Charlie Brechtel

Since “The Wild One” in the 1950s the world has been fascinated with the mythic culture of the American biker. Who are these people with the loud motorcycles, leather jackets, tattoos, and long beards? Where are they going as they roar through town in large packs? And what do they do when they arrive wherever they’re going? I RIDE is the film that finally tells the true-to-life story of the biker community in America. Through the eyes and music of The Fryed Brothers Band, I RIDE will take you on an illuminating road trip through the biker world: bare knuckle fights you actually sign up for, wild bar-b-ques and camp outs, and partying raw and rowdy at some of the biggest hard core biker festivals. This trip will wind up at Sturgis, South Dakota for a Fryed Brother Band performance to end all performances.

A bike shop owner and Bluesman Slim Dixon (Charlie Musselwhite) who passes his love of motorcycles and music to a ragtag group of teenagers. When Slim passes away, he leaves instructions with his daughter Billie (Athena Ransome) to get the rough boys he mentored back together for a motorcycle sojourn through the south to deliver his ashes to the “Home of the Blues” in Clarksdale, Mississippi. But along the way, the legend of a long lost golden motorcycle and a buried treasure throws a wrench in the works.

The story centers on the classic struggle of good over evil putting down-on-his-luck musician Charlie Brechtelagainst the Devil, who uses manipulations, evil agents and even a touch of voodoo to gain possession of Charlie's soul. It all culiminates with a motorcycle race on a lonely road in Angels Camp, California, as the Devil puts everything on the line in a final attempt to win Charlie's soul.