Papa Dee Allen (born Thomas Sylvester Allen July 18, 1931, in Wilmington, Delaware, died 1988) was an American musician. Events 390 BC - Roman - Gaulish Wars Battle of the Allia - a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Wilmington is the largest city in the state of Delaware, United States and is located at the confluence of the Christina River and Brandywine The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a
Allen was interested in classical music before he joined War. War is an American Funk band from California, known for the hit songs " Low Rider " " Spill the Wine " and " Primarily a percussionist, he also played piano, vibes and soprano sax. The first musical notions involved opera, and he studied operatic voice, as well as jazz and the classics, for two years, in and around his Wilmington, Delaware, beginnings. Opera is an art form in which Singers and Musicians perform a Dramatic work (called an opera which combines a text (called a Libretto
He responded well and heartily to the concepts of music that would become the revolutionary visions of War. He was living in Pomona, California when approached about joining the others who'd already been enlisted as the Night Shift: Howard E. Scott, Lonnie Jordan, B.B. Dickerson, Charles Miller and Harold Brown (who met him first). Pomona is the 5th largest city in Los Angeles County (after Los Angeles, Long Beach, Glendale, and Santa Clarita) Howard E Scott (b March 15, 1946 in San Pedro Los Angeles California) is an American funk/rock guitarist and founding member of the successful Leroy "Lonnie" Jordan (born November 21, 1948 in San Diego California) was a founding member of War, an American Funk Morris "B B" Dickerson (born August 3, 1949 in Torrance California) was the bass player for the 1970s Latin/funk group War Charles Miller can refer to Charles Miller (actor Charles Miller (author, author of popular books on East African history Harold Brown may refer to Harold Brown (basketball (1923 -) Harold P He was the main writer of one of War's major hits, the "The World Is a Ghetto". The World is a Ghetto is an album released by the band War late in year 1972 Sylvester "Papa Dee" Allen collapsed on stage while playing "Gypsy Man". He never regained consciousness.