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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]
"Chestnut Mare" is a song by the American rock band the Byrds, written by Roger McGuinn and Jacques Levy during 1969 for a planned country rock musical named Gene Tryp. [1] [2] The musical was never staged and the song was instead released in September 1970 as part of the Byrds' album. [3]
Pages in category "Songs written by Roger McGuinn" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
[12] The 1971 lyrics also make mention of the film Gunga Din, while Genghis Khan (who was mentioned in the earlier version) is now accompanied by his brother Don. [13] These revised lyrics also name-checked guitarist Roger McGuinn of the Byrds, and played upon a mistaken lyric in the Byrds' cover version of the song from three years earlier ...
Harrison likened "If I Needed Someone" to "a million other songs" that are based on a guitarist's finger movements around the D major chord. [22] [nb 3] The song is founded on a riff played on a Rickenbacker 360/12, [24] [25] which was the twelve-string electric guitar that McGuinn had adopted as the Byrds' signature instrument after seeing Harrison playing one in A Hard Day's Night.
The songs on the soundtrack album are sequenced in the same order as they appear in the film, with the following differences: " The Weight ", as originally recorded by The Band for their 1968 debut album Music From Big Pink , was used in the film but could not be licensed for the soundtrack.
"American Girl" is widely considered one of Petty's greatest works. The song was ranked number one on Billboard ' s list of Petty's 20 greatest songs and on Rolling Stone ' s list of Petty's 50 greatest songs. [27] [28] Cash Box said that it "rides along with a nice thump and an unusual, syncopated instrumental section." [29]
"Ding Dang" was co-written with Roger McGuinn (pictured 1976) "Ding Dang" is a short song, consisting of a single verse and chorus, that Wilson had written with the Byrds' Roger McGuinn in the early 1970s. [3] McGuinn recalled that Wilson had one day visited his home asking for amphetamines. After they worked together on the song, McGuinn went ...