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The Average White Band are best known for their classic 1974 instrumental hit, “Pick Up the Pieces.” While that song has proved defining, the scope of the Scottish funk and R&B band’s nearly four-decade-long career is considerably wider, including some 20 albums and several Grammy nominations. More recently, they have been introduced to young audiences as one of the most sampled bands of their generation, appearing on tracks by Ice Cube, Kool Keith, Public Enemy, Eric B and Rakim, and Jurassic 5, among many others. Sample their sounds for yourself when the band stops by the Tupelo Music Hall in White River Junction this Sunday.