The Average White Band played their last concert in December 2024, but their legacy lives on.
The band broke through in 1975 with four hits, beginning with Pick Up the Pieces (#1 illboard, #4 Canada). They followed that with Cut the Cake, If I Ever Lose This Heaven, and (the often sampled) School Boy Crush.
What is truly impressive about the band’s accomplishments is that in the spring of 1975 they were the first British act to reach #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 (Pick Up the Piece), while their second album (AWB) topped both the Pop and R&B album charts.
This week, I share my Sit Down with Onnie McIntyre, an original member of The Average White Band. During our 2016 interview, he shared his (and the band’s) love of American R&B and the musical influence of the a not so average band.
The interview originally ran on Oldies Without Borders.
Copyright Peter J. Maurin, The Vinyl Professor. Published under Creative Commons License: Attribution/Non-Commercial Use.
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