Alan Gorrie is a Scottish

Scottish people

The Scottish people , or Scots, are a nation and ethnic group native to Scotland. Historically they emerged from an amalgamation of the Picts and Gaels, incorporating neighbouring Britons to the south as well as invading Germanic peoples such as the Anglo-Saxons and the Norse.In modern use,...

 bassist

Bassist

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, guitarist

Guitarist

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, keyboardist

Keyboardist

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 and singer. He is a founding member of the Average White Band and remains one of two original members in the group's current line-up.

Having previously played in Forever More

Forever More (band)

Forever More was a late 1960s and early 1970s Scottish progressive rock band, featuring Alan Gorrie and Onnie Mair , who would later go on to form the Average White Band...

, Gorrie and Onnie McIntyre formed the Average White Band in Glasgow

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

 in 1971. They became a successful funk

Funk

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/R&B

Rhythm and blues

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 group

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, topping record chart

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s internationally with the AWB

AWB (album)

AWB is the second studio album by the Scottish funk and soul band Average White Band, released in August 1974 . An enormous best-seller, AWB was the Average White Band's breakthrough record, stunning many listeners with its soul and funk coming from a Scottish band.AWB topped Billboard's Pop...

album

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 and "Pick Up the Pieces

Pick Up the Pieces

"Pick Up the Pieces" is a 1974 song by the Average White Band from their second album, AWB. The principal composer of the track was founding member and saxophonist Roger Ball. It was the group's most successful song, and features one of the most recognizable grooves in funk music...

" single

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. As part of Forever More, Gorrie appeared in Lindsay Shonteff's exploitation film, Permissive

Permissive

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Partial discography

• Yours - Forever More
  Yours - Forever More
  Yours - Forever More was the debut album of the Scottish progressive rock group Forever More. Recorded in 1969, it was released as a vinyl album in 1970...
  
  (1970)
• Words on Black Plastic (1970)
• Sleepless Nights (1985)