Few opening riffs grab a room the way the clavinet stab of Superstition does. The Low Darts open with it cold, and the floor moves before anyone sings a word.
The Low Darts are a five-piece classic rock, pop and soul cover band built around 1970s and 1980s music, captured live on camera. Colman Connolly fronts the group on keys, guitar and lead vocals, and this performance puts his keyboard work front and center. Sebastian Rodriguez, Jonas Brown, Luke Foote and Sean Byington fill out the rhythm section that drives this Superstition cover.
Decode the funk Stevie Wonder built
Stevie Wonder wrote and recorded Superstition for his 1972 album Talking Book, and it hit number one in early 1973. He played nearly every part himself, layering drums first, then a Moog bass line, then the song’s signature hook on a Hohner Clavinet.
That clavinet riff defines the track. The instrument bites and snaps like a funk guitar, and the syncopation between the keyboard and the backbeat creates the relentless pocket that made the record a landmark.
Hold a pocket this tight on stage
Recreating that groove live demands ruthless rhythmic discipline. The drums and keys must lock to the sixteenth note, the bass has to sit dead in the center, and the horn-style accents need to land exactly on the upbeat.
Colman handles the clavinet part while singing lead, which means his hands carry the engine of the song as his voice carries the melody. That split of attention separates a trained player from a hobbyist, and you can study his musical range and influences across the band’s catalog.
The Low Darts treat covers as living arrangements, not karaoke. To follow how a college-age band ended up reviving funk and classic rock with this much precision, read the story behind the band, then queue up their live Bennie and the Jets performance for another keys-driven showcase.
Press play on this Superstition cover and watch a young band command a funk standard. Subscribe to the channel, share the video with a fellow Stevie fan, and explore how to book or work with Colman Connolly.
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