- In Cameron Crowe’s semi-autobiographical Almost Famous [2000] fictional band Stillwater features real life singer/songwriter Mark Kozelek (Red House Painters, Sun Kil Moon) as a band member.
- The stars of the road movie Two Lane Blacktop [1971], singer/songwriter James Taylor and the late Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson, never acted in a movie before or after this one.
- Joni Mitchell was the inspiration for the Jane character played by Frances McDormand in Laurel Canyon [2002].
- Despite having performed with the band at the concert, Neil Young refused to be filmed and thus does not appear with Crosby Stills and Nash in the Woodstock [1970] movie. (He can be heard on the soundtrack, however.)
- Shortly after the release of the classic mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap [1984], director Rob Reiner was told by various fans of the film—oblivious that it was a spoof—that he should’ve worked with a better known band.
