Alan Gorrie

Alan Edward Gorrie (born 19 July 1946, Perth, Scotland) is a Scottish bassist, guitarist, keyboardist and singer. He is a founding member of the Average White Band^[1] and remains one of two original members in the group's current line-up.^[2]

Having previously played in Forever More, Gorrie and Onnie McIntyre formed the Average White Band in Glasgow in 1971. They became a successful funk/R&B group, topping record charts internationally with the AWB album and "Pick Up the Pieces" single. As part of Forever More, Gorrie appeared in Lindsay Shonteff's exploitation film, Permissive.

Partial discography

Yours - Forever More (1970)
Words on Black Plastic (1970)
Sleepless Nights (1985)

References

↑ Wynn, Ron. "Biography: Alan Gorrie". Allmusic. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
↑ Alan Gorrie/Average White Band interview by Pete Lewis, 'Blues & Soul' August 2011

Average White Band

Alan Gorrie Onnie McIntyre Fred Vigdor Rocky Bryant Brent Carter Rob Aries Roger Ball Malcolm "Molly" Duncan Robbie McIntosh Michael Rosen Hamish Stuart Steve Ferrone Eliot Lewis Alex Ligertwood Tiger McNeil Peter Abbott Fred "Catfish" Alias Adam Deitch Brian Dunne Klyde Jones Morris Pleasure Monte Croft

Studio albums	Show Your Hand (1973) AWB (1974) Cut the Cake (1975) Soul Searching (1976) Benny and Us – with Ben E. King (1977) Warmer Communications (1978) Feel No Fret (1979) Shine (1980) Cupid's in Fashion (1982) Aftershock (1989) Soul Tattoo (1997) Living in Colour (2003)

Hit singles	"Pick Up the Pieces" (1974) "Cut the Cake" (1975) "If I Ever Lose this Heaven" (1975) "School Boy Crush" (1975) "Queen of My Soul" (1976) "A Love On Your Own" (1976) "Cloudy" (live version) (1977) "Get It Up" (1977) – with Ben E. King "Your Love Is A Miracle" (1978) "Walk On By" (1979) "When Will You Be Mine" (1979) "Let's Go Round Again" (1980) "For You, For Love" (1980) "Let's Go Round Again (remix)" (1994)

Contributions	Up – Morrissey–Mullen (1976) The Atlantic Family Live at Montreux (1977)

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 31607939 LCCN: no98018422 GND: 1020588675 MusicBrainz: ba42218e-c081-4b97-9f53-63f25efea3f0

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