Howard E. Scott
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Born | (1946-03-15) March 15, 1946 (age 78) San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Genres | Funk, rock |
Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, bandleader |
Instrument(s) | Guitar, Vocals |
Years active | 1964–present |
Website | Lowriderband.com |
Howard E. Scott (born March 15, 1946) is an American funk/rock guitarist and founding member of the successful 1970s funk band War.
Biography
Scott grew up in Compton, California. He began playing bass at a very young age under the guidance of his cousin, Jack Nelson, and in 1961 began playing guitar. A year later, he formed a group called the Creators with Harold Brown, and together they played at high school dances, car club parties and small nightclubs in southern California. Scott was influenced by blues artists T.J. Summerville, Howlin Wolf, Muddy Waters, Jimmy Reed and Wayne Bennett. He frequented the local blues clubs in South Los Angeles to study professionals such as Lowell Fulson, Johnny Guitar Watson and T-Bone Walker.
Howard graduated from Compton High School in 1964 where he was on the school's dance band and cross country team.[1] He toured with The Drifters for a short time until he was drafted into the United States Army in 1966. Upon his return, he formed his second group, The Night Shift, with Harold Brown. In 1969, the Night Shift was performing at the Rag Doll club in North Hollywood , when Eric Burdon and Lee Oskar stopped in to hear them play. Lee Oskar went to the stage to join in on a jam, and the next day Eric Burdon, Lee Oskar, Charles Miller, Papa Dee Allen, Lonnie Jordan and Peter Rosen joined Scott and Brown to form the band War.
Scott contributed lyrics, music and co-produced some of War’s greatest hits, such as "Cisco Kid", "Slipping into Darkness" and "Why Can’t We Be Friends?". He was also the frontman and leader of the group. Scott and other members eventually left the original band in the 1990s, losing the right to use the band's name.
Scott now performs regularly with his nephew, B.B. Dickerson, Lee Oskar and Harold Brown as the Lowrider Band.[2]
References
External links
- Howard E. Scott on AllMusic
- Howard Scott Band Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
- Lowrider Band
- https://www.facebook.com/Lowriderband
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- Lonnie Jordan
- Marcos Reyes
- Howard E. Scott
- Harold Ray Brown
- Lee Oskar
Morris "B.B." Dickerson - Charles Miller
- Eric Burdon
- Pat Rizzo
- J. B. Eckl
- Eric Burdon Declares "War" (1970)
- The Black-Man's Burdon (1970)
- War (1971)
- All Day Music (1971)
- The World Is a Ghetto (1972)
- Deliver the Word (1973)
- Why Can't We Be Friends? (1975)
- Love Is All Around (1976)
- Platinum Jazz (1976)
- Galaxy (1977)
- Youngblood (1978)
- The Music Band (1979)
- The Music Band 2 (1979)
- Outlaw (1982)
- The Music Band – Jazz (1983)
- Life (Is So Strange) (1983)
- ☮ (Peace Sign) (1994)
- War Live (1973)
- Greatest Hits Live (2008)
- The Very Best of War (2003)
- "Spill the Wine"
- "They Can't Take Away Our Music"
- "Slippin' into Darkness"
- "The World Is a Ghetto"
- "The Cisco Kid"
- "Gypsy Man"
- "Me and Baby Brother"
- "Why Can't We Be Friends?"
- "Low Rider"
- "Summer"