No, this is a common mistake. It was recorded by the band, War.. and According to WIkapedia...

• The song has been covered by the following artists:
  • Willy DeVille
  • Carlos Santana
  • Blues Traveler
  • Bona Fide on their album "The Poe House"
  • Peter Cetera
  • Cypress Hill
  • The Fantômas Melvins Big Band
  • George Clinton
  • Earth Eatz Dog - on their album Sniff This!
  • Epsilon Minus
  • Exodus
  • Gary Hoey (this version is played at the start of the Greg and the Morning Buzz radio show each day)
  • Andy Offutt Irwin
  • JFA
  • Terry Kath
  • Kid Frost and Latin Alliance
  • Korn
  • Look People
  • Kurt Cobain
  • Paul Rodriguez
  • Phish
  • Popa Chubby featuring Galea
  • Quando Quango
  • Son Of Dave
  • Cedar Walton
  • Widespread Panic
  • Barry White[2] [3]
  • Yukon Kornelius
  • Warren Hill from his 2005 album PopJazz [4][5]
  • Many P2P networks credit the War version of the track to ZZ Top, but the band has never recorded a version of the song.
• "Low Rider" was sampled by The Offspring in the remix version of "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)".
• "Low Rider" was sampled by Tito & Tarantula on the track "Bullets From a Gun".
• War's "Low Rider" was also significantly sampled by The Beastie Boys for their track "Slow Ride" on the 1986 album Licensed to Ill.
• The song "Jorge Regula" by The Moldy Peaches borrowed the main riff from "Low Rider".
• Sublime sampled the song in the bassline of Forman Freestyle on disc 2 of Everything Under the Sun.
• The song "Surfin Buena Park" by The Ziggens borrowed the main riff from "Low Rider".
• Jazz funk/Contemporary jazz instrumental group Bona Fide covered the song from their 2001 album "The Poe House."[6]
• An spanish version of mexican group Banda Pachuco was recorded in 1996 for the album with the same name.