Classic Lowriders: Low, Slow & Soulful - UTNE Reader - May/June 2012
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Classic Lowriders: Low, Slow & Soulful - UTNE Reader - May/June 2012
by Allen Thayer
For more than 50 years, California Chicano lowriders in search of the perfect musical mood to enhance their slow procession have looked to the past for a certain sound and feel: desperate and delicate harmonies proclaiming love, hate, or reconciliation set to dramatic arrangements and a tough R&B rhythm track. These classic lowriders, along with neighborhood record collectors and local DJs, have cataloged an unfathomably deep canon of R&B, doo-wop, and harmony soul, collectively known as oldies.
