Average White Band (also AWB) is a Scottish funk and R&B band that had a series of soul and disco hits between 1974 and 1980.

Cut the Cake is the third album released by Average White Band, released in 1975. This album's hit title track reached on the Billboard pop singles chart. The follow-up album to the immensely successful AWB in 1974, recording was plagued by creative and artistic differences, with several members of the band walking out of the studio on three occasions. One point of conflict was the band's mourning for original drummer, Robbie McIntosh, who died of a heroin overdose in 1974.

The Average White Band (also AWB) are a Scottish funk and R&B band that had a series of soul and disco hits between 1974 and 1980. They are best known for their million-selling instrumental track "Pick Up the Pieces", and their albums AWB and Cut the Cake

The Average White Band is (L-R). Cliff Lyons - Alto sax, keyboards, vocals. Rob Aries - Keyboard, bass. Whilst a good number of cuts - 'Cut The Cake' and 'Let's Go 'Round Again' to name but two - attracted chart action as hit singles, many other album tracks, like 'Schoolboy Crush' and 'Person to Person' became much sampled and turn-tabled 'rare' grooves. Many more tunes, such as 'Cloudy', 'A Love Of Your Own' and 'Nothing You Can Do' - amongst many others- stand alongside some of the finest soul 'album tracks' ever recorded. 1975 The album AWB gains ‘Gold’ status (N. on Billboard Pop and R&B Album Charts) ‘Pick Up The Pieces’ (N. Billboard pop single) becomes a worldwide hit and receives a Grammy Nomination - 'Best R&B Instrumental Performance'. Now with black Brighton-born drummer Steve Ferrone on drums, the follow up Cut The Cake album is released.

All lyrics from AWB album, popular Average White Band songs with tracklist and information about album. by Average White Band. Nothing You Can Do Lyrics. Just Wanna Love You Tonight Lyrics. Keepin' It To Myself Lyrics.

The Average White Band's original drummer, Robbie McIntosh, died of a heroin overdose in 1974, and the surviving members were still in mourning when they started working on their third album, Cut the Cake (which originally came out on LP in 1975). Steve Ferrone, a black drummer from London, England, was hired as a replacement - ironically, he became the first black member of a Scottish soul/funk band that had a very African-American sound and a largely African-American following. AWB's members certainly don't sound like they're in mourning on Cut the Cake. If anything, they honor McIntosh's memory by showing their resilience and delivering one of their finest, most engaging albums.

The Average White Band chronology. Show Your Hand (1973). Expanded 2CD re-issue cover. Nothing You Can Do" (Gorrie, Stuart, Ball) – 4:06. Just Wanna Love You Tonight" (Ball, Gorrie) – 3:57. Keepin' It to Myself" (Gorrie) – 3:52. I Just Can't Give You Up" (Stuart) – 3:24. There's Always Someone Waiting" (Gorrie) – 5:38. The Average White Band (also AWB) are a Scottish funk and R&B band that had a series of soul and disco hits between 1974 and 1980. They are best known for their million-selling instrumental track "Pick Up the Pieces", and their albums AWB and Cut the Cake. The band name was initially proposed by Bonnie Bramlett; the band backed Bramlett on her first solo outing, 1973's Sweet Bonnie Bramlett, an album that presaged the Disco movement, particularly with the track Crazy 'Bout My Baby played heavily in dance clubs.

Average White Band lyrics - 74 song lyrics sorted by album, including "School Boy Crush", "Pick Up The Pieces", "Person To Person". You Got It Got The Love Pick Up The Pieces Person To Person Work To Do Nothing You Can Do Just Wanna Love You Tonight Keepin' It To Myself I Just Can't Give You Up There's Always Someone Waiting. album: "Cut The Cake" (1975). Cut The Cake School Boy Crush It's A Mystery Groovin' The Night Away If I Ever Lose This Heaven Why High Flyin' Woman Cloudy How Sweet Can You Get When They Bring Down The Curtain.

Recording of this album was somewhat darkened by the accidental death of the band’s drummer, Robbie McIntosh, from overdosing, with a story that would be fairly typical for the rock hero party style of the time - an unfortunate side effect of normal . party entertainment, with someone accidentally substituting cocaine for heroin (could be from here that Quentin got the inspiration. The evil joker inside me wishes to state that the rest of the band were too stoned to notice anyway, and that is why they carried on like nothing happened, with Cut The Cake continuing in exactly the same vein as AWB; but, as a matter of fact, they did notice (if anything, Alan Gorrie nearly died as well in the same incident