Lonnie Jordan

{{Short description|American musician}} {{redirect|Leroy Jordan|the football player|Lee Roy Jordan}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Le Roy Jordan | background = solo_singer | image = Lonnie Jordan.jpg | caption = Jordan in concert | landscape = yes | alias = Lonnie Jordan | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1948|11|21}} | birth_place = [[San Diego, California]], U.S. | instrument = {{flatlist| *Vocals *piano *guitar *keyboards *synthesizer *percussion}} | genre = {{flatlist| *[[Funk rock]] *[[Rhythm and blues|R&B]] *[[jazz]] *[[Latin pop]] }} | occupation = {{hlist|Musician|songwriter}} | years_active = 1969–present | current_member_of = [[War (American band)|War]] }}

'''Leroy''' "'''Lonnie'''" '''Jordan''' (born November 21, 1948, in [[San Diego]])<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff • • |first=SoundDiego |date=November 15, 2015 |title=12 Musicians With San Diego Ties |url=https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/12-musicians-with-san-diego-ties/90463/ |access-date=January 3, 2025 |website=NBC 7 San Diego |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jordan |first=Lonnie |date=January 3, 2025 |title=Lonnie Jordan {{!}} San Diego Reader |url=https://www.sandiegoreader.com/bands/lonnie-jordan/ |access-date=January 3, 2025 |website=www.sandiegoreader.com |language=en}}</ref> is an American musician and a founding member of the [[funk music|funk]] band [[War (American band)|War]].<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p18574|pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography: Lonnie Jordan|last=Wynn|first=Ron|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|accessdate=May 23, 2010}}</ref> He had a number of roles over the years, acting as vocalist and playing guitar, piano, synthesizer, and percussion. He was among the first three people to join the group after its inception, having joined before the group adopted the name "War" (it had previously been known as "the Creators" and "Nightshift"), as well as being the group's only remaining original member.

Jordan recorded as a solo artist with [[MCA Records|MCA]] in 1977 and [[Boardwalk Records|Boardwalk]] in 1982. He has also recorded with [[Eric Burdon]], [[Tanya Tucker]], [[T. Rex (band)|T. Rex]] and [[Los Lobos]]. Jordan also made a record with two members of War, [[Harold Ray Brown|Harold Brown]] and [[B.B. Dickerson]], ''The Other Side of War Warms Your Heart'' on Soufflé Records, which featured [[Bobby Womack]] on guitar. Lonnie Jordan is the only current member of War from the original lineup. Four other members created a new group called [[Lowrider Band]]. In 2017, Lonnie Jordan co-wrote and featured on vocals on the Alex Puddu album ''From the Beginning'' on three songs "Runaway Boys", "Nobody" and "Stormy Weather".

==Discography==

*1978: ''Different Moods of Me'' (US: #158) *1982: ''The Affair'' *2007: ''War Stories'' (produced by [[J. B. Eckl]] and Pancho Tomaselli)

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Further reading== * [http://www.bluesandsoul.com/feature/270/war_and_peace_and_music/ Lonnie Jordan interview by Pete Lewis, 'Blues & Soul' August 1995 (reprinted April 2008)]

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