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Average White Band at Yoshi's Oakland
Courtesy of Andrew Shepherd | Posted on October 25, 2012
Where
Yoshi's Oakland
510 Embarcadero West
Oakland, CA
Map
510-238-9200
When
Tue, November 13, 2012
8pm
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Musicians
About
AWB are widely regarded as one of the best soul and funk bands in the history of music. Though perhaps best known for their timeless instrumental mega-hit 'Pick Up the Pieces' the band's strength actually lay in their consistently accomplished song- writing, stretching across several gold selling albums and multi- grammy nominations for the legendary Atlantic Records. Somewhat incongruously, given their Scottish roots, the six piece took the influences of their R&B heroes - people like Marvin Gaye, James Brown, Donny Hathaway and others - and developed their own 'authentic' sound which was eagerly adopted by black audiences in the US and elsewhere...