Eric Burdon & War
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War (originally called Eric Burdon and War) is an American funk/rock/soul band from Long Beach, California, known for several hit songs (including "Spill the Wine", "The World Is a Ghetto", "The Cisco Kid", "Why Can't We Be Friends?", "Low Rider", and "Summer"). Formed in 1969, War is a musical crossover band that fuses 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.
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- Track Popularity
- Spill The Wine
- You're No Stranger
- Home Cookin'
- Spirit
- Out Of Nowhere
- The King
- Tobacco Road
- Home Dream
- Nuts, Seeds And Life
- Blues for Memphis Slim/Birth/Mother Earth/Mr. Charlie/Danish Pastry/Mother Earth
- Magic Mountain
- The Bird & The Squirrel
- Pretty Colors
- Sun / Moon
- Jimbo
- Beautiful New Born Child
- Gun
- Mother Earth
- Love Is All Around
- The Vision of Rassan/Dedication/Roll on Kirk
- They Can't Take Away Our Music
- Nights In White Satin
- A Day In The Life
- Train Thing
