It’s WAR at The Nugget, Saturday, March 12

Sparks/Reno, NV --  WAR, the Southern California funk band that scored such mega-hits as “Why Can’t We Be Friends,” “The Cisco Kid,” “Spill the Wine,” “Slippin’ Into Darkness,” and “Low Rider” brings its one-of-a-kind music to the Celebrity Showroom in John Ascuaga’s Nugget Casino Resort for one show Saturday, March 12,  at 8 p.m.

The 7-member band, fronted by founding member Lonnie Jordan, was one of the earliest groups in popular music to find global fame as a “cross-over” act.
WAR succeeded by fusing rock, funk, jazz rhythm and blues, reggae and Latin elements into an unmistakable sound all its own. And the multi-ethnic line-up of the ensemble enabled it to transcend and overcome racial and cultural barriers.

Since it began, WAR has been a group of many musical voices and styles coming together with the shared goal of making something different.  It’s in the band’s DNA to this day.

In the studio, WAR often performed lengthy jams from which their hit singles were distilled.  But WAR has been a group of individuals who live for their solos. It’s a group of very talented musicians who work as a group to make the distinctive music that they – and audiences – love to hear. Since it began, WAR has sold more than 50 million records and garnered fans from every generation.

Bringing the sounds of this self-described “Afro-Cuban-rock-jazz-blues band” to millions of fans around the world and now to the Nugget stage are the members of WAR:  Lonnie Jordan, vocals and keyboards; Fernando Harkless on saxophone and flute; Marcos Reyes, percussion; Stuart Ziff on guitar; Sal Rodriquez on drums;  Francisco “Pancho” Tomaselli, on bass guitar; and Mitch Kashmar, harmonica and vocals.

Don’t miss WAR at John Ascuaga’s Nugget for one show Saturday, March 12 at 8 p.m.  Tickets are $35 and are available by calling (800) 648-1177 or 356-3300 and by visiting januggget.com. Dinner and show packages are available. Do The Nugget Tonight!