John Kay

Getting to see John Kay with Steppenwolf last year was a real thrill for me. After all it was one of his songs that got my parents to pay more attention to me and let me get into music. Every time my mother heard me playing GODDAMN the PUSHER MAN, she would holler at me to not listen to such bad things on the record player. What would she have said of todays music verses, I wonder. Hearing that song in Easy Rider in the sequence it was in was brilliant. John still has the voice from the 60's and the Rickenbacker guitar that he used. He looked great on the stage but it bothered me a bit when he announced that he was going to be retiring in the next year or two. May he enjoy the Magic Carpet Ride, as much as I have enjoyed the music he has given to me.