Average White Band 06/06/1979

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Date: 06/06/79
Year: 1979
Venue: Pinkpop festival
City: Geleen
State: Netherlands

Set I

I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Feel No Fret

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Set III

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Notes:	******* Mike's notes - I keep this on a various artists disc with Stories and Seals and Crofts ************************ AVERAGE WHITE BAND June 6, 1979 Geleen Burgemeester Damensportpark (Pinkpop festival), The NETHERLANDS AWB were formed in 1971 by Alan Gorrie and Malcolm "Molly" Duncan, with Onnie McIntyre, Hamish Stuart, Roger Ball and Robbie McIntosh joining them in the original line-up. Duncan and Ball, affectionately known as the Dundee Horns, studied at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and were previously members of Mogul Thrash. The band's breakthrough was a support slot at Eric Clapton's comeback concert in 1973. MCA Records released their debut album, Show Your Hand, which sold poorly. Bruce McCaskill who was Clapton's tour manager liked the band's music and agreed to manage them. He borrowed money to take them to the U.S. and to promote them. McCaskill had many contacts from his days with Clapton and managed to get Atlantic Records to sign them. The band relocated to New York, signed to Atlantic and released the follow-up, AWB, better known as "The White Album". T his album was the first of many with renowned producer Arif Mardin, and reached #1 in the U.S. Hot 100 chart. However, tragedy struck on 23 September 1974, when McIntosh died of a heroin overdose. (Gorrie also overdosed but Cher kept him conscious until medical help arrived.) McIntosh was replaced by Steve Ferrone (of Bloodstone, and, like McIntosh, previously with Brian Auger's Oblivion Express), becoming the band's only black member. In 1975, the single "Pick Up The Pieces" from the album AWB also hit #1 in the U.S. chart. The track is probably their best known today. The band follow up with LPs Cut the Cake (1975) and Soul Searching (1976), both big sellers and yielding further Top 40 singles. Their next LP, Benny & Us, was a collaboration with soul legend Ben E. King. Here you can hear two tracks, recorded and broadcasted by KRO radio. Setlist : 01 I heard it through the grapevine 02 Feel No Fret Line up : Alan Gorrie - bass, lead vocals Onnie McIntyre - Guitar, Vocals Molly Duncan - tenor sax Roger Ball - alt sax, keyboards Hamish Stuart - guitar, vocals Steve Ferrone - drums Source : FM > Cassette > Audacity > CD Wave Editor > Wav > FLAC Another one from the box of old tapes ! ENJOY ! Fredhead
Dennis Blom (2/5)	/ 0		View

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********* Mike's notes - I keep this on a various artists disc with Stories and Seals and Crofts ************************** AVERAGE WHITE BAND June 6, 1979 Geleen Burgemeester Damensportpark (Pinkpop festival), The NETHERLANDS AWB were formed in 1971 by Alan Gorrie and Malcolm "Molly" Duncan, with Onnie McIntyre, Hamish Stuart, Roger Ball and Robbie McIntosh joining them in the original line-up. Duncan and Ball, affectionately known as the Dundee Horns, studied at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and were previously members of Mogul Thrash. The band's breakthrough was a support slot at Eric Clapton's comeback concert in 1973. MCA Records released their debut album, Show Your Hand, which sold poorly. Bruce McCaskill who was Clapton's tour manager liked the band's music and agreed to manage them. He borrowed money to take them to the U.S. and to promote them. McCaskill had many contacts from his days with Clapton and managed to get Atlantic Records to sign them. The band relocated to New York, signed to Atlantic and released the follow-up, AWB, better known as "The White Album". T his album was the first of many with renowned producer Arif Mardin, and reached #1 in the U.S. Hot 100 chart. However, tragedy struck on 23 September 1974, when McIntosh died of a heroin overdose. (Gorrie also overdosed but Cher kept him conscious until medical help arrived.) McIntosh was replaced by Steve Ferrone (of Bloodstone, and, like McIntosh, previously with Brian Auger's Oblivion Express), becoming the band's only black member. In 1975, the single "Pick Up The Pieces" from the album AWB also hit #1 in the U.S. chart. The track is probably their best known today. The band follow up with LPs Cut the Cake (1975) and Soul Searching (1976), both big sellers and yielding further Top 40 singles. Their next LP, Benny & Us, was a collaboration with soul legend Ben E. King. Here you can hear two tracks, recorded and broadcasted by KRO radio. Setlist : 01 I heard it through the grapevine 02 Feel No Fret Line up : Alan Gorrie - bass, lead vocals Onnie McIntyre - Guitar, Vocals Molly Duncan - tenor sax Roger Ball - alt sax, keyboards Hamish Stuart - guitar, vocals Steve Ferrone - drums Source : FM > Cassette > Audacity > CD Wave Editor > Wav > FLAC Another one from the box of old tapes ! ENJOY ! Fredhead

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