DavesTrumpet | Low Rider (War) - Trumpet Cover @DavesTrumpet | Uploaded September 2013 | Updated October 2024, 20 hours ago.
"Low Rider" (War) - Trumpet Cover with Improvised Outro (David Miller, trumpet)
Recorded Sept. 27, 2013. Mixed Sept. 29, 2013

Here is my cover version of this really cool & funky, low ridin' tune, "Low Rider" by War! The song dates to 1975 and I can vividly remember hearing it all the time back then. I was 12 years old at the time, and I had recently moved to Texas from California. California- where I used to see low riders on the street all the time. Anyway, I really liked the song then, and I still like it, so I thought I'd do a cover of it. I hope you enjoy it.

Oh, I should add... this tune is also used as the theme song to the George Lopez Show.

I hope you enjoy my take on this tune. Thanks for listening!!!
Please RATE/COMMENT/SUBSCRIBE THANKS!

TECHNICAL DETAILS
Trumpet: Kanstul Chicago 1000 (copy of Chicago era Benge 3X, ML bore)
Mouthpiece: Laskey 65MC
Microphone: Royer R-122
PreAmp: PreSonus w/ vintage Telefunken 12AX7 (for added warmth)
Compression: ART Pro VLA II
All into a Tascam DP-008 8-trk digital recorder

Audio Chain:
Royer R-122; PreSonus Tube Pre V2;
ART Pro VLA II; TASCAM DP-008

Mixed, etc., in Cool Edit Pro 2.1

Recorded Sept. 27, 2013
Mixed Sept. 29, 2013

BLOG NOTES:
Funny how things work out sometimes. You spend two hours in the studio tracking parts but end up working an additional nine and a half hours mixing and remixing. The good thing is I don't think there is a single time I'm recording or learning a new tune that I don't learn something very useful in the process. It's always a learning experience!