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A lowrider or low rider is a customized car with a lowered body that emerged among Mexican American youth in the 1940s. [3] Lowrider also refers to the driver of the car and their participation in lowrider car clubs, which remain a part of Chicano culture and have since expanded internationally.
"Low Rider" is a song written by American funk band War and producer Jerry Goldstein, which appeared on their album Why Can't We Be Friends?, released in 1975. It reached number one on the Billboard R&B singles chart , peaked at number seven on the Hot 100 singles chart, and number six in Canada (number 69 in the Canadian year-end chart [ 6 ] ).
The earliest car clubs were formed in the 1930s, [1] though the reputedly oldest lowrider club is the Dukes. The Dukes first got together in 1962. [2] The club went on for some four years, breaking up in 1969.
Family photo with lowrider bicycles at the Chicago SuperShow (2010) A lowrider bicycle is a highly customized bicycle with styling inspired by lowrider cars. [1] These bikes often feature a long, curved banana seat with a sissy bar and very tall upward-swept ape hanger handlebars.
In 1977, the FXS Low Rider was introduced. The Low Rider had alloy wheels front and rear, two disc brakes on the front wheel, extended forks with a 32° rake, and a 26" seat height. [6] Unlike the Super Glide, the Low Rider was an instant hit; outselling all other Harley-Davidson models in its first full year of production. [7]
A tattoo of the letters NLR (the acronym for "Nazi Lowriders") commonly appears on members' stomachs, backs or necks. Other popular tattoos include "Nazi Low Riders" written in Old English script or the runic alphabet. The logo of the NLR is a skeletal eagle holding a Nazi swastika, with the letters of the group based on the Reichsadler symbol.
Low Rider, one of the ring names of professional wrestler Matt Barela; Lowrider, a 2002 video game made for PlayStation 2; Lowrider bicycle, a modified bicycle in the style of a lowrider car; Low rider bicycle luggage carrier, a way to carry luggage on a bicycle to with a low center of gravity
Two singles from the album were released: the title track backed with "In Mazatlan", and "Low Rider" backed with "So". Both A-sides were nominated for the Grammy Awards of 1976. Of the songs on this album, an interpolation of the first part of the song "Smile Happy" was used in the song "It Wasn't Me" by Shaggy featuring RikRok.