The following is from the South Orange Performing Arts Center:
Renowned Funk performers, Average White Band, will make a return appearance on the SOPAC stage November 10 at 7:30 p.m. The band is perhaps most widely known for their instrumental mega-hits “Pick up the Pieces” and “Cut the Cake.”
Their strength lay in their consistent accomplished song-writing, stretching across several gold-selling albums and multi-Grammy Award nominations for the legendary Atlantic Records. The band draws their influences from their R&B heroes – people like Marvin Gaye, James Brown, and Donny Hathaway – and they began to develop their own authentic sound which was eagerly adopted by audiences in the U.S. and elsewhere.
While a good number of their songs such as “Cut the Cake” and “Let’s Go Round Again” became hit singles, many other album tracks, like “Schoolboy Crush” and “Stop the Rain” still became popular but are well known as sampled grooves. Many more tunes, such as “Cloudy,” and “A Love of Your Own,” among others, stand alongside some of the finest Soul album tracks ever recorded.
Average White Band’s founding members Alan Gorrie and Onnie McIntyre, as well as newer American additions, continue to record and tour throughout the world to ongoing critical and audience acclaim. The band’s latest release, AWB R&B, a live CD, was recorded in Austin, Texas in September of 2015.
Average White Band plays SOPAC November 10 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $38-$50 and can be purchased online at SOPACnow.org, or by calling the box office at (973) 313-2787.
Where: South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC), 1 SOPAC Way, South Orange, NJ, 07079.
Tickets: $38-$50 To purchase tickets, contact SOPAC at (973) 313-2787 or visit www.SOPACnow.org.
Media Contact: Dee Billia, dee@sopacnow.org (973) 382-1031
