2693]

AWB..one of the BEST live bands in the business!

[@jamesdewitt6329]

Hamish knocking it out of the park with the vocals!

[@barackmycat9448]

Highly underrated band. Work, work.................

[@davidmembril9576]

I saw them on tour in Tucson AZ on Oct 27th 1977 , and it was a barn burner ...not one person was sitting down...Queen of my soul was unreal ....Hamish stole the show...

[@MDVEEJAZZ]

Doesn't get much better than this!

[@charleswilliams8248]

You are right!

[@wendellbolton8726]

Darn shame we don’t have live music on tv anymore

[@michaelfatino9837]

I loved them in high school 49 years ago. Still do!

[@toneyisaiah3556]

They did an awesome cover of The Isley Brothers' classic Got Work To Do.

[@michaelwhite5606]

Person to Person was easy for me to sing in my early 20's plus I sung it in a higher pitch and I'm a baritone/tenor well was lol

[@debracarr1137]

Fantastic job

[@rodneytaylor609]

They made it better than the original work to do. This makes me think about 1976 when was 17 going to my first real concert at the Louisville gardens AWB Soul searching tour, Sold out a week before the tour, they could have played Freedom hall, what a show. George Benson was 2nd billing meaning he was the first performance, he played the breezing album entirely then AWB came and put on hell of a show.

[@IIESPD00DII]

Steve Ferrone is chopping it up!!

[@shemcg7830]

💫✨ 👊🤣 You said it while I was tryna get it out my brain 🧠 and in the comments! 👊🤣 💫✨

[@88spaces]

Back in the day when this music was first released, my friends and I loved it from the start. We didn't know that it was not black guys producing it. It didn't matter. It was some funky music and we were onboard. We all wanted to sing that falsetto. But who could? Maybe in the shower. It was fun trying.

[@spumpstein9374]

OMG. I did not know Dwight Schrute played bass for AWB! Seriously, I was a live sound engineer in the early 1990's and these guys came through on tour. They absolutely killed it. GREAT BAND. Nice bunch too, no out of control egos, no fussing about - real pros and true gents.

[@lifelong5425]

Scotland's utterly brilliant soul sound geniuses....Used to watch Hamish in the Dream Police, in the Electric Gardens in Glasgow..... he just had what it took......

[@odeskoo]

Ollie McEntire is the most underrated rhythm guitar player I no and with Steve Ferrone on drums along with the rest of the band, how can u lose?

[@andrejackson8270]

Blue eyed soul my ass PURE R&B SOUL 😎

[@greggraham9785]

LOVE AWB! GREAT MUSICIANS AND ALAN AND HAMISH VOICES SO GOOD TOGETHER WHEN THEY FIRST STARTED IT WAS HARD TO TELL WHICH WAS WHICH.

[@MrWinslowe]

Hamish Stuart kills me. Such a brilliant singer.

[@rondmc44]

The OG "Classic" version of AWB!!!

[@debracarr1137]

The original members

[@IIESPD00DII]

@@debracarr1137Steve Ferrone isn’t original but he’s classic for sure

[@rodneytaylor609]

I'm the one, hip hop before hip hop music was even recognized.

[@geraldgirtman7540]

That Person to Person worldwide tour was off the Chain 1976-77 ,I saw them twice atlanta civic center!!!!

[@timothylawson3262]

A.W.B live 77 was a monster, them boys was bad.

[@jazzpunk]

Saw AWB in 1977 (Norfolk Scope). Wild Cherry opened. Good sound, good show.

[@averyassur3250]

AWB in their prime 😊

[@rodneytaylor609]

Most definitely. I would rush home from work to see them on Friday and Saturday nights.

[@theknow7557]

AWB was an L.A. staple! You could see them all the time! Great band!

[@donnarb60]

Definitive Blue-Eyed Soul💙💜❤👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@rodneytaylor609]

More than blue eyed soul

[@martinfrye6527]

One of my all time favorite groups. Westside of Chicago, 1977. The AWB live, person to person. 10 years old. What memories. Lol.

[@frederickobrien48]

Steve Ferrone rock steady on those drums.

[@retromusings]

Love this. I grew up with the Don Kirshner show always on when I was very little. My family would have the telly on watching all the live performances on there. AWB is just awesome.

[@CalVid]

Very cool!

[@DaroldBarker-hg2sv]

The badass wa

[@DaroldBarker-hg2sv]

The badas white group ever

[@jazzpunk]

On the East Coast (I assume)...IN CONCERT, MIDNIGHT SPECIAL, & DON KIRSHNER'S ROCK CONCERT were all Friday night 11:30pm.

[@bigwrdzable]

Friday Nights were, THE BEST! I was the only one up, watching ALL the live shows! Guess that's why, out of 6, I'm the ONLY Musician in the Family!

[@lvdrums]

Me and my wife loved this all the way back in the 70s. Still listen to it on cds. Awesome band and great music.

[@CalVid]

Very cool!

[@garyt6831]

It all takes me home,such a smooth groove ! nuthin' betta'!

[@geraldgirtman7540]

Introducing in the Rock concert corner a band of heavyweights in the funk and smooth R&B category AWB

[@coldlava101]

Nothing average about these guys. Saw them twice in Honolulu. Late 70’s early 80’s 🌴😎🌈Aloha 🤙🏼

[@dominicmina2231]

My all time favorite band bar none

[@nataliebrownbrown3992]

Love AWB! This band was popular on Philly radio 📻 & Philly parties 🎉 in the 70s. Their music is the JAWN forever! ❤️🎶🎤🎸🎷🥁🎵

[@MarcoPanache]

That was phenomenal.... love, love, love AWB

[@lightoftheworld7493]

Alan Gorrie's a great vocalist and bass player. They're all great

[@rodneytaylor609]

That drive that Allen Gorrie did on , "If I ever lose this Heaven" was fantastic.

[@pauldecastro8921]

one of the best concerts that i have attended, in Princeton NJ, BACK IN 1972, AMAZING, TIGHT, I WAS 18 AT THE TIME...WOW.

[@donnaking3989]

Baaaad Band! Gettin' in! Go AWB!

[@davidtrent399]

Rocked then still does❤

[@donaldpruitt6787]

One of my favorite bands all players and Steve ferr smooth one ,Allan and Hamish

[@charleswilliams8248]

These boyz are absolutely great!

[@lenanava5409]

Still an AWESOME band...!!!❤❤❤

[@sgomes633]

Purchase every AWB album, My favorite band growing up.

[@justiceforall101]

I couldn't stop watching this. Great band.

[@rodterrell304]

They were really Funky, loved them as a teen

[@vicsawarrior7740]

Damn, I miss real music. These cats were on one back in the day.

[@peekaboo4390]

AWB the reason I started playing the bass.

[@rodneytaylor609]

Their the reason started playing the sax.

[@rodneytaylor609]

The reason I started playing saxophone.

[@jmcbeady8210]

AWB was one bad unit. Loved their music 🎶.

[@debracarr1137]

Blue eyed soul at its very best. Top of the heap baby!

[@rodneytaylor609]

More than blue eyed soul. These guys are black men in white skin.

[@AA-ou8kl]

Scottish lads bringin the funk goodness me

[@alexaz6369]

Hamish Stuart🔥👍💪

[@peterobb2083]

A gem of a find, thank you so much!

[@adrianlyord5300]

Gotta definitely “ Give The Drummer Some….”Steve Ferrone! 😊

[@timothylawson3262]

Yes the high hat killer.

[@bigwrdzable]

Whaaaat? That's Steve??? Did NOT know that! Grateful!

[@Steve-mp7by]

band of geniuses

[@johnbarron2269]

Very nice background sax sound, to go along with the word, "I'm, at 9:09, and, 9:14.

[@saikodisco]

thank you thank you thank you for posting this!

[@procopiojrpalacios9702]

Big Sam Clayton of Little Feat on congas... AWB, one of the great all time bands!

[@rodneytaylor609]

This should be getting more views than it's getting.

[@debracarr1137]

True that .

[@MyDannywilson]

loved to have been there xx AWB xx

[@BassGod1225]

Ripping the stage up, bass player is bringing the heat. 🔥❤‍🔥🔥🔥

[@shemcg7830]

💫✨ What’s cool was that H. Stuart & A. Gorrie (sp?) switched off playing the bass 🎸 depending on the song . . . Can’t leave O. McIntyre out of mention ; he played a mean lead guitar! The entire ensemble was great. 💫✨

[@ronmimnaugh7674]

I have heard a lot of cover groups doing music of that era and it always brings a smile to my face when they do music by AWB. Thanks for posting this

[@CalVid]

Same here!

[@joecontreras5068]

Awesome !

[@daviddesmond2143]

Simple funky bass lines

[@rodneyturner8077]

AWB, perfect blend of soul and funk....love the 70s sound.

[@kulusadira8658]

Sam Clayton from Little Feat sitting in on congas. Sweet addition!

[@johnbarron2269]

"I'm the one " was said very nicely, at, 10:31, by the guy in the orangish top.

[@gregorywright7964]

I will be seeing them and WAr in New Jersey at the Salem County Fairgrounds on Saturday, August 19, 2023.

[@shemcg7830]

💫✨ What a treat! Gotta let us know how it ripped, Man. They’re masters of syncopation - - Safety 1st & Enjoy! 💫✨

[@robertsims6931]

Put AWB in the Soul Music HOF .

[@kelvynification]

I saw them at the Marquee on the first night of their Sunday residency… about fifty or so people in the audience but after the word got out the following Sunday was packed solid:) Good times:)

[@MyDannywilson]

awb funk love it xx

[@tommyjohnson3148]

Extremely tight!

[@DonaldCochran-d4g]

In the Top 10 in my Life

[@andydavie4525]

Steve Ferrone - funky as fk... RIP Robbie McIntosh

[@chucktplatt]

Now I know where Vanessa Williams got this from.

[@gusmartins3298]

Isley Bros original. But AWB has played since the beginning.

[@humbledrummer777]

Steve Ferrone cutting loose w these guys, then reining it in w Tom Petty. Respect!

[@belga3513]

Love it!

[@reneangulotrujillo1]

what a heaven****

[@kymelieleonard6490]

I can roll wit' these fellas

[@debracarr1137]

They did that !

[@kulusadira8658]

From Scotland, I believe.

[@joejimenez6892]

This guys were ahead of there time! True Funk! Love these Brits!

[@IIESPD00DII]

Brits?

[@Pupenhausen]

​@@IIESPD00DIIyes, Scotland is part of Great Britain. Doh!

[@toneyisaiah3556]

The same Don Kirshner who started a record label.

[@susiebenard]

Groovy white dudes ever

[@wendellbolton8726]

Steve farrone poping those drums

[@user-zj1ht8qo3h]

Thanks great times

[@fanmaxis3004]

At least this is a actual live performance and not a studio track mime like most of these "live" performances are

[@MyDannywilson]

see them next week Tyne theatre Newcastle xxx 8 weeks a long time to be without your sugar xxxxx

[@careyrandolph5571]

One of the most soulful talented bands of the 70s hands down !! Our crew was shocked when we discovered they're racial makeup !!

[@joerockme7485]

COOL BAND !

[@DonaldCochran-d4g]

In the Top 10 in my Life😅

[@mustybill9886]

And don't forget Sam Figueroa on congas.

[@fenderfetish]

Sam Clayton

[@edhorn958]

ferrone was no joke on those drums

[@toneshop]

Alan Gorrie had such a soulful voice, On par with Michael Mcdonald.

[@brianfergus839]

To be fair, they were really an ABOVE average white band