Average White Band - Work To Do, Pick Up the Pieces & Cut the Cake

LA '02 House of Blues

[@nancywood9531]

OMG.....I am 78...my son graduated in 77...this was his music...now I sit here in the dark at 2 am. Caught in a CLOUDY Hamish web of funk slow soul...Person to Person, totally in A Love of My Own! .....nothing to do but Cut the Cake and......Pick Up the Pieces!! ..I love it. ...🎷🎶🎸❣

[@tomrawley6549]

the best soul band to come out of the UK , Hamish Stuart, the best soul singer to come from Scotland.

[@popal7408]

I saw AWB and TOP . What a treat. Real musicianship!!!~

[@kevc21]

No, they not going hard enough

[@martinchapman7880]

I GREW UP LISTENING TO AVERAGE WHITE BAND JUST LOVED THEM AND GROOVED TO THE MUSIC I AM 61 YEARS OLD AND DOING THE SAME THING WHAT A BAND ....!!!

[@eddylindner1317]

Right On Brother !! ............

[@bethmacpherson9918]

AWB a Force of Nature, I have been listening to you for 40 years, I am 64 today and up dancing to you. Love you guys now and always, Beth in Nova Scotia

[@adrianmartin5780]

Hey Beth,right on, I've been listening to the AWB since Feb1974,drove down to Florida from Toronto,Pick Up The Pieces was big all over the radio,especially in Fla.,never stop lovin AWB.Cheers from NovaScotia too.

[@bethmacpherson9918]

@@adrianmartin5780 Hi Adrian! Where are you in Nova Scotia? Kind regards, Beth

[@eddylindner1317]

Right On Sister !! !!

[@Ponch341]

Thes famous Funksters have been around for years, and they are from Scottland making it famous in the 70's living in New York. One of my all time faaaaavorite groups!

[@brendanperry6429]

Dynamite band, what else can I say? Yeah, they mastered the art of integrating blues, jazz and rock & roll. When listening to Work to Do, I'd put a lil' extra elbow grease into whatever I was doing at the time,,,,,,,😎.

[@lindalyte7307]

Back when we had .....Real music,and excellent Vocalists....no auto- tune or computerized mess!! What happened?😔😔 Thank you,and God Bless you for posting this amazing ....Soulful ,Performance!! Average White Band....No way close to being......Average 🙄😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎

[@eddylindner1317]

Right On Sister !! !!

[@palacerevolution2000]

Yes true, but I think these is basically a very good cover band of AVB.

[@nancyfiedler6762]

This Band This Music This Feeling This Era Every time I listen to them it sounds better with more layers and a deeper appreciation for their sound for their musicality and how it can transform any moment at anytime. The Average White Band has never been an average Band, they move you they excite the brain waves that travel throughout the body they trigger memories that unfold into the present timeframe and build a newer version of the talented musical layers that will become a part of you. Pick up the pieces, I was there when they played live, and it will stay with me the rest of my life... Thank You Guys for getting together and allowing your musical talents to takes us along for the ride...

[@eddylindner1317]

Right On Sister !! !!

[@jackneverquit1879]

A good song (a positive idea) + talented artist (puts their Heart into it) = AMAZING (results at Everything) MUSIC. This has 'no time table'. Thank GOD!

[@jonnybeck6723]

They put the funk down deep in my heart...

[@eddylindner1317]

Right On Brother !! !! !!

[@toots19]

Back in the 70's i actually got a phone call and was invited to a private rehearsal, don't know why, how???? It was fantastic❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@eddylindner1317]

Right On Sister !!

[@serenancn]

Saw them at the San Diego County Fair this past summer....I was so back in Jr. High School and still knew all the words to the songs! I even just got goose bumps typing this!!!

[@eddylindner1317]

Right On !! ..................

[@MichaelB-gv4ey]

Seen them 3 times and they were just as good in 2018 in newhope winerery as they were 20 yrs ago in philly real talent never goes away

[@eddylindner1317]

Right On Mike !! .................

[@bruno4258]

So Good and Soulful. Real Music Thanks for the Post. Love AWB!

[@eddylindner1317]

Right On Brother !! !! !!

[@luisafalanitule5350]

Love them ♥️

[@eddylindner1317]

Right On !!

[@johng2880]

What a great bass groove, and he makes it seem effortless. These guys are pros all the way.

[@eddylindner1317]

Right On John !!

[@melbajohnson2991]

I just love my blue eyed brothers!!I was about 15 yrs. old when I first learned of this group that played music that their black soul sister could dance to.I don't care what anyone say,I'm their biggest fan and I am up into my 50's now and still bumping my white boy's as I call them.Thank you for taking me back to real music Myyy Clips2.

[@williamarthurfenton1496]

Were you there for the big Bobby Caldwell reveal then?

[@eddylindner1317]

I got the same story Brother !! !!

[@jesamsirov]

why would anybody said anything? keep on sister, whoever is normal stands united with brothers and sisters around the globe no matter what they are. black sister is my sister, black baby could be my baby, I could be your son... one love

[@stephenorsini1924]

The drummer is Adam Deitch I believe ... smoking. A band I played in opened for these guys and he stole the show for me.

[@michaelkirkland1929]

Bad, Bad Dude, behind the DRUM KIT.

[@jansingber376]

@@michaelkirkland1929 The Baddest

[@eddylindner1317]

Right On Brother !! !!

[@bryce253]

From Lettuce?

[@crtsdxn]

Yes. Lettuce.

[@cherylgillis4978]

I've always loved AWB I SAW THEM LIVE AT THE MASONIC TEMPLE IN DETROIT. SOO MANY MEMORIES...

[@eddylindner1317]

Right On Sister !! ...............

[@cherrycola3793]

Super Bad! Cranking 🤗!! Funky funky funky!!!

[@eastsideeddie]

Elliot Lewis on the role of utility knife!! Keys, bass, guitar and vocals. Fine musician and a really nice guy.

[@eddylindner1317]

Right On Brother !! !! !!

[@palacerevolution2000]

Is he the guy on Daryl Hall's show now?

[@zdrumdude]

He plays w Daryl hall on his show a lot. Keyboards and vocals. He’s got the high register some falsetto

[@suzieq611]

Awesome band back in the day.

[@jrcfishon7362]

Drummers: listen to this guy! The 2 and 4 are always right there where they should always be. AND on the occasion where he riffs and grooves you never loose the 2 and 4. That is how you play: simple and yet every bit as exciting!

[@crtsdxn]

Adam Deitch is a funk master!

[@FrankDePalma]

This drummer is killin it!

[@crtsdxn]

Check out Lettuce. Same drummer.

[@marlagarris7774]

AWB real jam combination of the best tracks had my Friday on FIRE

[@eddylindner1317]

Right On Sister !!

[@kaneishadennis5016]

If only history understood you guys contributions.. wow.. yall rock seriously.. love yall 💓

[@nedrabrown421]

I GREW UP ON THE AVERAGE WHITE BAND OMG I LOVE ALL THERE MUSIC THEY SOME BADD BOYS NONE LIKE THEM LEGEND.

[@ricknurse7]

+Nedra Brown +1000 Such an anomaly - a bunch of Scottish white guys bringin all that funk...they were so much more than average. They much more than 'cut the cake'

[@paulamorris9981]

Love this song

[@eddylindner1317]

Right On Sister !!

[@nora22000]

Saw them last night at Yoshi's. Off the hook! Great band, sound tight as a drum, just a transport to their personal soul planet. These guys will certainly be missed once they're gone...

[@eddylindner1317]

Right On Sister !! !!

[@eddylindner1317]

I LOVE EVERYTHING about. AWB !! !! !! !!

[@maureengochett102]

Always have LOVED AWB!! They are TRUE Musicians!!

[@m.doreenbigham-richardson2041]

AWB should do the next Superbowl!

[@michaelkirkland1929]

That would be NICE.

[@hermanc.tucker3237]

U right

[@LisaSpratt64]

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[@eddylindner1317]

Right On Sister !! !!

[@crystalbrown2621]

Oh MANE!!!! That would be 🔥🔥🔥

[@marmar9507]

Great AWB Love them so much Thanx for sharing

[@MyyyClips2]

+Mar Mar You're Welcome...

[@francenueva7591]

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[@eddylindner1317]

Right On Sister !! ...............

[@paulevans240]

We played Pick Up the Pieces when I played in a High School Band...we thought we were stars!!

[@yvonnegreen2076]

THIS IS A BAD ASS LIVE PERFORMANCE! Luv them blue eyed soul bruthas, they are tight!

[@eddylindner1317]

Right On Sister !!

[@DrummerGirlChrissy]

beyond fantastic all three songs I LOVE THE AWB!

[@eddylindner1317]

Right On Sister !!

[@flv0958]

3 of my top 10 favorites

[@DanielSmith-ee6gm]

How can ANYONE not like this??

[@EricAnthem]

I'll tell ya - 'cause their hack engineer (drummer sharing some fault as well) isn't adjusting his every-gaddam-day, 90's rock drum tones to something more appropriate for old school funk/r&b - and the resulting sound is... well... retarded. Kinda like the soulless vocals in PUTP. I'm not puttin down the whole thing as a POS, I will say it's pretty far from impressive though.

[@EricAnthem]

After letting some time pass and having now given it a fresh, second listen, the kick and snare tones still suck. AWB's performance is awesome as always. I also give the drummer huge kudos for his kit's nod to Robbie McIntosh, and his performance is outstanding like everyone else's. None of that is in conflict with my unfavorable assessment of the kick and snare tones. Perhaps communicating how your perception differs from mine would prove to be a more constructive response. When confronted with people who don't share your opinion, to respond simply with name calling doesn't seem to have many apparent benefits.

[@BillyCosmosis]

Eric Anthem Really? Personally I looove that slightly louder-in-the-mix and more aggressive snare smack in this context. Tweaks the dance energy up a notch and gives it a slightly more modern vibe while still keeping it fully funky. KIller drummer too, all groove and right in the pocket. Sax player is a monster too... (y)

[@007guitarguy]

Hey Billy they are all monsters in AWB these guys were the shit in the 70s along with Tower of Power

[@BillyCosmosis]

Yep :)

[@MsBunny1212]

love the sax in this great beat no one could do this but A .W. B lOVE it! Fan 4 life and i mean it!! I love there black and white album with the woman for the logo she was the w for A.W. B all the songs were great and Keepin it to myself was then and now And still a great song with a lot of meaning.Thank you A.W. B Signed Doris Star Kraesig

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

Try Chicago band Liquid Soul. They're equally good, and have Mars Williams on sax. Loom for Spam Sucker and Salt Peanuts (yes, from Dixie Gillespie).

[@smeandor]

Very powerfull version of Work to do, mix is insane between piano and funky guitar, and the drummer is imperial

[@conradford7493]

The brother are just Great.

[@vernongordon7064]

Awesome performance!

[@henricus-aalbers]

Delicious Old School, time of the nicest memories.

[@cherrycola3793]

Old school TALENT!! NO computerized BS!!!

[@timothycarter6056]

Still sounds great after 40 years.

[@martinabridgetbyrne7044]

Love this.

[@dennismurphy7445]

AWESUM! Back in the day! WOW!

[@janiceterry7706]

I have always loved AWB, still.listen to them. Love all their songs. Pick up the pieces. Yes

[@davidhogervorst4400]

Young adam grooving the drums! Beast

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

Saw this on People v. OJ. Fell in immediate love with the song. Anyone remember when you could walk onto a thing called a RECORD STORE, and they actually had the damn CD on. The. Shelf??? Went to TWO stores. Not a frigging AVB CD in either store. If I wanted to ORDER IT online, I wouldn't have left the house, right? The online sites are inanely geared to ordering online. I just wanted to buy it, like NOW. Btw, you only needed the five seconds of the song on "People v OJ" (Episode 6, Marsha, Marsha, Marsha") to notice this is a REALLY great funk band...

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

AWB, obviously.

[@enakleefeld1506]

And looking good too,😃.....Yes indeed!!!!

[@Hollowdogmusic]

They don't make'em like this anymore.Real musicians playing real instruments without sound engineers having to tweek talentless performers.

[@sgthch]

Hell yeah Dan David.! You took the words right out my mouth. Nowadays it's damn near impossible to find REAL musicians..

[@popal7408]

May I offer TOP and TOP Queens with Larry Bragg. I saw TOP and AWB in one show. a TEN!!!

[@eddylindner1317]

Right On Brother !! !!

[@mrstrat222]

Great band with Adam Deitch!! They really need a super funk drummer to bring out the best of the original members!! I saw them 10 years ago, they must have had a bad night! the drummer was just OK!!! no sparkle!! the whole band was off! I pulled out all of my old CDs from AWB!!!

[@eddylindner1317]

Right On Brother !! ...............

[@janismcdonald2979]

I love blue eyed soul,yeah I said it, ! been listening to them since the seventies ,,,,love,love ,love me some AWB, my fave band Rare Earth !!!!

[@JPCevallos]

Excellent funky, mantienen y menjorado el ritmo, esta banda asombrosa.

[@gi86nc]

loving it come on stop playing, new york is feeling it Bad ass white boys

[@eddylindner1317]

Right On Brother !! !!

[@aeropettygibbons]

thanks for doing this for the internet

[@marionhiggins2529]

Soul sound, you just have to be born with this, you can learn it yet it must be in you. AVERAGE WHITE BAND is not average at all. Love AWB from the first time I heard them as a teenager oh wee makes you feel good to know these are real musicians playing and not a machine, hardcore musicians practice their craft to beauty.

[@DrummerDanVa]

Nice to hear real musicians. Not '"musicians" that need a sound engineer to compensate for a lack of actual talent.

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

you don't need a professional engineer to run Auto-tune...just a guy that knows enough to run the returns for it back to the end channels so he isn't Auto-tune-ing them talking (so you can mute it on the ruturn). GREAT engineers are extremely rare, and it's a talent that should be VERY well-paid, which it's kind of not...

[@eddylindner1317]

Right On Brother !! !! !!

[@whoshallib]

like this collection!!..............

[@ghart56]

you struck some good nerves....thank you.

[@ericbush6124]

Pick up the Pieces they took to a another Level some of that nasty stinky Funk saw these Guys in 77 along with Tower of Power they Tore it down then in 07 still as Funky and memorable as ever.

[@lympo7625]

Gospel, Funk, Blues & Rock & Roll

[@enakleefeld1506]

Still the hottest band around.....Get. Down.....so good!!!

[@lyric520]

WITH THE HOTTNESS...ALL UP IN THE KOOL-AID...THANK YOU FOR THE POST...

[@ChurchOfTheHolyMho]

Love me some Adam Deitch!

[@eddylindner1317]

Right On !!

[@rickralph2082]

Good job 👍 love it very open-end minded

[@jrcfishon7362]

To be able to play bass and sing like that is an amazing feat. A gift from God!

[@ccsalesgweru996]

still loving this in 2020

[@bobbydeitchmusic5512]

Adam Deitch funkin it up!

[@timhall5256]

I saw them several times in the mid 70s in Lexington, Kentucky. They were great, the second band was”Tower of Power”, can you imagine! I still wish I hadn’t taken that second hit of Blotter. But I’m 67 and still remember my name so what the hell. They were playing at Eastern the next night, just a short drive to Richmond from the U.K. Campus. Both bands were outstanding, and I stayed somewhat straight, just a little smoke. Yeah kids, Grandaddy smoked pot, so what!

[@popzstagedoorpix21]

The Average White Boys got it going On*

[@eddylindner1317]

Right On Brother !! !!

[@atallguynh]

Funny -- just posted to another video about these two. Saw them together -- best show & best birthday gift ever :-)

[@enakleefeld1506]

Groove on ....so hot...!!!!

[@alexander2685]

God he still is so handsome and his voice prefect.

[@funkydrumr51]

That IS Alan Gorrie on vocals and bass, and yes, that's Adam Deitch on drums, back when he wasn't quite so well known. Freddie V on sax is a seriously fine player too. Saw this lineup several times.

[@malcolmdurell3849]

First saw these guys at the legendary Marquee Club in London. They had just arrived from Scotland and were hungry. Saw them back in Oz a couple of years later and they had lost that hungry edge. Still great though.

[@kevinmcbee7114]

I love them.. bottom line. Queen of my soul is like gospel to me.

[@mao77fr]

so great !

[@martinabridgetbyrne7044]

These guys are good.......

[@sandymack9345]

Just a wee bit funky!♥️

[@larrybrown8112]

Just real music plain and simple.

[@harrysz50]

real music awesome

[@walidaladssani8014]

They stole the soul. This is an isley bros tune. They sped up the tempo. The brothers liked them

[@AdvocatePower]

Hottest group and singers = Average White BAND!!

[@jrumm1206]

Pick up the pieces was paying in the background in Superman 2 when General Zod attacked the small town.

[@janemillerick9614]

as good as tight as ever!

[@gi86nc]

loving it come on stop playing, new york is feeling it

[@birdword33]

Adam Deitch toured w/ AWB that summer (fresh out of Berklee). Check out his new band, Lettuce...

[@eddylindner1317]

Right On Brother !!

[@Ponch341]

You got that right! AWB & TOP!

[@sociallylubricated70]

These guys are good? :P (you youngens) They are the freakin epitome, the essence of FUNK! The bass player Alan Gorrie and the lead guitarist Onnie Mcintyre are the original members on this lineup, the sax player Freddie V has been with them since the 90's and too bad so sad the keyboardist Eliot Lewis who was a phenomenal addition to the group in the 90's is no longer with them he plays with Daryl Halls band on Live from Daryl's House now. So for as far as the drummer and keyboardists go they are forever rotating new stock. They are getting old and brittle but intensely funky so go see them if you can and keep the defibrillator close in case any of them drop, all will be lost...:)

[@def2008]

+sociallylubricated70 yes well the singer have no voice....

[@ricknurse7]

+Eric Dufour Word! "yes well the singer have no voice"

[@pathesselgrave6903]

Sooooo fine. Hotness & talent for sure 1

[@mrstrat222]

These guys are funky even for Brits! who is the Drummer????? guy is a monster!!! very impressive!

[@sandrasmith7501]

mrstrat222 Scottish.

[@marypetrie930]

Sandra Smith ...er Scottish is still British!!

[@crtsdxn]

Drummer is Adam Deitch. Plays with Lettuce.

[@Manifest-Guru]

AWESOME

[@deuteronimus750]

The member of AWB that made the band and the album was the singer saxophonist on the first album, that wasn't in the band after that.

[@GordonKeys]

This is great. Sound and picture the best. Is there any more of it posted. Keep on doing it.

[@davidpeters203]

For a bunch of white guys they know how to FUNK!!!

[@maymeclayton1402]

+David Peters Dawn right and this coming from a bro who saw them kill the soul charts back in the 70's.

[@nickredhill]

not all white - what about Steve the drummer and there was a black guitar player back in the day

[@gloriabowie5629]

@@nickredhill the original group was all white

[@tanyavernon8459]

Why all the race references? Music is music, funk is about the way you feel and play, not about the colour of your skin, music goes above and beyond that!!

[@popal7408]

PLease include Tower of Power

[@jeffreychristianreyes6040]

This is my time. When i'm still performing at GRAND INIHAW España ROTONDA it' PUNKY TIME. One of my piece CUT THE CAKE my band name FRONT PAGE BAND. MULO, BOY, ABET, and me JEFF vocalist. with the support of monchit. Alt. Dummer.

[@boyer926]

CAN'T SIT STILL, LOL

[@LawndaleLancaster]

Well, yes, Yes, YES 👍👍👍

[@LawndaleLancaster]

16:30!!!

[@tripods66]

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