Like the Beatles, the Average White Band was luckless on its first record label—the Beatles on Polydor and AWB on MCA. Both also found enormous success in the U.S. shortly after their letdown. The ...

The band's initial beginnings stem from a like-minded enthusiasm for R&B and Soul music, as original founding member Alan Gorrie had built a workshop in Perth, Scotland for aspiring players in the ...

Improperly named, the Average White Band was anything but. First off, one of the rhythm guys, at least by this point, wasn't white. Second, and this is far more important, they funked it up with a ...

Improperly named, the Average White Band was anything but. First off, one of the rhythm guys, at least by this point, wasn't white. Second, and this is far more important, they funked it up with a ...

Saturday’s concert at the Robins Theatre may be the last opportunity for local fans to see Average White Band live. Alan Gorrie, a founding member whose bass lines and / or guitar riffs propelled the ...