The Senate were a White Soul cover band

Cover band

A cover band , is a band that plays mostly or exclusively cover songs. New or unknown bands often find the cover band format marketable for smaller gigs, and these bands may be known as a wedding band, party band and function band. A band whose covers consist mainly of songs that were chart hits is...

 active in Europe in the mid-late 1960s. This group included the late drummer Robbie McIntosh

Robbie McIntosh (drummer)

Robbie McIntosh was a Scottish drummer from Dundee, who was a founder-member of the Average White Band. His father was American born actor, Bonar Colleano, who had a successful career in films,especially in the U.K...

, who would later be a member of The Average White Band

The Average White Band

Average White Band is a Scottish funk and R&B band, who had a series of soul and disco hits between 1974 and 1980. They are best known for their million selling song, "Pick Up the Pieces". The band name was initially proposed by Bonnie Bramlett...

, and Alex Ligertwood

Alex Ligertwood

Alex Ligertwood is a Scottish singer, guitarist and drummer, best known as the lead vocalist of Santana...

 who went on to a successful career that included vocal work for Santana

Santana (band)

Santana is a rock band based around guitarist Carlos Santana and founded in the late 1960s. It first came to public attention after their performing the song "Soul Sacrifice" at the Woodstock Festival in 1969, when their Latin rock provided a contrast to other acts on the bill...

. The Senate released at least one recording on RCA Italia, titled Piper Club Dance, and distributed in Europe and Latin America (but not in the United States). The cover art of this album featured Italian actress Mita Medici.