How many all White Bands can go on Soul Train and Jam with an all Black Audience? This Group broke all kinds of Barriers. I'm Black and I love em. Thank you for your wonderful Music thru the Years. Your not "Average " just "Great"!! Note: Drummer Steve Ferrone a Brotha was with the Band in the 1970's and left the Band afterwards.
And then, who cares about pompous ceremonials, when you can still listen to their absolute funky gems in this year 2019, and then again, and again as you please! ;D
Know what's REALLY impressive, they went live!. The majority of acts on Soul Train lip-synched, AWB wasn't having it. They ripped the stage up, well done.
I had the privilege of seeing Average White Band in Houston when I was 19 yrs old. They were the bomb!!!! Who would think Scotland produced such a classic funk sound!!! They had the crowd rocking so much they performed Pick Up the Pieces twice!!! They got a well deserved standing ovation!!!! An experience of a lifetime I will never forget!!!!
Funny that often you saw Alan Gorrie (lead and guitar here) on bass and Hamish Stuart on guitar. They traded depending on the song (and possibly who was singing lead).
@@SkammLykelee Hamish makes this for me, I can't stop chuckling, respectfully, at his Soul dancing & Chicken-Neck moves. 😂 - He's definitely having plenty of fun *_!_*
My parents, RIP, were jazz musos. My stepfather taught me everything I know about bass and electric guitar. They adored the Average White Band!!!! Cut the Cake for me is both seminal and pure funk!
One of the things that make this band/performance so good is how in the pocket they are and how relaxed they are playing that they give this groove an almost lazy feel, when you can play like that you are made!
As a rock-n-roller, I loved watching Soul Train in the 1970s when I was playing electric bass full time in my 20s. Learned how to play funk, soul and slap bass from bands like Mother's FInest, EWF, Parliament/Funkadelics, Tower of Power, and Sly and the Family Stone(d)... :-)
Amen! I grew up in the 70's and this song captures the essence of the era. Cut the Cake is a classic; it makes you want to get up and dance. The rhythm, chords, and melody are what make this song what it is- funky, lively, and timeless.
He is a monster. And if you listen to the combination of the lead signer's clean guitar parts and the bass, it's just so tight and so syncopated. They are almost a single instrument. Then the rhythm player is filling all the cracks perfectly. Throw in a really tight drummer and it's just ridiculous how tight and funky it is.
Indeed, Indeed, but that's not all there is to say about Hamish Stuart. He sings extremely well while playing bass, which is arguably the most difficult instrument to sing along with while playing. AND his body grooves beautifully doing all that. It's a pity that he envisioned a greater carrier for himself around the end of the 70s and went on to be Macca bass player, because he and Alan Gorrie had a winning duo of composers-lyricists-instrumentists, and they could readily exchange bass and guitar from one tune to another. Plus, as you underlined, Dean, Steve Ferrone on drums is impeccable in this group, he's tight Indeed but not just that, he's cool and easy, there's "elasticity" in his drumming: he bounces and makes us wanna bounce too, while being very precise on the beat. A joy to listen to to this day. And Alan Gorrie has carried on the group into the 2000s, managing to remain fresh in the great funk still produced. :))
I saw this great band during their heyday in 1976 at a concert in Phoenix Arizona. They were by no means 'average". It was a mixed crowd of admirers just having a ball listening to their funky music. Their hit "Pick Up the Pieces" had people dancing in the aisles. It was great music.
Do you think they look at this and wonder why a million and a half people have listened to their song but cant be bothered to take a nanosecond to click thumbs up?? Maybe all those peoples parents did not teach them to say thanksalot. Saw the band at Fillmore West in 1969 while going to Cal Berkeley...........GREAT times back then
I love it when a band like AWB attracts a diverse audience of fans. When I look to see who is playing my music on RadioAirplay (people in countries like Iran and Russia), I realize that music has the capability to unite the world in peace. It is a shame we can't use it to do just that.
Glad you said it that way. Most artists absolutely hated to lip-synch, and they were awful at it too. A lot of people today don't realize that it was the TV producers who made that choice, not the artist or band.
Huh, really, all of there baselines are from James brown. How can you be the best band when all of your samples are from the godfather. They are good, buy I can put many other bands before them
Get these guys in the R&R Hall of Fame...they deserve it!!!Funk is funk....color, class, gender.....play that guitar!! Back in the day,,I heard them on the radio, I could have sworn they were Brothers....goes to show....Music is music,!!!! Cut the cake..indeed!!!
Yes, great live performance. Not saying you don't know this, but many people think the lip-synching common in the 60's and 70's was because the bands wanted to do it. It was usually the producers of the TV shows who made that choice. it was cheaper and easier and some felt that people preferred to hear the record. Most artists HATED to lip-synch.
Ive been a fan since 77 and watching them perform on these videos are still mind blowing, who knew some farmer john looking white guys could be an get down so funky! I love em!!
When they first arrive in America, folks were confused, from the sound of their record they never thought it was a white scottish band doing funk, soul and r&b. LOL
Eisen Yeo We had KC and the Sunshine Band and Wild Cherry already. With a name like Average White Band, we didn't have to guess their color. Funk wasn't a black only genre any way.
Saw AWB in Columbus, Ohio at the Agora, in the early 1970’s and what brought me there was Alan Gories previous band Forever More. Man, wish I could find a copy of that album!
My late parents were friends with Hamish Stewart’s parents. I remember seeing the gold disc for ‘Pick up the pieces’ hanging in their living room wall in Tarbert
Cole Holland yeah haha i also love how is afro stays in the shot long after his face. An the girl to the left is lookin at him like "chill the fuck out man"
There’s nothing ‘average’ about the lads from Scotland; nor anything particularly ‘white’ about their music. Yet, they’re hit makers, multi-million dollar sellers, and one of the most sampled bands in the industry; because of #1 hits like this.
Top 40 radio of the 70s was incredible (pre disco). One one station you would hear Billy Preston, Elton John, the Carpenters, Jim Stafford, Jerry Reed, AWB, Paul McCartney all within 15 minutes.
I LOVED them!!! so funky! I was 14 at the time and I used to watch Soul Train to learn how to do the latest dances! It was awesome to see so many great bands! I knew I was gonna be a lifelong funk lover! tysm 4 the trip down memory lane! :D
Yes an amazing band played some very funky music. We where friends of their manager(GRHS) and just before they head out to the US, the first time we were invited to their gig at Manchester Polytechnic. At that time hardly anyone had heard them anywhere. They were unbelieable, there was nothing like them at that time, or since really. Before they came on I was introduced to them in their dressing room. Great ordinary guys and they always had some tequila in their before a gig. Not sure how much I understood what they where saying at the time though. But hey this was the 70s and you know what they say. "If you remember the 70s you weren't there". Still listen to them too . Thanks for this great video and flashback in time.
I have never missed seeing them. I've traveled as far as Akron Ohio to see them. When they were here with Cameo at Black Expo I went and they came to Studio 54 in Castleton right there VIP seats the best Hamish hook back up with Alan and the boys.
I used to watch Soul Train every saturday morning and wait for the Soul Train Dancers line dance. I'm white and got dance moves there. That was the jam. AWB ROCKS!!!
Great live performance by AWB. A lot of people have the wrong idea about the lip-synching on Soul Train, American Bandstand and other shows of that time. It wasn't the artists who chose to do that, it was the producers of the shows. It was less expensive and they felt audiences wanted to hear the sound quality of the recorded versions. Remember music videos didn't exist back then. Most acts hated to lip-synch and most were terrible at it.
Thanks for uploading, great track. further to the threads below sheena Easton, another scot, appeared on soul train. Isley brothers thought LULU was black when they heard her sing Shout and not a wee 15 year old Glasgow girl.Emeli Sandé was brought up in Aberdeen since age of 4. Soul music especially Motown and Northern soul is huge in Scotland and sold tons right from the early 60's
Alan and Hamish have such an exceptional attuned vocal duo, so educated in soul- and funk-culture, that I find myself just as floored by them today as in the 70s. They're the epitomy of Funk, their songs are artfully constructed like musical and rythmical "marketry", that elicit wonderment and full joy -- up until today! :))
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As a musician, it's great to see the band really playing and singing this classic LIVE!!! Pure 70's funk!
Agreed!
: ) As a fellow musician, I agree. It really is great to see...A rarity from the era...Tower of Power does it live on there too; ( what is hip) ...
and to perfection!
and straight out of Scotland.
How many all White Bands can go on Soul Train and Jam with an all Black Audience? This Group broke all kinds of Barriers. I'm Black and I love em. Thank you for your wonderful Music thru the Years. Your not "Average " just "Great"!! Note: Drummer Steve Ferrone a Brotha was with the Band in the 1970's and left the Band afterwards.
Not all white. Steve Ferrone (the drummer) is black. He joined after the first drummer OD'd.
think the drummers black
True but they weren't all white.
The man holding down the bottom funk is a brother. SF.
AWB was the #2 funkiest so called white band behind Tower of Power who had 2 bad brothers CT and LW.
Thank you for your music
It's a Shame this Band is still not in the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame!! One of the Greatest Bands Ever!!
And then, who cares about pompous ceremonials, when you can still listen to their absolute funky gems in this year 2019, and then again, and again as you please! ;D
They are in our hearts. Which is where it really matters....
Because they sounded Too Black. Fact! Keeping it real!
@ianh Do your homework if your brain can handle it..And find out who their main influences were from their own mouths!
James Brown...Aretha Franklin.
Start a petition to get them in.
I'll be the first to sign..
Know what's REALLY impressive, they went live!. The majority of acts on Soul Train lip-synched, AWB wasn't having it. They ripped the stage up, well done.
well put!
And they’re white
@@shootermcgavin2026 Wow, you are very observant, we would have never known that.
Now please go away.
Just tight
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For a bunch of guys from Scotland, they definitely had it going on!!!!! I'm still listening 🎶to their 1st album. It never gets old!!
I had the privilege of seeing Average White Band in Houston when I was 19 yrs old. They were the bomb!!!! Who would think Scotland produced such a classic funk sound!!! They had the crowd rocking so much they performed Pick Up the Pieces twice!!! They got a well deserved standing ovation!!!! An experience of a lifetime I will never forget!!!!
@@curlyqgirlygirly6540 I was able to see them back in 1975 at Sacramento Civic Center about the time their 2nd album came out. It was a great show!!
All but one were from Scotland.except Drummer Stephen Ferorne. He was from Brighton. Great band!
I grew up in the 70s and I think we had the best music growing up. 💯
Crazy! You look about 21. I’m from Pittsburgh too. Lots of love. 😚
I woke up in the 70's
Thank you Scotland for creating the funk meisters known as Average White Band!
when i first heard this song, i was a small boy and a thought the singers were black.
Hamish Stuart on bass and Steve Ferrone on drums
....absolutely killing it
legendary Feronne, and try to follow THAT cat on....g'luck :P
Indeed
Funny that often you saw Alan Gorrie (lead and guitar here) on bass and Hamish Stuart on guitar. They traded depending on the song (and possibly who was singing lead).
@@SkammLykelee Hamish makes this for me, I can't stop chuckling, respectfully, at his Soul dancing & Chicken-Neck moves. 😂 - He's definitely having plenty of fun *_!_*
My parents, RIP, were jazz musos. My stepfather taught me everything I know about bass and electric guitar. They adored the Average White Band!!!! Cut the Cake for me is both seminal and pure funk!
The Average White Band was one of the greatest bands of that time! I loved them!
+earl Covington so do I
They were underrated as hell!! Still in my playlist rotation
That bass player is AWESOME!!! Groovy!!! And he moves great too. 🕺🕺 🎸🎵🎶
That's Hamish Stuart, with his daughter Emma here: /watch?v=FkhpXPzHpBo
And he wasn't even the regular bassist. The guy singing and playing guitar on this played bass the most.
One of the things that make this band/performance so good is how in the pocket they are and how relaxed they are playing that they give this groove an almost lazy feel, when you can play like that you are made!
Excellent analogy of their groove!
Probably the only Scotsmen ever to appear on Soul Train!
tuttt99:Not a Scot, but Elton John also appeared on Soul Train when "Bennie And The Jets" was a hit.
@@mrmusic248 English is na Scottish
@ Climax blues band are from Stafford in England
Captain and Tennille also appeared on Soul Train.
"Probably"???
Bad Ass White Boys! And when l first heard them l was hooked! On All their jams!
As a rock-n-roller, I loved watching Soul Train in the 1970s when I was playing electric bass full time in my 20s. Learned how to play funk, soul and slap bass from bands like Mother's FInest, EWF, Parliament/Funkadelics, Tower of Power, and Sly and the Family Stone(d)... :-)
Amen! I grew up in the 70's and this song captures the essence of the era. Cut the Cake is a classic; it makes you want to get up and dance. The rhythm, chords, and melody are what make this song what it is- funky, lively, and timeless.
Man O Man I miss the 70's !
In 1976 our High school jazz band did a version of this that was just the bomb! 😎
My HS did the same with Pick Up the Pieces.
I believe this is one of just a handful of live performances on Soul Train.
True and the best!
I know I've seen the Isleys, I think Mandrill, maybe one or two others pull it off.
No faking it here, it's the real deal.This is rare for soul train.Awb can flat out play.
I used this as the song my husband and I cut our wedding cake to. It was a huge hit!
We did that too....great song
I used it for family birthdays for about 5 years, Cut the Cake please.
nice!
WHAT UNTIL YOU REALIZED IT WAS ABOUT COKE
so sad to hear the engine room of AWB Malcolm “Molly” Duncan died today....sad loss
that is some insane bass! Great stuff!
He is a monster. And if you listen to the combination of the lead signer's clean guitar parts and the bass, it's just so tight and so syncopated. They are almost a single instrument. Then the rhythm player is filling all the cracks perfectly. Throw in a really tight drummer and it's just ridiculous how tight and funky it is.
Indeed, Indeed, but that's not all there is to say about Hamish Stuart. He sings extremely well while playing bass, which is arguably the most difficult instrument to sing along with while playing. AND his body grooves beautifully doing all that.
It's a pity that he envisioned a greater carrier for himself around the end of the 70s and went on to be Macca bass player, because he and Alan Gorrie had a winning duo of composers-lyricists-instrumentists, and they could readily exchange bass and guitar from one tune to another.
Plus, as you underlined, Dean, Steve Ferrone on drums is impeccable in this group, he's tight Indeed but not just that, he's cool and easy, there's "elasticity" in his drumming: he bounces and makes us wanna bounce too, while being very precise on the beat.
A joy to listen to to this day. And Alan Gorrie has carried on the group into the 2000s, managing to remain fresh in the great funk still produced. :))
I saw this great band during their heyday in 1976 at a concert in Phoenix Arizona. They were by no means 'average". It was a mixed crowd of admirers just having a ball listening to their funky music. Their hit "Pick Up the Pieces" had people dancing in the aisles. It was great music.
Do you think they look at this and wonder why a million and a half people have listened to their song but cant be bothered to take a nanosecond to click thumbs up?? Maybe all those peoples parents did not teach them to say thanksalot. Saw the band at Fillmore West in 1969 while going to Cal Berkeley...........GREAT times back then
Saw them in Glasgow/Ayr in '68 Home town boys. Glad you all (y'all?) got to enjoy their music too 🤝
Good manners cost nothing.
Back to the music...
One of the GREATEST BANDS in the history of R&B...PERIOD!
Folks don’t get to experience live bands actually playing instruments and singing in concerts today.. so much fun the 70s💯✌🏾
Tragically So
I love it when a band like AWB attracts a diverse audience of fans. When I look to see who is playing my music on RadioAirplay (people in countries like Iran and Russia), I realize that music has the capability to unite the world in peace. It is a shame we can't use it to do just that.
I go back to 1974 with this group,my life has been more than expected,thank you god.feb2020.
One of the classics! 🥰 When I was a kid I thought they were really talking about cake!😆
And they let them actually play instead making them of lip sync. And they sound just as tight as the record. Bad ass!
Glad you said it that way. Most artists absolutely hated to lip-synch, and they were awful at it too. A lot of people today don't realize that it was the TV producers who made that choice, not the artist or band.
One of Scotland's best bands ever!
Lois I thought bay city rollers might be in with a shout on that one...and then of course there was Andy Stewart and the white Heather club!!!!
One of Britain's best bands ever. Fact!
One of? Please! THE cream of the crop.
Acdc?
@@Destro_888Australian band (even though most of the members were transplanted Brits)
It's so funky in here, the whole place is stankin'!
Beautiful 70 s ! Best time of my life still cutting the cake away awesome!
This has been one of my favorite bands since the 1970's and in 2021 there's still no match!!!
AWB are still touring too.
Huh, really, all of there baselines are from James brown. How can you be the best band when all of your samples are from the godfather. They are good, buy I can put many other bands before them
One of my all time favorite groups. Being a drummer I learned this in 1975 and can still play it today. Fantastic!
Get these guys in the R&R Hall of Fame...they deserve it!!!Funk is funk....color, class, gender.....play that guitar!! Back in the day,,I heard them on the radio, I could have sworn they were Brothers....goes to show....Music is music,!!!! Cut the cake..indeed!!!
I lived during the 70's still listen to the music.
Love this with Steve Ferrone on da drums, classic AWB!
And once you've cut the cake, it's time to pick up the pieces!
I agree they should be inducted into the hall of fame. I grew up listening to these guy's & I still do.
Great live performance! A lot of groups lip-synced. One of the best bands in the '70s.
Yes, great live performance. Not saying you don't know this, but many people think the lip-synching common in the 60's and 70's was because the bands wanted to do it. It was usually the producers of the TV shows who made that choice. it was cheaper and easier and some felt that people preferred to hear the record. Most artists HATED to lip-synch.
@@SkammLykelee Then again some only sounded good in the studio and sucked LIVE on stage
@@furion.. Very true. Some were even better live.
Others had their limitations exposed when performing live.
I just love this. Hamish is soooo smooth when he's moving. Can't take my eyes off him!
AWB was on Soul Train. That tells you right there. They were the bomb of soul music and funk in the 70s. No question.
Saw them at the Spectrum in Philadelphia they tore it UP
Ive been a fan since 77 and watching them perform on these videos are still mind blowing, who knew some farmer john looking white guys could be an get down so funky! I love em!!
CLASSIC FUNK!
I want some cake very nice song and music
Peter Wesley Bastone PURE Funk
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Nasci em 81 e hoje estou descobrindo muitas bandas como essa. Obrigado por postar. Música boa é atemporal.
They were an awesome live band , saw em in Seattle and were all over the radio at that time ....
That drummer and that snare. DAMN!
Growing up in the 70's my dad would always tell my mom to cut the cake right after dinner. He loved dessert.
When they first arrive in America, folks were confused, from the sound of their record they never thought it was a white scottish band doing funk, soul and r&b. LOL
Stank in here
Eisen Yeo We had KC and the Sunshine Band and Wild Cherry already. With a name like Average White Band, we didn't have to guess their color. Funk wasn't a black only genre any way.
I was a teenager when they were on Soul Train. I still mixed them up with Earth Wind & Fire sometimes back then.
@@EmpressOfWyoming58 kc not nearly as funky
gimmie,gimmie,gimmie,gimmie,gimmie,gimmie,gimmie,gimmie,gimmie that cake. Music like this is meant to last forever&will be remembered
Saw AWB in Columbus, Ohio at the Agora, in the early 1970’s and what brought me there was Alan Gories previous band Forever More. Man, wish I could find a copy of that album!
fuckin BADASS groove....What a band....
Had this album cover on my wall when I was 14 and thought all the songs were “naughty!’
Love AWB.
Awesome track! Absolutely love it !!!!!!!!
Happy 50th Anniversary to this song! It is included my Dave’s Basement Tracks celebration Volume 2 Edition no. 330. Thanks for sharing a great video.
Performed live in the studio....damn good!
Stuart and Gorrie always sounded great together.
My late parents were friends with Hamish Stewart’s parents. I remember seeing the gold disc for ‘Pick up the pieces’ hanging in their living room wall in Tarbert
My high school jazz band played this and Pick Up the Pieces really well!! One of the alto saxophone player was Kenny G!!
These guys were Scottish but had much respect all over the world fantastic band totally underrated
You mean totally rated.
I wish i had as much swag as the guy dancing at 2:00
Made me laugh so hard man
Cole Holland yeah haha i also love how is afro stays in the shot long after his face. An the girl to the left is lookin at him like "chill the fuck out man"
-Concert was groovin until Freddy got too coked out and lost control of his moves, we had to get the fk outta there..
:-) :-)
Sizzlin funk!!
The funk infects all creeds of people.
Sexy song and sound. My 1975 summer music. When I was 17 it was a very good year.
I like you
CLASSIC AWB - this was the JAM!!
loved this group in the 70's & still do in 2023 !
Makes me wish I was 10 years old again. I miss that era
What an honor to be on Soul Train.
These brothers are FUNKY. WOW!
From Scotland.
Always just a great experience, listening to AWB!
How is this not a HUGE wedding song? So fitting - CUT THE CAKE!
Brings me back to my college days….bell bottoms and all!
There’s nothing ‘average’ about the lads from Scotland; nor anything particularly ‘white’ about their music. Yet, they’re hit makers, multi-million dollar sellers, and one of the most sampled bands in the industry; because of #1 hits like this.
Great music from high school days..what the world could use more of.
THE 70'S WAS A GREAT TIME TO BE YOUNG AND JAM AND 2024 STILL.AND 2025 IN DAYS
I agree. I still listen to them.
From New Zealand you have given the funky groove that is a gift to all that have the funky thank you
It really was a golden age for music. :)
A Great 👍 band that should be in the rock and roll 🎸 hall of fame!
I will never be as cool as the guy dancing at 2:00
The AWB..kickin' it LIVE ON SOULLLL TRAIN!
One of the tightest funk bands ever - and from Scotland - what a sound!
Such a great funk-mover... Cheers!
Top 40 radio of the 70s was incredible (pre disco). One one station you would hear Billy Preston, Elton John, the Carpenters, Jim Stafford, Jerry Reed, AWB, Paul McCartney all within 15 minutes.
I LOVED them!!! so funky! I was 14 at the time and I used to watch Soul Train to learn how to do the latest dances! It was awesome to see so many great bands! I knew I was gonna be a lifelong funk lover! tysm 4 the trip down memory lane! :D
everybody is talking about Hillary or the Trump Train and I'm just like bring back the Soul Train
I remember Boney James on Soul Train and I thought he was black
Get on that soul train fam
Still remember when they came on the spot, NO WAY IN HELL COULD THEY BE WHITE!!! was we wrong, BUT WE TOOK THEM TO HEART IN NO TIME
LOL I thought the same thing...and I'm white!!
Tower of power also..Chicago.KC..Wild Cherryetc etc
@@soulvaccination8679 INDEED RE: T.O.P. !!
me too lmao
@Hugh Jarse scots guards drums
Great music remember a great fun from this cut
The funky Scots kikin' it LIVE on Soul Train. Didn't see many LIVE performances on Soul Train period!
Love AWB!!! Saw this Band when i was a teeenager in Jacksonville,fla.
Love to see real bands that actually play instruments and music 🎶🎷🎶🎸🎶🥁🎤🎶
They have so much soul 💕
Yes an amazing band played some very funky music. We where friends of their manager(GRHS) and just before they head out to the US, the first time we were invited to their gig at Manchester Polytechnic. At that time hardly anyone had heard them anywhere. They were unbelieable, there was nothing like them at that time, or since really. Before they came on I was introduced to them in their dressing room. Great ordinary guys and they always had some tequila in their before a gig. Not sure how much I understood what they where saying at the time though. But hey this was the 70s and you know what they say. "If you remember the 70s you weren't there". Still listen to them too . Thanks for this great video and flashback in time.
Love them! Timeless!
I have never missed seeing them. I've traveled as far as Akron Ohio to see them. When they were here with Cameo at Black Expo I went and they came to Studio 54 in Castleton right there VIP seats the best Hamish hook back up with Alan and the boys.
I used to watch Soul Train every
saturday morning and wait for the
Soul Train Dancers line dance. I'm
white and got dance moves there.
That was the jam. AWB ROCKS!!!
Great live performance by AWB. A lot of people have the wrong idea about the lip-synching on Soul Train, American Bandstand and other shows of that time. It wasn't the artists who chose to do that, it was the producers of the shows. It was less expensive and they felt audiences wanted to hear the sound quality of the recorded versions. Remember music videos didn't exist back then. Most acts hated to lip-synch and most were terrible at it.
Thanks for uploading, great track. further to the threads below sheena Easton, another scot, appeared on soul train. Isley brothers thought LULU was black when they heard her sing Shout and not a wee 15 year old Glasgow girl.Emeli Sandé was brought up in Aberdeen since age of 4. Soul music especially Motown and Northern soul is huge in Scotland and sold tons right from the early 60's
Alan and Hamish have such an exceptional attuned vocal duo, so educated in soul- and funk-culture, that I find myself just as floored by them today as in the 70s. They're the epitomy of Funk, their songs are artfully constructed like musical and rythmical "marketry", that elicit wonderment and full joy -- up until today! :))