Morris "BB" Dickerson (born August 3, 1949 in
Torrance, CaliforniaTorrance is a city located in the South Bay region of Los Angeles County, California, United States. Torrance's 1.5 miles of attractive beach coastline is less well-known than those of its immediate neighbors to the North, Redondo Beach, or to the South, Palos Verdes Estates...
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bassThe electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum....
player for the 1970s Latin–funk group
WarWar, originally called Eric Burdon & War and often typeset as WAR, is an American funk band from California, known for the hit songs "Low Rider", "Spill the Wine", "The Cisco Kid" and "Why Can't We Be Friends?". Formed in 1969, War was a musical crossover band which fused elements of rock, funk,...
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Morris "BB" Dickerson (born August 3, 1949 in
Torrance, CaliforniaTorrance is a city located in the South Bay region of Los Angeles County, California, United States. Torrance's 1.5 miles of attractive beach coastline is less well-known than those of its immediate neighbors to the North, Redondo Beach, or to the South, Palos Verdes Estates...
) was the
bassThe electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum....
player for the 1970s Latin–funk group
WarWar, originally called Eric Burdon & War and often typeset as WAR, is an American funk band from California, known for the hit songs "Low Rider", "Spill the Wine", "The Cisco Kid" and "Why Can't We Be Friends?". Formed in 1969, War was a musical crossover band which fused elements of rock, funk,...
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He is still active in the current rendition of the band and also loans his voice to many of the band's most famous tracks.
He now lives in Southern California and tours with
Howard E. ScottHoward E. Scott is an American funk/rock guitarist and founding member of the successful 1970s funk band War.-Biography:...
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Lee OskarLee Oskar is a Danish harmonica player, notable for his contributions to the sound of the rock-funk fusion group War, which he formed with Eric Burdon, his solo work, and as a harmonica manufacturer....
and
Harold BrownHarold Brown may refer to:*Harold Brown *Harold P. Brown, builder of the first electric chair*Harold Brown , American physicist, U.S. Secretary of Defense...
as the
Lowrider BandThe Lowrider Band consists of four of the five surviving original core group members of the multi-platinum selling band War: Howard E. Scott, B.B. Dickerson, Lee Oskar, and Harold Brown. These members lost the right in federal court to use and tour under the name "War" in the mid-1990s to Far Out...
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