ROBBIE McINTOSH
Robbie McIntosh (6 May 1950 – 23 September 1974) was a Scottish drummer from Dundee, who was a founder member of the Average White Band. Before going on to help found AWB in 1971-72, McIntosh had been a member of the late 1960s bands The Senate with Alex Ligertwood, and Mal and the Primitives, followed by Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express, appearing on the band’s early albums Oblivion Express (1971), Better Land (1971) and Second Wind (1972). While working with AWB he also recorded two tracks which appear on the Herbie Mann album London Underground (1973). (More from Wikipedia)
Pick Withers’ replacement in the Primitives, Robbie McIntosh had been playing with Brian Auger in Italy. McIntosh is from Scotland and later turned up in the Scottish band Average White Band, who had a million-selling hit in 1974 with “Pick up the Pieces”.
(May 2015)
