Lee Oskar is best known as the harmonica player and an original member of the group War. The California group initially backed up former Animals’ lead singer Eric Burdon before breaking out on their own with a series of funky hits, including “Slippin’ Into Darkness”, “The Cisco Kid”, and “Why Can’t We Be Friends” during the early 1970s. Their album The World Is a Ghetto was Billboard’s highest-selling album of 1973. The band was celebrated for mixing racial and ethnic styles, especially Latin and reggae-infused themes, with R&B and rock ‘n’ roll. That blend matched the act’s professed message of...
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