Luther Rabb

Luther Rabb
Birth name	Luther James Rabb
Origin	Seattle, Washington, US
Genres	Jazz rock, experimental rock
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instruments	Vocals, bass
Years active	1969–1986
Labels	Columbia Records (US)
Associated acts	Ballin' Jack Santana Lola Falana WAR

Luther James Rabb (1942–2006) was an American singer, musician, and songwriter, from Seattle, Washington, who gained notoriety as the lead vocalist of the Jazz rock group Ballin' Jack and in later years as a member of the group War.

The son of a minister, Luther grew up in Seattle. He learned to play practicing on his grandmothers piano. He began learning sax at the age of ten. As a teenager he was doing gigs at his local rotary club. He was also a sax player in The Velvetones which was Jimi Hendrix's first band. Between that time and his membership with Ballin' Jack, he had been with the groups The Stags, The Nite Sounds, and The Emergency Exit.

Luther was a member of Ballin' Jack, a group he had founded in 1969 and stayed with them until the group's break up in or around 1974. In 1976 he had become part of Santana as the group's lead singer and was on tour with them in 1976. In 1977 he was working with Lola Falana, had released his solo LP in 1979 and by the 1980s he was a member of the group WAR.

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