War has some good ones, Slippin' Into Darkness, Cisco Kid, The World Is a Ghetto, Spill the Wine and of course, Why Can't We Be Friends. They are all awesome.
@@smbonna .. Those that were exposed to the song when it was released in 75 , were happy to hear it in Up in Smoke and the new fans that sought out the song in 78 when it was played in the opening intro scenes in the movie .. I have the War’s why can’t be friends album on vinyl and the single low rider on 45. ..
Freddie Prinze was the popular comedian of the Mexican race at the time-star of Chico & the Man which is also a great theme song sung by Jose Feliciano back in 1974.
'What's that on his belt?' Lee Oskar is the harmonica player. The harmonica is unusual, in that each instrument has limited notes available. So you need multiple harps to be able to play in multiple keys (except for the chromatic harmonica, which is a whole different sound than blues harp). So you often see harp players with harp belts to hold their most commonly used instruments. If you really want to get mind blown again, check out early War when Eric Burdon (of The Animals fame) was fronting the group. They have incredible tracks like 'Spirit', Magic Mountain, Spill the Wine. There is a really amazing video of War featuring Eric Burdon on the German TV show Beat Club doing 'Tobacco Road' that's totally jaw-dropping!
Son, you're firing up the brain cells today! Saw WAR, Alice Cooper, Dolly & Kenny and Billy Joel all back in the mid 70's. What a magnificent time in music history we had!
Oh, you're quite correct that low-rider culture is Los Angeles Chicano culture. Started in the 1940s and really picked up with the Chicano movement in the 60s and 70s. Intentionally rebellious because of the CA Vehicle Code regs that outlawed low-rider cars starting in 1958. Basically, if you were young and streetwise in LA in that era, you couldn't NOT be acquainted with many aspects of Chicano life. War, the band, was a blend of Latin and funk/soul, by their musical sound. By song content (lyrics), some of their biggest hits were about Chicano life, so yeah, I can understand people thinking they were a Mexican-American band. Just goes to show ya, once again, music is a great blender of cultures and people.
You were today years old when you found out that the group War was not Hispanic. A lot of people don't realize that the group Living Color are all African-American. I am sure that there will be many more wonderful surprises on your journey of discovering music. Enjoy the ride!
Check out Sly and the Family Stone...a late 60's band who did perform at Woodstock( the good one) They are jazz. Psychedelic funk !! Great songs, "EVERYDAY PEOPLE", THANK YOU", "FAMILY AFFAIR", and"HOT FUN IN THE SUMMERTIME"...All great songs. He held his wedding at Madison Square Garden ..lol
I saw War at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally about 10 years ago or so. It was an open arena and I was able to kick back right in front of the stage. I've seen a lot of concerts but their concert is still one of my favorites. They were having fun, jamming, and just having a good time. You could tell that they didn't care of there were 10 or 10 million people in the audience. They would still play as hard. An amazing band!
WAR is an experience and treat for your ears. Erik Burdon, previously with the Animals, joined WAR in 1969 and they released their first album in 1970 which featured "Spill the Wine" and "Tobacco Road." You need to check out "Spill the Wine" After a second album was released Erik Burdon left WAR and the band went on to it's greatest era of numerous hits, like "Low Rider." Check out their catalog, like "So," "The World is a Ghetto," "What is Hip?" "You' Got to Funkafize" and many more. Lee Oskar played the harmonica and he release a couple of solo albums.
Don't feel bad man I'm a 74-year-old white man and I always thought this was a Hispanic singer myself. Love your channel! May your path always rise up to greet you!
Man, lowriders aren't JUST Chicano culture, it's AMERICAN culture. True, it's an LA Chicano trademark but you still see sleds driven by all creeds and colors. 😅
There are so many songs from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s that are absolutely timeless classics. So much music these days is disposable but the songs you are reacting to will never fade away. #hangovergang forever 🤙🏽
I grew up in the 1970s and this song was a huge part of the last half of that decade. All us "Heads", pot smokers, jammed on this half the decade after 1975. And after. The 1970s was the greatest decade to grow up in and, I'm so proud I was a part of it. Rock on, 1970s! Great choice, Black Pegasus.
A lowrider or low rider is a customized car with a lowered body that emerged among Mexican American youth in the early 1940s. Lowrider also refers to the driver of the car and their participation in lowrider car clubs, which remain a part of Chicano culture and have since expanded internationally. These customized vehicles are also artworks, generally being painted with intricate, colorful designs, unique aesthetic features, and rolling on wire-spoke wheels with whitewall tires. The lowrider cars did started in the east side of LA in whittier boulevard where most of the Mexican Americans lived plus low Riding was originally born in the year 1938 with the Pachuco style and put weights in the back of the car to drop it low but caused the suspension to blow out but a few years later they cut the coil springs, bent the frames and sometimes flip the body frame upside down untill they made it illegal because it was too low to drive and caused problems to the road and accidents.. In 1959, a customizer named Ron Aguirre developed a way of bypassing the law with the use of hydraulic Pesco pumps and valves that allowed him to change ride height at the flick of a switch. Ron Aguirre developed this modification with help from his father, after conceiving of the idea. Aguirre's motivation was to stop being targeted with traffic tickets, as he had been by local police in his city of Rialto, California after the statewide ban was enacted... Mexican community thought it was stupid until a cop drove by and one of the brothers hit the switch raised up the car until the cop drove off and then he hit the switch to drop the car so everyone loved and began the hydraulic lowrider style and Started hop competitions and more... than in the late 70's the lowrider magazine came out... So yes it was the Mexican Americans started lowrider cars until the black Americans wanted to follow and support the lowrider lifestyle... Their was a racial problem in the beginning brown vs black but both race decided to just low ride... It's true
War is from Long Beach and Compton. You should check out Nappy Head, All Day Music for their Latin influence. As a So. Cal Latino I always considered them a Latin band who can also play funk. They are still touring. They have an east coast band who goes by the name of Mandrill, also borne of the 70's. They mix Latin and funk. They are fronted by the Wilson Bros, who are all multi-instrumentalists. They are black Latinos (Panamanian). You will not be disappointed. They are one of the most sampled bands from that era. It's a pleasure to see you react to the music I grew up with. By the way I'm 70 so that's a lot of music. Take care.
The harmonica player - Lee Oskar - the only "Scandinavian" in the band has his own harmonica brand. I use them exclusively! Lee and I met years ago at Blues Alley in D.C. Lee has a "harp belt" which holds the harmonicas that he uses. Of course Lee uses his own brand of harmonicas (made by Tombo) but when this video was made he appears to be using Honer Golden Melodies. Lee and his wife Sri currently live in Seattle WA. War is still touring I believe with Lonny doing the lead singing. But Lee and Howard (the guitarist) have their own band called "The Low Rider Band".
Now, don't you go berserk with just about every song you hear? You just don't realize how talented people were back in the day and your mind is blown every day.
I saw Dooby Brothers around 75 in Boulder, CO and this new band that we heard of on the radio called War was opening up for them. It was almost 4 hours of great music from 2 great bands with the introduction of a new band and sound. Thx for the memories.
I was 4 years old when this song came out. Back in the 70's low riders were iconic and the Hispanics were the best at modifying the cars. Cheech and Chong were also associated with them in their movies. I have an 89 Cadillac sedan Deville that I drive and I always play this song. I grew up listening to this song and it always takes me back to how tough the streets were in the 70's. Enjoy the song. It is really a home run.
War was assembled to back Eric Burdon, who you have heard as the lead singer for the British Invasion group, the Animals.. Eric wanted a multicultural band to promote a message of brotherhood and harmony. Trivia fact, Jimi Hendrix was in the audience and invited on stage with Eric Burdon and War to close out a London gig on the day before Jimi overdosed. Spill the Wine, a psychedelic masterpiece, was the only major hit with this configuration of the War. Burdon had to abandon the group, mid-tour, due to asthma problems, and War continued without him, to middling success. The World is a Ghetto and Cisco Kid were hits off of one of their early albums after Burdon's departure. Why Can't We Be Friends and Low Rider were from their 7th album.
I worked as head of security for them in Nashville Tennessee many years ago. I got to spend the entire concert sitting on the left side of the stage with my feet propped up on an amp. Some of the coolest people I've met. He has a belt full of harmonicas, lol.
I'm from Southern NM from a small town, this song was always playing in our parades when the lowriders were part of the parade show. Classic!! 🎵🎶💞missing my hometown 😢
You probably have heard most of their songs because a large portion of their music is attached to movies, TV shows, and commercials. 'Why can't we be friends' is one of my favorites ❤❤
It's the only lead Charles ever sang for the band..all thier other hits were done by Scott, ( Guitar) Jordan, ( Keys) and Dickerson ( Bass). His sax/flute solos were beautiful musicianship. 6:53-Harmonica player Lee Oskar kept 4 on his belt to cover different keys. War's Latin Groove was about Conga player Papa Dee Allen playing Cuban music before he joined. When starting out , garage rehearsals at Scott's house in L.A.'s Latino 'hood became impromptu neighborhood parties, the blend of latin-jazz-funk was loved even then...My first show at 13, 1974!!
We listen to music differently than when i grew up , when i was a kid i might hear a beatles song followed by sly & the fam followed by the carpenters and a little war followed by santana~ all on the same station now everything has its own station rap,rock, heavy metal, soul or the Elvis channel idk i loved the randomness of it all you never knew who was next
Well technically. The band is full of black dudes and Mexicans. So, you are half way correct lol. They are from southern California. WAR. They also sing "Cisco Kid", "World is a Ghetto" etc. Latin style rock and funk fusion. Low Riders culture is latino and black culture in the southwest US (Cali, AZ, NM, Texas etc). When I was little and heard this on radio used to think it was ZZ Top or Cheech and Chong singing this. lol. Until I seen the video ('80s).
I didn't know, either, and I grew up East of Los Angeles, in a suburb where classic cars STILL cruise the boulevards on weekends. AND I was a teenager in the '70's. Live and learn, I guess.
The band, War, was actually formed in Long Beach by what I assume was a loose collection of LA musicians living in mixed, low income areas. They were a fusion -band- phenomenon from the start. Even before they were a band as such, they were a _sound._ Jerry Goldstein, a producer, and Eric Burdon (formerly of the Animals) discovered, assembled, promoted the band, but Burdon had to leave the band due to health issues and they went on without him.
As a kid I learned to swim at a local swim hole called the Colorado Lagoon in Long Beach California… and War rehearsed at the public “band shell” there. So I grew up listening to this band almost every day of every summer growing up in the LBC!
you probably heard by now -- when you asked, what has the dude got in his belt? magazines? nope. harmonicas with different sounds, tunings, whatever they call that. i don't know all the names but it would be like, one tuned to G, one tuned to E maybe, one for bass harmonica i'd guess, all like that.
It’s mostly a Chicano thing, but it’s really an LA/SoCal thing. You can find black, white and Asian low riders! And War is a VERY talented band. Dive into their catalog!
In 1969, while living in San Francisco, after The Animals (house of the rising sun) Burdon joined forces with California funk rock band War. In April 1970, the resulting studio album was titled Eric Burdon Declares "War" which produced the singles "Spill the Wine" and "Tobacco Road". A two-disc set entitled The Black-Man's Burdon was released in September 1970.
dude! I've heard this song on the radio for decades and knew it was War...but I never knew what these fellas "looked like" to put it crudely... "Cisco Kid" made me think they were Hispanic as well as this song!!! you learn something new every day!
The town I grew up in in the 50's and early 60's had a low rider club in East St.Louis, Ill. and St. Louis, Mo. and it was a black club. Never saw Chicano low riders until I got to Southern Cal in the mid 60's.
When you asked "are those clips in his belt?..." No my friend, those are different types of harmonicas which each give a different sound from very chromatic to very soft and mellow.
My daughter was 9 months old when she first heard this song. I looked back while driving ('87 Grand Marquis) to check on her. She and her goofy self was bouncing in time to the beat. And at almost 20 yrs old she still bounces, sometimes without even realizing it.
Lee Oskar, the harmonica(blues harp, each specific to a particular key, unlike the chromatic harmonica for which Stevie Wonder is justifiably revered)player has a line of premium (?) harmonicas bearing his name. In 1978, I walked into the office on Hollywood Boulevard which War shared with jump-blues singer Jimmy Witherspoon, Ghettospoon. Simple curiosity. It wasn't really a walk-in type of place. I continued down the street to the Guitar Center, hung out there awhile. John Sebastian - Loving Spoonful, solo artist/songwriter('Welcome Back Kotter' TV theme) came in. Whee. 'Spill the Wine', with Eric Burdon, 'The World Is A Ghetto', 'Why Can't We Be Friends', 'Slippin' Into Darkness', Cisco Kid'. Great band, iconic music. Enjoy! 😎🤙🏼🎶❤️🍁❤️✨️🕊
Charles Edwin Hatcher, an American singer songwriter well known for his #1 hit War, went by the stage name Edwin Starr. This song is the national anthem for low riders! - I love it. He was a Vietnam veteran. He passed in 2003 at 61 in his home in Nottinghamshire and is buried in Nottingham.
You should've seen the look on my face, first time I seen that it wasn't a Latino or Mexican. I always thought that Carlos Santana sang this song. I was shocked,as well. This song always makes me think of Cheech & Chong movie, "Up In Smoke". LoL 😂😂😂😂😂😂.
I absolutely love seeing your mind getting blown!😂 The look on your face was priceless my friend!😂 This is the kind of reactions are what I look forward to.. I remember when this song was first played on the radio. My parents went out to the record store and bought it that same day. Those were the days.. Great reaction! ❤ God Bless you and yours.
Dude! Takes me back to the early seventies, riding in Dave’s Ford with no shocks bouncing along getting high, high, high. Listening to Low Rider and Spill the Wine by War. Kicked out of bowling alleys for seeing who could sail the ball the furthest and still hit the pins. Crazy times and still here at seventy to enjoy the music.
@@kimrivera5302it surprise me a lot, I was born and a 3rd world country , with a very limited exposure to music, but I love music and a I know about music more than you and your parents.
The Cisco kid served as an homage to the Chicano culture. Mexican antihero turned freedom fighter from a show back in the 50s. Songs like Lowrider served as a connection which Chicano Culture because there weren’t a lot of representation for them at that time, although low riding began around the time of the Zoot suiters of the twenties with los bombas. Still treated as a third world class. But if you ask me we relate because Chicano and Aborigines are actual brothers. Like for real brothers. Many tribes… one people! Keep on keeping on and Gritos from Tejas.
Back in the day, music wasn't divided by ethnicity like it is today. We listened to good music regardless of what color the artist was. In many ways, it was less racist and divisive than today. You heard the music on the radio, decided if you like it, then later found out who performed it.
Low Riders started in the Black and Latino communities. I worked at a shop that made custom rides and it was Black owned and operated. Some of those rides ended up on tv, including the George Lopez Show. I live in LA. The funny thing is "Low Rider" the song came out in 1975.
Dude had a bandolier of harmonicas. That's epic! Low riders, hot rods, muscle cars, jacked up trucks. We all rode the streets together in little podunk towns in Florida in the 70s and 80s.
Bruh. How can you NOT know about War? Sigh, guess I'll just shuffle along back to my Four Cornered Room and contemplate the state of the world while I'm Slippin Into Darkness.
I got stuck on the station wagon...lol. All that was missing was a Gremlin with hydraulics. Us old folks know this band was not Hispanic, or Chicano back in the day. Now, you're eligible for membership in GenX...lol.
If you haven't already, you really need to check out "Summer", "All Day Music", and "The World Is A Ghetto" by these guys. I'm telling you now, they will blow your mind. When I was a much younger guy, I got to see them perform with Parliament/Funkadelic, and to this day it is one of the greatest concerts this pasty white boy ever attended...outside, in the cool summertime breeze. Everybody was there...black, white, Puerto Rican, you name it, and we were all havin' a gooood time! Why? Because we had it like that back then. It was all about the music. Peace out brother! ✌😎
You missed Eric Burden . You were right next to him with your pointer. You know the guy from the Animals, We gotta get out of this place , House of the rising sun . That guy. '' Spill the wine'' . There are so many rabbit holes, so little time. It seems like every reaction opens up a whole new world. Once again,,, Welcome to our World. Kinda grabs you by the boo boo don't it?
@@grammybeatrice7081 I think that our generation had the best music of all time. Of coarse every generation thinks their music is the goat. But if you put the styles side by side and compare them. Our 60's through the 70's by a landslide had the best generation. And that reminds me of a song,, Lol. I can't stop it. Generation Landslide by Alice Cooper. see what i mean? It's a curse , but a good curse.
Best day of my life. On a long street in San Francisco, a Low Rider Event. Everyone is cooking food on the sidewalk, everybody sharing food and doobies. And those colorful tricked out low rider cars bouncing nearly straight in the air. And War just booming from every body's boom boxes. Heaven! And i am a 78 year old white lady!
oh girl I'm so with ya - 71 little ole white gal, born and raised in SoCal, some of my best times were hanging down at the beach when they had one of those events - and EVERYBODY got along, from sun-up to way past dark...good times!✌😎
Ya know when I was a young girl, well actually a teenager. I was around fourteen -fifteen. I was listening to Zepplin on the radio. They were playing “Black Dog” a song I’d heard many, many times. But it wasn’t until then when I heard the DJ say it was Zepplin, that it clicked and I knew who Led Zepplin was. It all made sense and all the songs I didn’t know they sang but had heard forever, it fell into place! So I know exactly what and how you feel right now. It’s a mind blower finding out stuff like that. When all the pieces fall into place and you’re like “now I get it”. As Martha Stewart say’s, “it’s a good thing”!!! ❤️💜💚
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War has some good ones, Slippin' Into Darkness, Cisco Kid, The World Is a Ghetto, Spill the Wine and of course, Why Can't We Be Friends. They are all awesome.
Don't forget eric burden charles wasn't credited for all of that
Why can’t we be friends!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I totally forgot about that song , I loved it so much !
Remember Mr Jaws ? 😂
I forgot about Cisco kid too !!! And he WAS. Friend of mine 😂
Thanks for reminding me ❤
I swear, watching the pieces of your musical life fall into place never gets old. ❤❤
Right?! So much fun!!😊
Yes I agree, fun stuff. Lol 🙃
This song was released in 1975. YEARS before George Lopez was a popular comedian.
WAAAAAAAAAAY B .4 lol i realy miss my youth i was 14 in 1975
@@theodoreritola7641.. True true so true ..
Facts.. Also Cheech & Chong used this song in their 1978 comedy "Up In Smoke"
@@smbonna .. Those that were exposed to the song when it was released in 75 , were happy to hear it in Up in Smoke and the new fans that sought out the song in 78 when it was played in the opening intro scenes in the movie .. I have the War’s why can’t be friends album on vinyl and the single low rider on 45. ..
Freddie Prinze was the popular comedian of the Mexican race at the time-star of Chico & the Man which is also a great theme song sung by Jose Feliciano back in 1974.
'What's that on his belt?' Lee Oskar is the harmonica player. The harmonica is unusual, in that each instrument has limited notes available. So you need multiple harps to be able to play in multiple keys (except for the chromatic harmonica, which is a whole different sound than blues harp). So you often see harp players with harp belts to hold their most commonly used instruments. If you really want to get mind blown again, check out early War when Eric Burdon (of The Animals fame) was fronting the group. They have incredible tracks like 'Spirit', Magic Mountain, Spill the Wine. There is a really amazing video of War featuring Eric Burdon on the German TV show Beat Club doing 'Tobacco Road' that's totally jaw-dropping!
"Why Can't We Be Friends" is also another popular jam by them
Son, you're firing up the brain cells today! Saw WAR, Alice Cooper, Dolly & Kenny and Billy Joel all back in the mid 70's. What a magnificent time in music history we had!
Alice has been a pal since School's Out. Oneand off.
Met him once in the French Quarter in N.O.
@@beedeegee9374 Ran into him at Sycuan Indian Casino in San Diego maybe 10 years ago.
Oh, you're quite correct that low-rider culture is Los Angeles Chicano culture. Started in the 1940s and really picked up with the Chicano movement in the 60s and 70s. Intentionally rebellious because of the CA Vehicle Code regs that outlawed low-rider cars starting in 1958. Basically, if you were young and streetwise in LA in that era, you couldn't NOT be acquainted with many aspects of Chicano life. War, the band, was a blend of Latin and funk/soul, by their musical sound. By song content (lyrics), some of their biggest hits were about Chicano life, so yeah, I can understand people thinking they were a Mexican-American band. Just goes to show ya, once again, music is a great blender of cultures and people.
Love when you get surprises! The look on your face is priceless 😂😂
You were today years old when you found out that the group War was not Hispanic. A lot of people don't realize that the group Living Color are all African-American. I am sure that there will be many more wonderful surprises on your journey of discovering music. Enjoy the ride!
Love Living Color! Those guys could rock!
Or the guy who sings what you would do for love isn't black
Some members in the group were Mexicans
You young folks have missed out on a lot of wonderful music for our times. Glad to see you all listening now.
I heard this song in a Cheech and Chong movie. War is the original band.
Up in smoke
I love this song and this group. You have to see the compilation they did with Eric burden from the animals with the song spill the wine.
Thank you I couldn't remember the song that animals singer done with war
I was going to say the same thing
Check out Sly and the Family Stone...a late 60's band who did perform at Woodstock( the good one) They are jazz. Psychedelic funk !! Great songs, "EVERYDAY PEOPLE", THANK YOU", "FAMILY AFFAIR", and"HOT FUN IN THE SUMMERTIME"...All great songs. He held his wedding at Madison Square Garden ..lol
ALSO ERIC BURDON FROM THE ANIMALS AND WAR SPILL THE WINE.....ALSO THE CISCO KID.... YEP WAS A FRIEND OF MINE..
STOP YELLING! You can Comment Nicely. NO CAPS! ❤ Ty.
That's how much we love our music 🎵🎶. Nothing better..
I saw War at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally about 10 years ago or so. It was an open arena and I was able to kick back right in front of the stage. I've seen a lot of concerts but their concert is still one of my favorites. They were having fun, jamming, and just having a good time. You could tell that they didn't care of there were 10 or 10 million people in the audience. They would still play as hard. An amazing band!
WAR is an experience and treat for your ears. Erik Burdon, previously with the Animals, joined WAR in 1969 and they released their first album in 1970 which featured "Spill the Wine" and "Tobacco Road." You need to check out "Spill the Wine" After a second album was released Erik Burdon left WAR and the band went on to it's greatest era of numerous hits, like "Low Rider." Check out their catalog, like "So," "The World is a Ghetto," "What is Hip?" "You' Got to Funkafize" and many more. Lee Oskar played the harmonica and he release a couple of solo albums.
Don't feel bad man I'm a 74-year-old white man and I always thought this was a Hispanic singer myself.
Love your channel! May your path always rise up to greet you!
"Why can't we be friends" is another top favorite hit? You should know that song
Back in the 70's lots of people had low riders, and we didn't pre-judge the ethnicity of the artist by the name of the song.
He's from Olathe Kansas.
Ain't that the truth. We just didn't care, good was good. So disappointing that we don't have a colorblind society yet.
He was born there, but his family moved to LA when he was two, so he was exposed to Chicano culture.
Man, lowriders aren't JUST Chicano culture, it's AMERICAN culture. True, it's an LA Chicano trademark but you still see sleds driven by all creeds and colors. 😅
There are so many songs from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s that are absolutely timeless classics.
So much music these days is disposable but the songs you are reacting to will never fade away.
#hangovergang forever 🤙🏽
No, they weren't magazines. They were other harmonicas in different keys.
I grew up in the 1970s and this song was a huge part of the last half of that decade.
All us "Heads", pot smokers, jammed on this half the decade after 1975. And after.
The 1970s was the greatest decade to grow up in and, I'm so proud I was
a part of it. Rock on, 1970s!
Great choice, Black Pegasus.
A lowrider or low rider is a customized car with a lowered body that emerged among Mexican American youth in the early 1940s. Lowrider also refers to the driver of the car and their participation in lowrider car clubs, which remain a part of Chicano culture and have since expanded internationally. These customized vehicles are also artworks, generally being painted with intricate, colorful designs, unique aesthetic features, and rolling on wire-spoke wheels with whitewall tires. The lowrider cars did started in the east side of LA in whittier boulevard where most of the Mexican Americans lived plus low Riding was originally born in the year 1938 with the Pachuco style and put weights in the back of the car to drop it low but caused the suspension to blow out but a few years later they cut the coil springs, bent the frames and sometimes flip the body frame upside down untill they made it illegal because it was too low to drive and caused problems to the road and accidents.. In 1959, a customizer named Ron Aguirre developed a way of bypassing the law with the use of hydraulic Pesco pumps and valves that allowed him to change ride height at the flick of a switch. Ron Aguirre developed this modification with help from his father, after conceiving of the idea. Aguirre's motivation was to stop being targeted with traffic tickets, as he had been by local police in his city of Rialto, California after the statewide ban was enacted... Mexican community thought it was stupid until a cop drove by and one of the brothers hit the switch raised up the car until the cop drove off and then he hit the switch to drop the car so everyone loved and began the hydraulic lowrider style and Started hop competitions and more... than in the late 70's the lowrider magazine came out...
So yes it was the Mexican Americans started lowrider cars until the black Americans wanted to follow and support the lowrider lifestyle... Their was a racial problem in the beginning brown vs black but both race decided to just low ride...
It's true
War is from Long Beach and Compton. You should check out Nappy Head, All Day Music for their Latin influence. As a So. Cal Latino I always considered them a Latin band who can also play funk. They are still touring. They have an east coast band who goes by the name of Mandrill, also borne of the 70's. They mix Latin and funk. They are fronted by the Wilson Bros, who are all multi-instrumentalists. They are black Latinos (Panamanian). You will not be disappointed. They are one of the most sampled bands from that era. It's a pleasure to see you react to the music I grew up with. By the way I'm 70 so that's a lot of music. Take care.
Lol! Where was I??? You weren't even born! Lol! 🤣😅😂😅😂🤣
The harmonica player - Lee Oskar - the only "Scandinavian" in the band has his own harmonica brand. I use them exclusively! Lee and I met years ago at Blues Alley in D.C. Lee has a "harp belt" which holds the harmonicas that he uses. Of course Lee uses his own brand of harmonicas (made by Tombo) but when this video was made he appears to be using Honer Golden Melodies. Lee and his wife Sri currently live in Seattle WA. War is still touring I believe with Lonny doing the lead singing. But Lee and Howard (the guitarist) have their own band called "The Low Rider Band".
Now, don't you go berserk with just about every song you hear? You just don't realize how talented people were back in the day and your mind is blown every day.
I've heard this song my whole life.. gave me goose bumps right when he started singin'. The oldies never get old.
I saw Dooby Brothers around 75 in Boulder, CO and this new band that we heard of on the radio called War was opening up for them. It was almost 4 hours of great music from 2 great bands with the introduction of a new band and sound. Thx for the memories.
Geez that must have been off an the hook crazy show!
@@ICTS22 Glad I was young, cuz it was hoooootttt! I mean temp-wise. lol
I was 4 years old when this song came out. Back in the 70's low riders were iconic and the Hispanics were the best at modifying the cars. Cheech and Chong were also associated with them in their movies. I have an 89 Cadillac sedan Deville that I drive and I always play this song. I grew up listening to this song and it always takes me back to how tough the streets were in the 70's. Enjoy the song. It is really a home run.
So glad I grew up in the 60's and 70's with all this amazing music!!!!!!!!
Best music ever 😍.
War was assembled to back Eric Burdon, who you have heard as the lead singer for the British Invasion group, the Animals.. Eric wanted a multicultural band to promote a message of brotherhood and harmony. Trivia fact, Jimi Hendrix was in the audience and invited on stage with Eric Burdon and War to close out a London gig on the day before Jimi overdosed. Spill the Wine, a psychedelic masterpiece, was the only major hit with this configuration of the War. Burdon had to abandon the group, mid-tour, due to asthma problems, and War continued without him, to middling success. The World is a Ghetto and Cisco Kid were hits off of one of their early albums after Burdon's departure. Why Can't We Be Friends and Low Rider were from their 7th album.
I worked as head of security for them in Nashville Tennessee many years ago. I got to spend the entire concert sitting on the left side of the stage with my feet propped up on an amp. Some of the coolest people I've met.
He has a belt full of harmonicas, lol.
I'm from Southern NM from a small town, this song was always playing in our parades when the lowriders were part of the parade show. Classic!! 🎵🎶💞missing my hometown 😢
You probably have heard most of their songs because a large portion of their music is attached to movies, TV shows, and commercials. 'Why can't we be friends' is one of my favorites ❤❤
I was blessed to be in my teens in 70s.My 20s in the 80s.Every Friday and Saturday, we cruised.
It's the only lead Charles ever sang for the band..all thier other hits were done by Scott, ( Guitar) Jordan, ( Keys) and Dickerson ( Bass). His sax/flute solos were beautiful musicianship. 6:53-Harmonica player Lee Oskar kept 4 on his belt to cover different keys. War's Latin Groove was about Conga player Papa Dee Allen playing Cuban music before he joined. When starting out , garage rehearsals at Scott's house in L.A.'s Latino 'hood became impromptu neighborhood parties, the blend of latin-jazz-funk was loved even then...My first show at 13, 1974!!
We listen to music differently than when i grew up , when i was a kid i might hear a beatles song followed by sly & the fam followed by the carpenters and a little war followed by santana~ all on the same station now everything has its own station rap,rock, heavy metal, soul or the Elvis channel idk i loved the randomness of it all you never knew who was next
Spill the Wine with Eric Burdon is great. Also Slippin Into Darkness.
Also, Lee Oskar, the harp player has a great album called Before the Rain.
Well technically. The band is full of black dudes and Mexicans. So, you are half way correct lol. They are from southern California. WAR. They also sing "Cisco Kid", "World is a Ghetto" etc. Latin style rock and funk fusion.
Low Riders culture is latino and black culture in the southwest US (Cali, AZ, NM, Texas etc).
When I was little and heard this on radio used to think it was ZZ Top or Cheech and Chong singing this. lol. Until I seen the video ('80s).
@6:44 that's a harmonica belt ..different harps for different keys..lol..
I didn't know, either, and I grew up East of Los Angeles, in a suburb where classic cars STILL cruise the boulevards on weekends. AND I was a teenager in the '70's. Live and learn, I guess.
My teenage years..,they were glorious and so was the music. I saw War live and they were special.
Best music 🎶. Ever.
The band, War, was actually formed in Long Beach by what I assume was a loose collection of LA musicians living in mixed, low income areas. They were a fusion -band- phenomenon from the start. Even before they were a band as such, they were a _sound._ Jerry Goldstein, a producer, and Eric Burdon (formerly of the Animals) discovered, assembled, promoted the band, but Burdon had to leave the band due to health issues and they went on without him.
As a kid I learned to swim at a local swim hole called the Colorado Lagoon in Long Beach California… and War rehearsed at the public “band shell” there. So I grew up listening to this band almost every day of every summer growing up in the LBC!
I am 51 years old, and I never knew that he sang this, I was as blown away as you were. WOW 😮
That's one thing that Mexican's & Black's shared or had in common Low Riders....😮😁😊 also lots of bands had a mixture of both Hispanics & blacks .
you probably heard by now -- when you asked, what has the dude got in his belt? magazines? nope. harmonicas with different sounds, tunings, whatever they call that. i don't know all the names but it would be like, one tuned to G, one tuned to E maybe, one for bass harmonica i'd guess, all like that.
It’s mostly a Chicano thing, but it’s really an LA/SoCal thing.
You can find black, white and Asian low riders!
And War is a VERY talented band.
Dive into their catalog!
One of their other big hits is Why can't we be Friends
Honestly, you need to listen to why can’t we be friends friends?
How can a person NOT move when this song comes on?? Love it! And the CARS!! I lived in So Cali for decades! It’s all over the place. Good call!
Another example of why one should watch live/video performances and get to know these great artists
In 1969, while living in San Francisco, after The Animals (house of the rising sun) Burdon joined forces with California funk rock band War. In April 1970, the resulting studio album was titled Eric Burdon Declares "War" which produced the singles "Spill the Wine" and "Tobacco Road". A two-disc set entitled The Black-Man's Burdon was released in September 1970.
War has a catalog of great songs. One of my favorites is Why Can't We Be Friends. Love the reaction
dude! I've heard this song on the radio for decades and knew it was War...but I never knew what these fellas "looked like" to put it crudely... "Cisco Kid" made me think they were Hispanic as well as this song!!! you learn something new every day!
Mexicans have always loved War! #1 song played when riding in our low riders!
We are all more alike than we are different. Much Love BP, as always
The town I grew up in in the 50's and early 60's had a low rider club in East St.Louis, Ill. and St. Louis, Mo. and it was a black club. Never saw Chicano low riders until I got to Southern Cal in the mid 60's.
I'm just as shocked as you! I live in Arizona and I thought for sure it was a Hispanic song too!😂😂 wild!
That's Lee Oskar, the harmonica player, that you see with his belt full of harps. Best harp player, ever!
When you asked "are those clips in his belt?..." No my friend, those are different types of harmonicas which each give a different sound from very chromatic to very soft and mellow.
This song won't leave you. It's one of those.
My neighbors ringtone except when I call then it's Ass Hole
My daughter was 9 months old when she first heard this song. I looked back while driving ('87 Grand Marquis) to check on her. She and her goofy self was bouncing in time to the beat. And at almost 20 yrs old she still bounces, sometimes without even realizing it.
The harmonica player is Lee Oskar. He had several harmonicas on his belt
Lee Oskar, the harmonica(blues harp, each specific to a particular key, unlike the chromatic harmonica for which Stevie Wonder is justifiably revered)player has a line of premium (?) harmonicas bearing his name.
In 1978, I walked into the office on Hollywood Boulevard which War shared with jump-blues singer Jimmy Witherspoon, Ghettospoon. Simple curiosity. It wasn't really a walk-in type of place. I continued down the street to the Guitar Center, hung out there awhile. John Sebastian - Loving Spoonful, solo artist/songwriter('Welcome Back Kotter' TV theme) came in. Whee.
'Spill the Wine', with Eric Burdon, 'The World Is A Ghetto', 'Why Can't We Be Friends', 'Slippin' Into Darkness', Cisco Kid'. Great band, iconic music. Enjoy!
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Charles Edwin Hatcher, an American singer songwriter well known for his #1 hit War, went by the stage name Edwin Starr. This song is the national anthem for low riders! - I love it. He was a Vietnam veteran. He passed in 2003 at 61 in his home in Nottinghamshire and is buried in Nottingham.
You should've seen the look on my face, first time I seen that it wasn't a Latino or Mexican. I always thought that Carlos Santana sang this song. I was shocked,as well. This song always makes me think of Cheech & Chong movie, "Up In Smoke". LoL 😂😂😂😂😂😂.
I absolutely love seeing your mind getting blown!😂 The look on your face was priceless my friend!😂 This is the kind of reactions are what I look forward to.. I remember when this song was first played on the radio. My parents went out to the record store and bought it that same day. Those were the days..
Great reaction! ❤ God Bless you and yours.
Dude! Takes me back to the early seventies, riding in Dave’s Ford with no shocks bouncing along getting high, high, high. Listening to Low Rider and Spill the Wine by War. Kicked out of bowling alleys for seeing who could sail the ball the furthest and still hit the pins. Crazy times and still here at seventy to enjoy the music.
Never fails to surprise how young ppl dont know music from the past.
Why would that surprise you? How in depth do you know your parents music?
@@kimrivera5302it surprise me a lot, I was born and a 3rd world country , with a very limited exposure to music, but I love music and a I know about music more than you and your parents.
@@carlosdabdoub6027 Sure you do buddy.
Maybe you parents should do a better job at teaching your kids? instead of blaming a current generation
The Cisco kid served as an homage to the Chicano culture. Mexican antihero turned freedom fighter from a show back in the 50s. Songs like Lowrider served as a connection which Chicano Culture because there weren’t a lot of representation for them at that time, although low riding began around the time of the Zoot suiters of the twenties with los bombas. Still treated as a third world class. But if you ask me we relate because Chicano and Aborigines are actual brothers. Like for real brothers. Many tribes… one people! Keep on keeping on and Gritos from Tejas.
Back in the day, music wasn't divided by ethnicity like it is today. We listened to good music regardless of what color the artist was. In many ways, it was less racist and divisive than today. You heard the music on the radio, decided if you like it, then later found out who performed it.
Cisco Kid is really good too
Surprise. Now listen to their song "Spill the Wine" with Eric Burden from the Animals as the lead singer.
This blew my mind when it came out in the Uk.😍
Yes, please why can’t we be friends?
One of the greatest songs of all time. They'll be listening to this song 1,000 years from now.
Low Riders started in the Black and Latino communities. I worked at a shop that made custom rides and it was Black owned and operated. Some of those rides ended up on tv, including the George Lopez Show. I live in LA. The funny thing is "Low Rider" the song came out in 1975.
This song never gets old. It lights me up every single time I hear it.
Dude had a bandolier of harmonicas. That's epic! Low riders, hot rods, muscle cars, jacked up trucks. We all rode the streets together in little podunk towns in Florida in the 70s and 80s.
Harmonicas have a small range therefore they need different harps for different keys, hence the belt of harps.
I remember this from my kid days back in the 70's.... Badass song that lives on..
Summer by War is a great one also
Bruh.
How can you NOT know about War?
Sigh, guess I'll just shuffle along back to my Four Cornered Room and contemplate the state of the world while I'm Slippin Into Darkness.
Right!?
Notice you had in 'In the Summertime' by Mungo Jerry queued up on the screen...definitely a good one to react to, especially with one your boys.
I got stuck on the station wagon...lol. All that was missing was a Gremlin with hydraulics. Us old folks know this band was not Hispanic, or Chicano back in the day. Now, you're eligible for membership in GenX...lol.
They had black and Mexican dudes in the group. Cool band. lol from LA, Cali.
I have to admit I thought they were Hispanic too. I learn something new everyday, even at 55. I have listened to this song for years and love it.
Low Ridering was big in California amongst the blacks and Mexicans.
Charles Edwin Hatcher “Edwin Star” is the artist singing WAR, 1942-2003 Born in Nashville, raised in Cleveland and later moved to Detroit.
Such a great song. Isn't this world f'in awesome.
What were you expecting? This is War! They even have a song called Cinco De Mayo. Los Angeles vibes!
If you haven't already, you really need to check out "Summer", "All Day Music", and "The World Is A Ghetto" by these guys. I'm telling you now, they will blow your mind. When I was a much younger guy, I got to see them perform with Parliament/Funkadelic, and to this day it is one of the greatest concerts this pasty white boy ever attended...outside, in the cool summertime breeze. Everybody was there...black, white, Puerto Rican, you name it, and we were all havin' a gooood time! Why? Because we had it like that back then. It was all about the music. Peace out brother! ✌😎
Watching your face as you watch these bands never gets old! :)
One of the best groups ever quite a catalog very deep rabbit hole… Next one slipping into darkness! You won’t regret it😮
One of my top 5 fav songs. The creativity and blend of instruments is so fantastic. And still so freakin cool almost 50 years later. ❤🎶
You missed Eric Burden . You were right next to him with your pointer. You know the guy from the Animals, We gotta get out of this place , House of the rising sun . That guy. '' Spill the wine'' . There are so many rabbit holes, so little time. It seems like every reaction opens up a whole new world. Once again,,, Welcome to our World. Kinda grabs you by the boo boo don't it?
Completely forgot about "Spill the Wine"! Epic!
@@grammybeatrice7081 I think that our generation had the best music of all time. Of coarse every generation thinks their music is the goat. But if you put the styles side by side and compare them. Our 60's through the 70's by a landslide had the best generation. And that reminds me of a song,, Lol. I can't stop it. Generation Landslide by Alice Cooper. see what i mean? It's a curse , but a good curse.
Best day of my life. On a long street in San Francisco, a Low Rider Event. Everyone is cooking food on the sidewalk, everybody sharing food and doobies. And those colorful tricked out low rider cars bouncing nearly straight in the air. And War just booming from every body's boom boxes. Heaven! And i am a 78 year old white lady!
oh girl I'm so with ya - 71 little ole white gal, born and raised in SoCal, some of my best times were hanging down at the beach when they had one of those events - and EVERYBODY got along, from sun-up to way past dark...good times!✌😎
Ya know when I was a young girl, well actually a teenager. I was around fourteen -fifteen. I was listening to Zepplin on the radio. They were playing “Black Dog” a song I’d heard many, many times. But it wasn’t until then when I heard the DJ say it was Zepplin, that it clicked and I knew who Led Zepplin was. It all made sense and all the songs I didn’t know they sang but had heard forever, it fell into place! So I know exactly what and how you feel right now. It’s a mind blower finding out stuff like that. When all the pieces fall into place and you’re like “now I get it”. As Martha Stewart say’s, “it’s a good thing”!!!
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Eric Burdon & War - Spill The Wine (1970)
I cruised South Central Phoenix Az Low riding in the 70's