Its first single, “The Cisco Kid” shipped gold and brought Harold Brown, Howard Scott, Lee Oskar, B.B Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan and The Late Papa Dee Allen and Charles Miller’s a following in the global Latin community that remains to this very day. In 1972 Harold Brown, Howard Scott, Lee Oskar, B.B Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan and The Late Papa Dee Allen and Charles Miller’s sound evolved with the release of The “World Is A Ghetto” album. The album's title track “Slippin’ Into Darkness” would be Harold Brown, Howard Scott, Lee Oskar, Morris B.B Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan and The Late Papa Dee Allen and Charles Miller’s first hit single, and their first hit single and first gold single with over 1 million album sales. Jimi Hendrix jammed with the group at Ronnie Scotts Jazz Club in London England on the 16th of September 1970, the same night that Jimi Hendrix transitioned over.Ī second Eric Burdon Harold Brown, Howard Scott, Lee Oskar, B.B Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan and The Late Papa Dee Allen and Charles Miller album, a two-disc set, The Black Mans Burdon, was released in 1970.Įric Burden parted ways and In late 1971 All Day Music was released. Musicians on both sides of the pond were buzzing about Eric Burdon, Harold Brown, Howard Scott, Lee Oskar, B.B Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan and The Late Papa Dee Allen and Charles Miller new band. “Spill The Wine” was an immediate World Wide Hit. We spoke out against gangs, crime, racism, hunger, turf wars, and violence of any kind whatsoever.Įric Burdon joined in and we began experimenting and blending our influences and sound styles that carried with it a phenomenal number of gold, platinum & multi-platinum awards which included the triple platinum The World Is A Ghetto, double platinum “WHY CAN’T WE BE FRIENDS” and Greatest Hits, platinum ”Deliver the Word”, “All Day Music”, “Galaxy”, and many more.Įric Burdon, Harold Brown, Howard Scott, Lee Oskar, Morris ‘B.B.’ Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan and The Late Papa Dee Allen and Charles Miller began playing live shows as Eric Burdon and WAR and soon found themselves playing for sold-out audiences throughout California that dovetailed into the studio to record their debut album and Eric Burdon Declaring. The voices and instruments were our weapons in hand and our songs were our ammo. Not just because of that, but also because of the name ‘WAR.’ That was a threat in some countries.It was 1969 when Harold Brown, Howard Scott, Lee Oskar, B.B Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan and The Late Papa Dee Allen & Charles Miller made a powerful statement musically at a time when peace was the slogan in an anti-Vietnam U.S.A. The vision was to spread a message of brotherhood and harmony as each band member was and still is to this day a #soldierofpeace. Unfortunately, we weren’t able to go to places like South Africa and other countries because of the blend in the group. Most of the groups were identified by genre. “You didn’t have a lot of bands like us that played a variety of music,” he said in an interview with Pollstar. “It’s just as (relevant) today.”įounding member Lonnie Jordan said, in the early days, it was difficult to put a name on the band’s eclectic and varied style of music, and even more difficult to explain it. We spoke out against racism, hunger, gangs, crimes, and turf wars, as we embraced all people with hope and the spirit of brotherhood,” the band’s bio reads. “Our instruments and voices became our weapons of choice and the songs our ammunition. Expressing their viewpoint had been part of the band’s identity since the late 1960s when they were originally known as The Creators. “Why Can’t We Be Friends” called out race and class discrimination and it wasn’t the first time WAR married political messaging and music. The band had yet to reach the pinnacle of its success, however, and followed up in 1975 with their third studio album “Why Can’t We Be Friends.” Featuring recognizable songs like “Don’t Let No One Get You Down,” “Low Rider,” and “Why Can’t We Be Friends,” the album was a hit, and also put WAR in the spotlight for breaking down barriers through their music. This year marks the 50th Anniversary of their release of the best-selling album of 1973, “The World is a Ghetto” featuring the hit songs “Cisco Kid” and “The World is a Ghetto.” – More than five decades have gone by since the musical crossover band WAR began rocking.
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