Eric Burdon & War

About

War is an American funk/rock/soul/Latin band from Long Beach, California, known for several hit songs . Formed in 1969, War is a musical crossover band fusing elements of rock, funk, jazz, Latin, rhythm and blues, psychedelia, and reggae. According to music writer Colin Larkin, their “potent fusion of funk, R&B, rock and Latin styles produced a progressive soul sound”, while Martin C. Strong calls them “one of the fiercest progressive soul combos of the ’70s”. Their album The World Is a Ghetto was Billboard’s best-selling album of 1973. The band transcended racial and cultural barriers with a multi-ethnic line-up. War was subject to many line-up changes over the course of its existence, leaving member Leroy “Lonnie” Jordan as the only original member in the current line-up; four other members created a new group called the Lowrider Band.

Albums/Songs:

• American Dreams
• Starportrait
• Misunderstood
• House of the Rising Sun
• Rock & Pop Legends
• Nightwinds Dying
• Mirage
• Power Company
• Lost within the Halls of Fame
• ’Til Your River Runs Dry
• The Animals’ Greatest Hits: Sung by Eric Burdon
• My Secret Life
• Survivor
• Crawling King Snake
• Greatest Animal Hits
• Greatest Hits
• The Unreleased Eric Burdon
• Darkness – Darkness
• I Used to Be an Animal
• Rare Masters
• Mad Man
• Greatest Hits
• Guilty!
• Eric Burdon Sings the Animals Greatest Hits
• Soul of a Man

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