Несмотря на свое происхождение (Шотландия) "Average white band" достигли успеха, играя несвойственный для этой страны соул и фанк, характерные скорее для чернокожих музыкантов с берегов Миссисипи. В оригинальный состав "Средней белой банды" вошли опытные джазмены и ритм-энд-блюзовцы Алан Горри (р. 19 июля 1946, Глазго; вокал, бас), Хэмиш Стюарт (р. 8 октября 1949, Глазго; гитара), Оуэн "Онни" Макинтайр (р. 25 сентября 1945, Леннокстаун; гитара), Мальколм Дункан (р. 24 августа 1945, Монтроуз; тенор-саксофон), Роджер Болл (р. 4 июня 1944, Броти Ферри; клавишные, саксофон) и Робби Макинтош (р. 6 мая 1950, Данди, у. 23 сентября 1974, Калифорния; ударные).
Первую свою известность группа получила спустя год после своего образования благодаря сотрудничеству с Эриком Клэптоном. Тогда же вышел дебютный альбом, "Show your hand". Релиз имел неплохие отзывы, однако настоящий успех пришел с появлением "белого альбома", известного под названием "AWB".
Пластинка представляла собой прекрасный набор композиций, соединивший динамизм группы и хорошую продюсерскую работу Арифа Мардина. Оригинальная инструментальная вещица "Pick Up The Pieces" вошла как в британский, так и в американский Топ 10. Сам "AWB" также занял хорошие позиции в штатовских чартов. К сожалению, эйфория успеха была скомкана смертью Макинтоша, скончавшегося из-за передозировки героина. На третьем диске место за ударной установкой занял бывший участник "Bloodstone" Стив Феррон. "Cut The Cake" породил еще несколько хитов, прорвавшихся в чарты, но последующие релизы, несмотря на хорошее качество работы, не могли добиться коммерческого успеха. Интересен тот факт, что "Average white band" пользовались популярностью и у чернокожего населения. А альбом 1977 года "Benny & Us" был записан с одним из известнейших исполнителей "черной" музыки Беном Кингом.
Под конец 70-х фортуна стала потихоньку отворачиваться от ансамбля, да и интерес к фанку начал угасать. Выпустив еще несколько пластинок, в 1982 году группа распалась. Музыканты, последнее время частенько работавшие в сайд-проектах разбрелись в разные стороны.
Стив Феррон впоследствии появлялся в " Duran Duran", а Хэмиш Стюарт сотрудничал с Полом Маккартни во время тура "Flowers in the dirt". Как раз в это время "Average white band" реформировались, и Стюарт, связанный обязательствами, не смог участвовать в реюнионе. Из старичков остались Горри, Болл и Макинтайр, пригласившие в компанию молодого шотландца-вокалиста Алекса Лигертвуда и мультиинструменталиста Элиота Льюиса. Возрожденная "Средняя белая банда" выпустила неплохой альбом "Aftershock" и вновь исчезла с музыкального горизонта. Горри продолжил свою карьеру в качестве автора песен для других исполнителей.
Очередной камбэк "Average white band" состоялся в 1996-м, когда Горри, Болл, Макинтайр и Льюис при участии барабанщика Пита Эбботта записали "Soul Tattoo". Последовало турне, в течение которого команду покинул Болл, уступивший свое место Фреду Вигдору. А на следующий год за ударную установку вместо Эбботта уселся Фред Элиас.
Состав
Alan Gorrie - бас, вокал
Fred Vigdor - саксофон
Owen "Onnie" McIntyre - гитара
Eliot Lewis - клавишные
Fred "Catfish" Alias - ударные
Дискография
Show Your Hand - 1973
AWB - 1974
Cut The Cake - 1975
Soul Searching - 1976
Person To Person - 1976
Benny & Us - 1977
Warmer Communications - 1978
Feel No Fret - 1979
Shine - 1980
Volume VIII - 1980
Cupid's In Fashion - 1982
Sleepless Nights - 1985
Aftershock - 1989
Soul Tattoo - 1997
Face To Face - 1999
Living In Colour - 2003
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