One of the most famous openings in music history came from the drummer playing a mistake. Low Rider by WAR became a 70s classic due to this happy accident. He was accidentally playing on the upbeat and when he realized his mistake he was about to change course when all of a sudden everyone else started playing on top of his mistake and the singer stepped up to the mic and said a random phrase and a 70s classic was born. We get the story of this classic From a founding member of one of America’s greatest Funk bands. When this one comes on the radio, we all turn it up to 11 and jam out, best heard when cruising down the freeway. The cool, laid-back hit of 1975 next on Professor of Rock.
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Hey music junkies Professor of Rock, always here to celebrate the greatest artists and the greatest songs of all time. If you ever got in trouble for recording hours of music videos over the top of your mom or dad's VHS tapes, you’ll dig this channel. Subscribe below right now to be a part of our community, and make sure to click the bell so you never miss out on the stories of the classic from the legends. We I the only one that got in trouble for that? I remember I recorded Friday Night Videos over top of my mom’s weekly taping of Dynasty or was it Knots Landing. Anyway, the band War was a funk rock and soul revival that defined the 70s. Originally known as Eric Burdon and War, the band Eric Burdon was in after the Animals.. who had the memorable hit Spill the Wine. War was a fierce fusion of R&B, Rock, Latin, and Funk styles that made them a force to be reckoned with. The band went beyond racial and cultural barriers with a multi-ethnic combination that breathed new life into radio. They had so many classic songs, including their masterpiece #1 LP the World is a Ghetto that came in 72, that had the Cisco Kid along with the Title Track.
Awarded the best-selling album of the year by Billboard magazine. Today we go behind the classic rock radio staple and #1 R&B song and top 10 billboard hit, Lowrider... a crossover hit if there ever was one. War is definitely one of the most underappreciated bands of their time and was a virtual hit machine thought the decade. Lowrider was written by famed producer Jerry Goldstein, with its driving baseline by BB Dickerson, and iconic alto saxophone riff by Charles Miller who also provides the lead vocal the song starts off with its familiar, Cowbell beat by Harold Ray Brown, It all happened very magically as you’ll hear in this exclusive interview coming up.
Lowrider isn’t just a song for many it’s a lifestyle. I was fortunate to discuss the song at length with War founding member and original drummer Harold Ray Brown. What follows is a wonderful insight into the classic song.
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