Scottish musician, tenor sax player, and singer, best known as a member of the group, Average White Band (AWB). Most of the group were already veterans of bands of the ’60s before their initial debut in July 1972. Their opening act for Eric Clapton in 1973 and a debut album, “Show Your Hand,” was a very slow start and the band did not achieve much success until 1974 with the release of another album, “Pick Up the Pieces.” The record’s huge success was tempered by the 23 September 1974 death of band member Robbie McIntosh, who died at a Hollywood party after overdosing on strychnine-laced heroin.
The band continued tours throughout the UK and US with moderate success of songs hitting the charts, top 40’s to top 10’s until 1980, with a few reunion reappearances in 1989.
Duncan recorded with Ray Charles, Tom Petty, Buddy Guy, Ben E. King, Dire Straits, Bryan Ferry and many others and played live with artists including Marvin Gaye, Chaka Khan and Eric Clapton. In the late 1990s and early 2000s he collaborated with many drum and bass artists, including Intense, of which his son Dan Duncan is a member. These recordings were mostly released on the Good Looking Records label.
He collaborated with other studio musicians to form Knee Deep, a funk and fusion group; and Cold Sweat and the Horny Horns.
In July 2015, Duncan, along, with Steve Ferrone and Hamish Stuart reunited to form The 360 Band. This was in essence one half of the original Average White Band. They released an album Three Sixty in 2017 and performed live together along with supporting musicians.
Duncan died on 8 October 2019, aged 74, shortly after it had been announced that he had been diagnosed with terminal cancer.
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