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Infobox musical artist | name = John Kay| image = Johnkay2007.JPG| caption = John Kay at the 2007 Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival| image_size = 250| landscape = yes| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Joachim Fritz Krauledat| alias =| Born = birth date and age|df=y|1944|04|12 Tilsit , then Germany today Russia | death_date =| origin = Waterloo, Ontario|Waterloo , Ontario , Canada | instrument = Guitar , harmonica , Human voice|vocals | genre = Rock music|Rock , blues , Folk music|folk | occupation = Singer , songwriter , record producer|producer | years_active = 1964present| label = Dunhill Records|Dunhill , Mums Records|Mums , Epic Records|Epic , MCA Records|MCA , Mercury Records|Mercury , Attic Records (Canada)|Attic , Qwil Records|Qwil , I.R.S. Records|I.R.S. , K-tel , Winter Harvest Records|Winter Harvest , CMC International , Cannonball Records|Cannonball , Rainman Records|Rainman | associated_acts = The Sparrows (band)|The Sparrows , Steppenwolf (band)|Steppenwolf , The John Kay Band,| website = URL| http://www.steppenwolf.com| current_members =| past_members =| notable_instruments = Rickenbacker|Rickenbacker 381 John Kay (born Joachim Fritz Krauledat , 12 April 1944, Tilsit then Germany , today Russia ) is a German-Canadian singer, songwriter and guitarist known as the frontman of Steppenwolf (band)|Steppenwolf .cite web|url=Allmusic|class=artist|id=p13383/biography|pure_url=yes|title=Biography: John Kay|last=Prato|first=Greg|publisher= Allmusic |accessdate=9 June 2010
In the Evacuation of East Prussia in early 1945, in harsh winter conditions, his mother first had to flee with the baby boy from the advancing Soviet troops. In 1948, the two also fled from Arnstadt in the East German Soviet occupation zone to resettle in Hanover , West Germany (as recounted in his song "Renegade" on the album Steppenwolf Seven ). Located in the Allied Occupation Zones in Germany|British occupation zone , teen aged Joachim, suffering from eyesight problems, listened to music broadcast by the British Forces Broadcasting Service before his family moved to Canada in 1958.
He joined a blues rock and folk music group known as The Sparrows (band)|The Sparrows in 1965, which had moderate success in Canada before moving to California in the USA, augmenting its line-up and changing its name to Steppenwolf (band)|Steppenwolf in 1967. With music that pioneered hard rock and Heavy metal music|heavy metal , Kay's Steppenwolf had international success with songs such as " Born to Be Wild ", " Magic Carpet Ride ", "Monster", "The Pusher", and "Rock Me". This was multiplied by the use of "Born to Be Wild" and "The Pusher" in the 1969 movie Easy Rider .
Kay recorded both as a solo artist and with Steppenwolf during the late 1970s, and wrapped up Steppenwolf's 40th year of touring with what was to be a final gig in October 2007. However, Kay and Steppenwolf appeared July 24, 2010, at the three-day HullabaLOU music festival in Louisville, Kentucky|Louisville , Kentucky.cite web|title=HullabaLOU Line-up|url= http://www.hullabaloufest.com/hullabalou/line-up/schedule|publisher=Churchill Downs Entertainment Group|accessdate=6 June 2010
In 2004 he was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame , in recognition of his early years as a Canadian citizen and the beginnings of his musical career in Toronto. Kay was present at the induction ceremony in Toronto, and reiterated his strong affection for Canada.Cite web|url= http://www.canadaswalkoffame.com/inductees/04_john_kay.xml.htm|title=John Kay|publisher=Canada's Walk of Fame|accessdate=2010-11-03Dead link|date=November 2010|bot=H3llBot
Kay suffers from increased sensitivity to light, so he wears his trademark sunglasses. He also has congenital achromatopsia , complete colorblindness, a defect of the cone cells in the eyes which causes him to see in black and white, and results in legal blindness. http://www.grabow.biz/Nostalgia/John-Kay-and-Steppenwolf.htm John Kay and Steppenwolf Interview on the Grabow agency website, retrieved May 3rd 2011 Despite this condition, he is an avid videographer.
http://www.steppenwolf.com/s/w/CD127 John Kay & Company - The Lost Heritage Tapes (CD 1997; recorded 1976, but previously unreleased)
de icon http://www.zeit.de/2008/08/Born-to-be-wild Matthias Greffrath, ZEITmagazin LEBEN, Nr. 8, 14.02.2008 (report from a childhood friend)
SteppenwolfJohn Kay (musician)Portal|Music of Canada Persondata | NAME = Kay, John | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = 12 April 1944 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Kay, John Category:1944 births Category:Living people Category:People from Sovetsk, Kaliningrad Oblast Category:People from East Prussia Category:German rock guitarists Category:German emigrants to Canada Category:Rhythm guitarists Category:Canadian rock guitarists Category:Canadian rock singers Category:Canadian singer-songwriters Category:Canadian Music Hall of Fame inductees
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