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Podcast: What the Riff Next Gen
Episode: 1969 - July: The Easy Rider Motion Picture Soundtrack
Description: The cult classic film Easy Rider was released this month. Â A landmark counter culture movie, the film traces the journey of Wyatt and Billy as they make their way on motorcycles from a successful drug deal in Los Angeles to the Mardi Gras festival in New Orleans. Â Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Terry Southern wrote the film, and it stars Fonda, Hopper, and Jack Nicholson. Â Dennis Hopper directed the movie. Â
Originally the plan was for Crosby, Stills & Nash to do all the songs on the soundtrack. Â When the editor plugged in contemporary songs as placeholders, the sound convi...