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Does zz top sing low rider?

Updated: 4/28/2022
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No, this is a common mistake. It was recorded by the band, War.. and According to WIkapedia...

  • The song has been covered by the following artists:
    • Willy DeVille
    • Carlos Santana
    • Blues Traveler
    • Bona Fide on their album "The Poe House"
    • Peter Cetera
    • Cypress Hill
    • The Fantômas Melvins Big Band
    • George Clinton
    • Earth Eatz Dog - on their album Sniff This!
    • Epsilon Minus
    • Exodus
    • Gary Hoey (this version is played at the start of the Greg and the Morning Buzz radio show each day)
    • Andy Offutt Irwin
    • JFA
    • Terry Kath
    • Kid Frost and Latin Alliance
    • Korn
    • Look People
    • Kurt Cobain
    • Paul Rodriguez
    • Phish
    • Popa Chubby featuring Galea
    • Quando Quango
    • Son Of Dave
    • Cedar Walton
    • Widespread Panic
    • Barry White[2] [3]
    • Yukon Kornelius
    • Warren Hill from his 2005 album PopJazz [4][5]
    • Many P2P networks credit the War version of the track to ZZ Top, but the band has never recorded a version of the song.
  • "Low Rider" was sampled by The Offspring in the remix version of "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)".
  • "Low Rider" was sampled by Tito & Tarantula on the track "Bullets From a Gun".
  • War's "Low Rider" was also significantly sampled by The Beastie Boys for their track "Slow Ride" on the 1986 album Licensed to Ill.
  • The song "Jorge Regula" by The Moldy Peaches borrowed the main riff from "Low Rider".
  • Sublime sampled the song in the bassline of Forman Freestyle on disc 2 of Everything Under the Sun.
  • The song "Surfin Buena Park" by The Ziggens borrowed the main riff from "Low Rider".
  • Jazz funk/Contemporary jazz instrumental group Bona Fide covered the song from their 2001 album "The Poe House."[6]
  • An spanish version of mexican group Banda Pachuco was recorded in 1996 for the album with the same name.
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