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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: Co-written with Roger McGuinn. After viewing the end of the film of the same name, Dylan had his name removed from the song's credits. The Times They Are a-Changin' [34] This Wheel's on Fire: You Ain't Goin' Nowhere: Sebastian Cabot: Who Killed Davey Moore? [71] It Ain't Me Babe [71] Boots of Spanish Leather [71]
In a song review for AllMusic, Matthew Greenwald described "Ezy Ryder" as: One of the few studio-recorded examples of Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsies period of late 1969/early 1970, "Ezy Rider" shows Hendrix moving into a stunning new direction. A tight, funk-driven rhythm is the basis for Hendrix's virtual collection of guitar riffs. [9]
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]
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."
Easy Rider, the soundtrack from the film; The Easy Riders, an American folk band "See See Rider" or "Easy Rider", a traditional blues song "Easy Rider", a song by Kyoko Fukada, 1999
"If 6 Was 9" is a song written by Jimi Hendrix and recorded by the Jimi Hendrix Experience. It was released on their second album Axis: Bold as Love (1967). It appeared on the soundtrack for the 1969 film Easy Rider and the soundtrack for the 1991 film Point Break.