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Easy Rider is a 1969 American independent [3] [4] 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.
Easyriders is an American motorcycle magazine, founded in 1970. [2] It was published monthly by Paisano Publications for over 50 years. In addition to its coverage of motorcycles (particularly Harley-Davidsons) and related activities, Easyriders is also known for including pictures of nude or topless women [3] [4] and paintings by David Mann who was a California graphic artist whose paintings ...
"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 Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-and-Rock 'N Roll Generation Saved Hollywood is a book by Peter Biskind, published by Simon & Schuster in 1998. Easy Riders, Raging Bulls is about the 1960s and 1970s Hollywood, a period of American film known for the production of such films such as The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, The French Connection, Chinatown, Taxi Driver, Jaws, Star Wars ...
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 studio 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]
Brewer & Shipley are an American folk rock duo who enjoyed their peak success in the late 1960s through the 1970s. The duo consisted of singer-songwriters Mike Brewer (born on April 14, 1944) and Tom Shipley (born on April 1, 1941). [1] They were known for their intricate guitar work, vocal harmonies, and socially conscious lyrics which ...
The Pusher. " The Pusher " is a rock song written by Hoyt Axton, made popular by the 1969 movie Easy Rider which used Steppenwolf 's version to accompany the opening scenes showing drug trafficking. The lyrics of the song distinguish between a dealer in drugs such as marijuana —who "will sell you lots of sweet dreams"—and a pusher of hard ...