On this day in 1970, the soundtrack to the movie “Easy Rider” peaked at #6 on the US Billboard 200 Album Chart (May 9) “Easy Rider” is an American independent 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. The iconic counterculture film explores the societal landscape, issues, and tensions towards adolescents in the United States during the 1960s, such as the rise of the hippie movement, drug use, and communal lifestyle. The movie's soundtrack featured major rock artists including The Band, The Byrds, The Jimi Hendrix Experience and Steppenwolf. Editor Donn Cambern used various music from his own record collection to make watching hours of bike footage more interesting during editing, and most of Cambern's music was used, with licensing costs of $1 million, triple the film's budget. The soundtrack also peaked at #4 in Australia. Click on the link below to watch “The Weight” from the movie: https://youtu.be/hsFOKNQxIhQ Daily Rock History