BB Dickerson, Bassist and Vocalist for War, Dies at 71

Morris “B.B.” Dickerson, one of many founding people of the legendary funk rock band War, died on Friday at a Long Beach successfully being facility after a lengthy fight with an undisclosed illness, in step with Billboard.

Born in Southern California, Dickerson used to be one of many seven musicians — alongside alongside with his uncle Howard E. Scott — who teamed up with band creator Eric Burdon to fabricate War. They launched their first album “Eric Burdon Proclaims ‘War’” in 1970 and hasty obtained over fans with their groundbreaking, genre-defying sound. The band reached contemporary heights in 1973 with their fifth album, “The World Is A Ghetto,” which changed into the tip-promoting album of the year whereas its single, “The Cisco Limited one,” hit No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100.

In 1975, War hit the tip 10 all any other time with the one “Why Can’t We Be Friends?” which used to be broadcast to Soviet cosmonauts and American astronauts who teamed up that year for the joint Apollo-Soyuz take a look at mission. Dickerson left the band four years later true throughout the recording of War’s 12th album, “The Music Band.”

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Dickerson later reunited with Scott and normal War people Harold Brown and Lee Oskar in 1996 to build a pair of of the band’s classic songs, though resulting from lengthy staunch disputes with the band’s producer Jerry Goldstein, they had been unable to make exercise of the War name. Whereas War continued on with keyboardist Lonnie Jordan as the only real final normal member, the quartet performed reside as The Lowrider Band, named after yet any other one of War’s most successfully-known hits, “Low Rider,” which used to be made successfully-known by an iconic bass line from Dickerson.

Dickerson is survived by his mother, his uncle and his kids.