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. The voices and instruments were our weapons in hand and our songs were our ammo. We spoke out against gangs, crime, racism, hunger, turf wars, and violence of any kind whatsoever.
Eric 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.
Eric 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. “Spill The Wine” was an immediate World Wide Hit.
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. 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.
A 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.
Eric Burden parted ways and In late 1971 All Day Music was released. 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.
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. 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. The #1 “The World Is A Ghetto” was voted Billboards Album of the Year.
Harold Brown, Howard Scott, Lee Oskar, B.B Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan and The Late Papa Dee Allen and Charles Miller’s next album, Deliver The Word (1973) selling nearly two million copies, contained hits “Gypsy Man”, “Me And My Baby Brother”, and a re-recording of "All Day Music".
It was 1975 when the “Why Can't We Be Friends?” album was released. It contained the hit title track, "Low-Rider” and "Don't Let No One Get You Down”. This year saw Harold Brown, Howard Scott, Lee Oskar, B.B Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan and The Late Papa Dee Allen and Charles Miller’s touring, record sales, and fame reach new all-time highs. They performed at the First Congressional Black Caucus and witnessed their hit "Friends..." played as a soundtrack to the first US Soviet Space Mission in which Astronauts and Cosmonauts linked up in the spirit of friendship. "Why Can't We Be Friends?" stayed on the US charts for thirty-one weeks and earned Harold Brown, Howard Scott, Lee Oskar, B.B Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan and The Late Papa Dee Allen and Charles Miller yet another platinum plus album. A plethora of these hits have been sampled and recorded by major artists, including the smash single “You” by singer Janet Jackson.
There was more to come, but the times, the next 15 years, the times - they were a changin'.
Comprised of four prolific, multi-platinum singer-songwriters Harold Brown, Howard Scott, Lee Oskar and B.B Dickerson are known around the world as the Iconic members of the original band named “WAR” of the infamous “Eric Burdon and WAR”, a globally recognized brand made famous, this dynamic team of accomplished legacy musicians is guilty of dishing up many of the greatest tunes to permeate airwaves since the dawn of radio. The legendary legacy music-artists and members of the Lowrider Band completing the seven-member posse and lending harmonious support to their distinctive sound include Lance Ellis on saxophone and flute, Pete Cole on keyboards, and Chuk Barber on percussion and sub on base Don Rousell.
Serve up this eclectic brew of Latin, R&B, rock, and funk on a saucy platter of contemporary jazz and hot Jamaican reggae, what do you get? You get a motley spread of the hottest musical omnibus to morph from recording studios in over a decade: You get the fabulous Lowrider Band.
On behalf of the entire Lowrider Band we extend a warm welcome to fans around the world, to join us in Celebrating our Fiftieth Music Anniversary and spreading the word of peace in the streets!
LOVE AND PEACE not HATE AND WAR.
Harold Brown, Howard Scott, Lee Oskar, Pete Cole, Lance Ellis, Chuk Barber, Don Rousell, on behalf of the late great;
Morris “B.B.” Dickerson, Papa Dee Allen and Charles W. Miller.
