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Ballad of Easy Rider

Album

Ballad of Easy Rider

The Byrds

1969Pop · Music · Rock · Southern Rock · Singer/Songwriter · Folk-Rock · Pop/Rock · Soft Rock · Psychedelic

They mix tradition and experimentation via country and folk rock.
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Details

Release date
Record label
Columbia/Legacy
Tracks
18

℗ 1990, 1997 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

Tracks

  1. 1
    Ballad of Easy Rider
    The Byrds
    2:01
  2. 2
    Fido
    The Byrds
    2:40
  3. 3
    Oil in My Lamp
    The Byrds
    3:12
  4. 4
    Tulsa County
    The Byrds
    2:48
  5. 5
    Jack Tarr the Sailor
    ザ・バーズ
    3:31
  6. 6
    Jesus Is Just Alright
    The Byrds
    2:10
  7. 7
    It'S All Over Now, Baby Blue
    The Byrds
    4:52
  8. 8
    There Must Be Someone (I Can Turn To)
    ザ・バーズ
    3:29
  9. 9
    Gunga Din
    The Byrds
    3:03
  10. 10
    Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)
    ザ・バーズ
    3:49
  11. 11
    Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins
    The Byrds
    1:40
  12. 12
    Way Behind the Sun
    ザ・バーズ
    2:56
  13. 13
    Mae Jean Goes to Hollywood
    ザ・バーズ
    2:44
  14. 14
    Oil in My Lamp (Alternate Version)
    ザ・バーズ
    2:02
  15. 15
    Tulsa County (Alternate Version)
    ザ・バーズ
    3:39
  16. 16
    Fiddler a Dram (Moog Experiment)
    ザ・バーズ
    3:10
  17. 17
    Ballad of Easy Rider (Long Version)
    ザ・バーズ
    2:26
  18. 18
    Build It Up (Instrumental)
    The Byrds
    5:33

About this album

The Byrds embrace both tradition and experimentation on this 1969 album. Written for the film Easy Rider, the title track’s gliding strings, trickling acoustic guitar, and yearning vocals about rivers flowing to the sea are the perfect accompaniment to that cinematic ode to motorbikes and youthful rebellion. The group also get funky with cowbell and slippery riffing on “Fido,” pepper the gospel song “Oil In My Lamp” with bursts of electric guitar, and drape Dylan’s “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue” in languid country twang.