5/4/2023 0 Comments Toni basil easy rider![]() I got some lunch, took a nap, and took in more of the day. We were to meet at 3 so we could ride the bikes into EagleRider and turn em in. Hey, on a lighter note: This was Peter Fonda’s Escort in the movie of Easy Rider: Toni Basil. I was in Nawlins, and I wanted to get a better feel for the city. It was early, and figured I’d walk the few miles back to the hotel. It holds a lot of weight to the movie, and it’s a big part of what makes it such a classic period piece of film. The Easy Rider graveyard/Acid trip isn’t my favorite part of this film, but I can appreciate the significance of it. He told them to have Roger McGuinn of the Byrds put music to it. ![]() He scribbled down the words to “ the Ballad of Easy Rider” on a piece of paper, and gave it to Peter. That point, was what finally convinced Bob Dylan to put a song on this film, after a few hours of debate. Peter told Bob about the filming of this scene, and his own reluctance to say what he’d said. In Krotz springs, I told the story about how they’d gotten Bob Dylan to do a song for the film, and his reluctance to do it. When they finished making the movie, they worked on getting a soundtrack for it. ![]() Tells you a lot about Peter Fonda, and his commitment to this film. He was trying to get through this, and he intermittently kept telling Dennis to shut the hell up. Dennis was a madman on the set back in those days, they’d just started filming and he’d started an argument while Peter was up there, laying his guts out on camera. When you watch the movie again, you can hear Peter say “shut up! Shut up!”. It was just way too personal, and and to this day he is both embarrassed and proud of that scene in Easy Rider. Dennis had convinced Peter to get up on that statue and talk to his mother in this scene. He didn’t know the full story or the reasons why for years. Peter Fonda’s mother committed suicide when he was 10 years old. St Louis Cemetery #1, in 2013 There’s a story here. Acid in the 60’s musta been like the Tequila of the 2000’s. St Louis Cemetery #1 was where they dropped the Acid the Hippy Gave them. They rounded up as many people as they could, and tried to re-create it. If you notice in the movie, you don’t see the main Actors in the parade. They came down with 30 grand, no plan and Dennis Hoppers ego and the movie nearly ended before it began. If you watch the movie, you can tell the quality isn’t as good. In fact, this was the first parts of the movie that they filmed, in 16mm film, instead of 35mm. Graham must have seen Keith Richards in the mirror too, he didn’t show so I figured i’d spy it out myself. Louis Cemetery and see some scenes from the movie. I was to meet Graham in the lobby, but I was 10 minutes late. When I looked in the mirror, I saw Keith Richards was staring at me. I woke up and felt like George Hanson in a jail cell.
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