Average White Band- Pick Up the Pieces

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Now this is funk, and from an Irish band in the 70s no less - read the write up below if you want to know more:

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Here is a write up from Mix in 2001:

Aug 1, 2001 12:00 PM

There was something audacious about it: a group from Scotland calling itself The Average White Band. If the funk don't fly, then the honky jokes surely will. But these guys had clearly absorbed their share of James Brown, The Stax roster and the essence of American R&B. They could really play. Still, when AWB was formed in 1972, the music industry was starting to move away from the dance-based funk that was the group's specialty, and there was little reason to believe that within a few years they would be riding the charts with a Number One debut album and a Number One single, “Pick Up the Pieces.”

“The band was put together in London,” says rhythm guitarist Onnie McIntyre. “Glam rock was big — David Bowie, Gary Glitter and makeup were the rage. On the other side of the scale was progressive rock. A leftover from the days of Clapton and Hendrix, progressive rock consisted of endless guitar solos and an audience holding up matches as a tribute to their heroes. We formed the band as a reaction against the whole thing.”

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Source: Mix