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30 de ago. de 2010 · Thomas “Papa Dee” Allen. July 18, 1931 – August 30, 1988. Papa Dee Allen was a pianist, vibist and soprano saxophonist who is best remembered as a percussionist for American R&B/Funk/Rock band, War . The band was immensely popular thanks to such classic staples as “Low Rider,” “Cisco Kid” and “Spill The Wine.”.
Lee Oskar and Papa Dee Allen later joined as well. They all shared a love of diverse styles of music, which they had absorbed living in the racially mixed Los Angeles ghettos. The Creators recorded several singles on Dore Records while working with Tjay Contrelli, a saxophonist from the band Love.
WAR did not record another full album until a decade later. The “Best of WAR” compiled in 1987 included two new tracks, “Livin in the Red’, and “Whose Cadillac is That?”, and a remixed version of “Low Rider” in addition of to the original “Low Rider” version. Papa Dee Allen died of a heart attack that struck him on stage in ...
18 de feb. de 2019 · "Papa" Dee Allen (b. Thomas Sylvester Allen, July 18, 1931, Wilmington, DE; d. August 30, 1988, Long Beach, CA): percussion, vocals
War (originalmente llamada Eric Burdon and War) es una banda estadounidense de funk/rock/soul de Long Beach, California, conocida por varias canciones de éxito (entre ellas "Spill the Wine", "The World Is a Ghetto", "The Cisco Kid", "Why Can't We Be Friends?", "Low Rider" y "Summer").
25 de ago. de 2023 · Founding member Lonnie Jordan says it was original percussionist Thomas "Papa Dee" Allen who envisioned a character called "Ghetto Man." So the band began laying down tracks for Allen's...
Thomas "Papa Dee" Allen. (b. July 18 th, 1931). Vocalist, percussionist & founder member of American funk band, War.
