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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
Easy Rider is a 1969 American road drama film written by Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Terry Southern, produced by Fonda, and directed by Hopper. Fonda and Hopper play two bikers who travel through the American Southwest and South , carrying the proceeds from a cocaine deal.
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: 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 ...
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]
"See See Rider" is a traditional song that may have originated on the black vaudeville circuit. It is similar to "Poor Boy Blues" as performed by Ramblin' Thomas. [3]Jelly Roll Morton recollected hearing the song as a young boy sometime after 1901 in New Orleans, Louisiana, when he performed with a spiritual quartet that played at funerals.
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