A few years back, I was a member of the Board of Directors of Tucson Meet Yourself and for the 2012 Festival, I was invited to create a small exhibition on lowriders for display at the festival. The results can be seen below. I had a great time working on this, from painting the display boards to writing a bibliography on lowriding (see below) to meeting with members of the local car club, The Dukes, to borrow materials for the display. These include the little cars and the Dukes clock, as well as the hubcaps that are shown. I used material from my own record collections to create the display on oldies but goodies music. The photos below include a couple of my good friend Mel “Melo” Dominguez, a wonderful local artist with whom I shared a booth at the festival. Friends of mine stopped by and their photos are also included. Finally, I had to include some photos of the many beautiful cars that were on display that day. Again, this was another fun project!
Lowrider Bibliography
These resources can be obtained from either the University of Arizona Library or the Pima County Public Library.
How to build a lowrider. / by Frank Hamilton. North Branch MN. Cartech, 1996. University of Arizona Library, Special Collections. TL 255.2 .H36 1996
Lowrider: history, pride, culture. / by Paige R. Penland. St. Paul MN: Motorbooks, International, 2003. University of Arizona Library. Special Collections. TL 255.2 .P46 2003
Lowrider Magazine. San Jose, Calif.: A.T.M. Communications. Pima County Public Library. Various branches.
Lowrider space: aesthetics and politics of Mexican American custom cars./ by Ben Chappel. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2012. University of Arizona Library. E184.M5 C3837 2012
Lowriders. / by Lisa Bullard. Minneapolis, Minn: Lerner Publishing, 2007 (children’s book) Pima County Public Library. 629.2872 B8729L 2007 CHILD
Lowriders / by Matt Doeden. Mankato, Minn.: Capstone Press, 2005. (children’s book) Pima County Public Library. 629.2872 D67L 2005 CHILD
Lowriders. / by Robert Genat. St. Paul, Minn: MBI, Publishing, 2001. Pima County Public Library. 629.222 G2852L 2001 Espanol TEEN
Lowriders handbook, The: engines, tires and wheels, hydraulics, custom interiors, custom bodywork, chassis and suspension, air ride. / from the editors of Lowrider Magazine. New York: HP Books, 2002. University of Arizoan Library. Special Collections. TL 255.2 .L68 2002
Lowriders in Chicano culture: from low to slow to show. / by Charles M. Tatum. Santa Barbara, Calif: Greenwood, 2011. University of Arizona Library. E-book.
Lowriding in Aztlan: the truth about lowriding! / a film produced by Katrina Jasso-Osorio, Daniel Osorio; written and directed by Daniel Osorio. New York: Universal Music and Video Distribution, 2006. Pima County Public Library. 629.222 L9552 2006 DVD TEEN
Low ‘n slow: lowriding in New Mexico. / photographs by Jack Parson; text by Carmella Padilla; poetry by Juan Estevan Arellano. Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico Press, 1999. Pima County Public Library. 917.89004 P254L 1999
Low y cool. / a film by Marianne Dissard. Tucson, Az. M. Dissard, 1997. Pima County Public Library. 362.7089 L95 1996 DVD, available at various branches.
Old barrio guide to low rider music, The. / by Ruben Molina. La Puente, Ca: Mictlan Pub., 2005. University of Arizona Library. Fine Arts Library and Special Collections. ML 3558 .M65 2005
Prepared by Bob Diaz for Tucson Meet Yourself. October, 2012.