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‘Charles had just bought a mean-looking Chevrolet’: how War made Low Rider

‘Our frontman walked into the studio, had a bottle of tequila, salt and a lemon, listened to the track and started singing in a low voice’

He walked into the studio, sat down, had a bottle of tequila, salt and a lemon, listened to the track and started singing in a low voice. “The low rider drives a little slower” line was a reference to drivers saving gas, which was very expensive then because of the oil crisis. They were called Nightshift and backing Deacon Jones, a famous football player for the Los Angeles Rams.

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