In the second scene of the Peter Fonda–Dennis Hopper film Easy Rider there is a cameo part for Phil Spector. The scene takes place at a small airport and involves a silent transaction in which Spector ...

The 50th anniversary presentation of the classic film 'Easy Rider,' featuring live musical performances by such original soundtracks artists as John Kay, Roger McGuinn and Peter Stampfel, celebrated ...

Counter culture classic Easy Rider turned 50 this month and in celebration of that, there’s going to be a special screening and music event at Radio City Music Hall on September 20. Dubbed “Easy Rider ...

On this day (July 14) in 1969, Easy Rider premiered in theaters across the United States. For many moviegoers, it was their first look at the country’s growing counterculture movement. The film, ...

T Bone Burnett is assembling the musical performances to accompany the 1969 film. “Peter Fonda’s team reached out to see if I’d be interested in exploring ideas for the film’s 50th anniversary,” says ...

Roger McGuinn and Steppenwolf's John Kay reprised their famous soundtrack songs, and in some cases extended them while the movie took a time-out. In a year full of major 50 th anniversary ...

Robert Evins Pickard is an adjunct professor of U.S. and world history at Tennessee State University and Nashville State Community College. On July 14, 1969, "Easy Rider" debuted, receiving mixed ...

This summer marks multiple 50th anniversary spin-offs of 1969 cultural watersheds, from the first moon landing (Neon’s hit documentary “Apollo 11”) and the Manson family murders (Quentin Tarantino’s ...