Edward Robert Low MNZM (14 May 1943 – 21 September 2024) was a New Zealand country singer and musician, with a career spanning over 60 years.

Low began his career in the early 1960s with his brother in the Auckland-based group The Chevronaires, where he met John Rowles.

In 1986, Low launched his own record label, MAL Records, which he used to publish personal projects including "I Am Me", a single about his feelings around being labelled handicapped, and the albums Turning Back The Clock and Land of my Mother, Land of my Father, the latter reflecting his mixed Scottish and Māori heritage.

In the 2000s, Low toured with the New Zealand Highwaymen and continued writing music, and moved to live in Christchurch in 2008.

He followed up in Icon (2012) and This Could Be the Last Time (2017), the latter published under EdRab Music, a new label he created for his later projects, and returned to touring with the New Zealand Highwaymen in a series of successful shows.

Despite ailing health from a cancer diagnosis, Low continued to record music and tour until his death in 2024, with albums such as Paint Me a Memory (2020) and When I Sing About You (2021).

[5][6][4] Low began his professional career in music in the years after leaving school, joining a group called The Chevronaires with his brother David, which had a residency at the Picasso club in Auckland.

In 1964, the pair began performing Beatles covers, taking up a six month contract in Melbourne, Australia at the Riverside Inn.

Low was also a multi-instrumentalist, often playing the trumpet, but was also proficient with other instruments including guitar, keys, flute, and violin.

They secured a six month contract to play at the Riverside Inn, an establishment in Melbourne, performing covers of songs by The Beatles.

[7] After the contract ended, the pair moved to Sydney seeking oppourtunities in Kings Cross, where they discovered fellow musician Graham Willoughby, who had been in The Chevronaires, in a new band called The Dingdongers.

[1][7] Low and Rowles joined the group, which then auditioned at the Sundowner Hotel for the Miller’s Brewery circuit, and were successful in securing the gig.

Over the next four years, Low released four more albums: Easy Temptations, Blue Smoke, Country Greats and Heart and Soul.

[1] Low also periodically visited Christchurch to appear on episodes of That's Country, a TVNZ show hosted by Ray Columbus.

[11][1][16] In 2006, Low's long career and contributions were recognised and he was awarded the Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to music in the 2006 Queen's Birthday Honours.

[1] In his final years, Low toured with Dennis Marsh, Gray Bartlett and Brendan Dugan in the New Zealand Highwaymen band, in a series of successful shows.

[21] Near the end of the tour during one of their shows, Low collapsed minutes before a performance at the Hokitika Regent Theatre, and was taken to hospital.

He battled cancer for over a year including the complete removal of his stomach, and endured significant weight loss, becoming unfit to tour and being forced to withdraw from events.

Low had a home in Sydney where he lived in the late 1970s, periodically returning to Christchurch in the early 1980s to appear on the TVNZ programme That's Country.

[1] In July 2023, Low was diagnosed with diffuse gastric cancer and battled the condition for over a year, including the complete removal of his stomach which caused significant weight loss and forced him to withdraw from events.