Average White Band: how we made Pick Up the Pieces

‘Funk fans would come and see us and say, “Hey – you’re white!”’People were always asking us: “How on earth did a bunch of white Scotsmen end up playing black American funk in the 1970s?” Well, we were all into James Brown – but a lot of it was down to our drummer, Robbie McIntosh. If the music wasn’t funky, he wouldn’t play. He was an absolute groove-master, which was strange for a guy from Dundee. Continue reading...