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"Ballad of Easy Rider" is a song written by Roger McGuinn, with input from Bob Dylan (although Dylan is not credited as a co-writer), for the 1969 film Easy Rider. [1] The song was initially released in August 1969 on the Easy Rider soundtrack album as a Roger McGuinn solo performance. [ 2 ]
Most of the tracks on the Easy Rider soundtrack were previously released on other albums by their respective artists. On LP, cassette and reel-to-reel releases of Easy Rider, tracks 1-5 appeared as side 1, and tracks 6-10 as side 2. "The Pusher" – 5:49 Steppenwolf - Steppenwolf (1968) "Born to Be Wild" (Mars Bonfire) – 3:37
Ballad of Easy Rider is the eighth album by the American rock band the Byrds and was released in November 1969 on Columbia Records. [1] The album was named after the song "Ballad of Easy Rider", which had been written by the Byrds' guitarist and singer, Roger McGuinn (with help from Bob Dylan), as the theme song for the 1969 film, Easy Rider. [2]
Wyatt and Billy are freewheeling motorcyclists. After smuggling cocaine from Mexico to Los Angeles, they sell their haul and receive a large sum of money.With the cash stuffed into a plastic tube hidden inside the Stars & Stripes-painted fuel tank of Wyatt's California-style chopper, they ride eastward aiming to reach New Orleans, Louisiana, in time for the Mardi Gras festival.
The single "Easy Rider" reached number 66 on the Billboard chart and number 48 in Canada, making it the band's biggest hit aside from "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida". [ 1 ] [ 3 ] The album is noted for having one of the earliest uses of the talk box on a rock album, which Pinera used on "Butterfly Bleu."
Ballad of Easy Rider: Co-written with Roger McGuinn [143] Down in the Flood [144] Forever Young [145] Knockin' on Heaven's Door [146] Tomorrow Is a Long Time [147] Jackie DeShannon: Blowin' in the Wind [148] Don't Think Twice, It's All Right [148] Walkin' Down the Line [148] Devlin: All Along the Watchtower [149] Sussan Deyhim: All I Really ...
Warren Klein circa 1980. Warren Klein (born July 27, 1944) is an American musician and songwriter, best known for being a founding member and lead guitarist of The Factory with Lowell George (produced by Frank Zappa), as a member of Fraternity of Man (Don't Bogart Me), and for being a guitarist in the Stooges with Iggy Pop in the spring of 1973.
The band's lead guitarist Roger McGuinn sings the lead vocal, and the band are augmented by Red Rhodes on pedal steel guitar and Clarence White on guitar. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] As Byrds' drummer Michael Clarke had left the group during the recording of the album, Jim Gordon , who also performed on the City's version, plays drums. [ 4 ]