Founding Member of the Iconic Group WAR
⭐️ 2x Grammy Nominees
⭐️ 2x Platinum
⭐️ 9x Gold
Howard E. Scott is an American funk/rock guitarist and founding member of the successful 1970s funk band WAR. Howard Scott grew up in Compton, California. He began playing bass at a very young age under the guidance of his cousin, Jack Nelson Scott graduated from Compton High School in 1964. 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 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, nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame … But not yet being inducted.. yet several artists that have sampled WAR’s music has been inducted, ie.. the Beastie Boys.. Tupac and NWA.. WARs music catalogue is one of the biggest in music being sampled over 304 times, over 77 artists have covered and/or sampled WAR .
Howard Scott Jr., who is the CEO of the 2019 Non Profit of the Year, The City Lights Gateway Foundation, rebuilding our community and CEO of Arch1 Entertainment
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