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One of the most important and iconic films in cinema history is Easy Rider. The film was directed by veteran actor Dennis Hopper in 1969 and has since become a cult classic for generations of cinema lovers. Wyatt aka Captain America (Peter Fonda) and Billy (Dennis Hopper) travel to Mexico to buy some yayo (cocaine) from a cheap seller. They try the coke and they laugh at how good it is. Wyatt and Billy's plan is to sell the cocaine to finance a trip to Mardi Gras and then ... MORE
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In 1990, McGuinn and Petty collaborated on this song, from Roger's "Back From Rio" album, co-writing the song and with Petty playing and singing on the track.
For the uninitiated, The Byrds were obviously a big influence on Petty and the sound he created. Early in his career he covered "I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better" from the first Byrds LP.
I absolutely LOVE this track and ArcticRose, who has never heard it, posted about Tom Petty yesterday, so - enjoy!
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Cool site I stumbled across earlier: Roger McGuinn in the folk tradition. Reminded me of this David Allen Coe song I haven't heard in years. It's not bad. "I'd heard The Burritos out in California could fly higher than The Byrds Roger McQuinn had a 12 string guitar. It was like nothing I'd ever heard And The Eagles flew in from the west coast Like The Byrds they were trying to be free While in Texas the talk turned to Outlaws Like Willie and Waylon and me. Hey! Wel... MORE
