Posted on 02/07/2016 7:15:17 AM PST by WhiskeyX
Steppenwolf - 'Live At The Fillmore'
Fillmore West, San Francisco, California, USA
August 27th, 1968
good to fairly good audience
John Kay - Vocals, Guitar, Harp
Michael Monarch - Guitar
Goldy McJohn - Keyboards
Rushton Moreve (aka John Russell Morgan) - Bass, Vocals
Jerry Edmonton - Drums, Vocals
00:00 Your Wall's Too High 12:50
12:50 John Kay Remarks 02:01
14:51 Hoochie Coochie Man 05:51
20:43 John Kay Remarks 01:09
21:52 Born To Be Wild 08:03
29:56 Desperation 06:20
36:16 The Ostrich 09:13
45:29 Tighten Up Your Wig 04:19
49:49 Disappointment Number (Unknown) 04:14
54:04 Lost And Found By Trial And Error 02:43
56:47 Hodge Podge, Strained Through A Leslie 10:11
1:06:59 Resurrection 04:29
1:11:25 Baby Please Don't Go 10:30
1:21:54 The Pusher 06:09
Continued...
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John Kay is a German-Canadian-American rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist known as the frontman of Steppenwolf. He was born Joachim Fritz Krauledat, 12 April 1944, in Tilsit, East Prussia, Germany (now Sovetsk, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia).
Steppenwolf is a Canadian-American rock group that was prominent in the late 1960s. The group was formed in 1963 in Los Angeles by vocalist John Kay, guitarist Michael Monarch, bassist Rushton Moreve, keyboardist Goldy McJohn and drummer Jerry Edmonton after the dissolution of Toronto group The Sparrows, formed by John Kay in the early 60s, of which only Moreve was not a member.
The band has sold more than 25 million records worldwide, releasing eight gold albums and twelve Billboard Hot 100 singles of which six were Top 40 hits, including three Top 10 successes: "Born to Be Wild", "Magic Carpet Ride", and "Rock Me". Steppenwolf enjoyed worldwide success from 1968 to 1974, but clashing personalities led to the end of the core lineup. Today, frontman John Kay is the only original member left, having served as lead singer for 50 years since 1963.
Steppenwolf The name-change from Sparrow to Steppenwolf was suggested to John Kay by Gabriel Mekler, being inspired by Hermann Hesse's novel of the same name. Steppenwolf's first two singles were "A Girl I Knew" and "Sookie Sookie". The band finally rocketed to worldwide fame after their third single "Born to Be Wild" was released in 1968, as well as their version of Hoyt Axton's "The Pusher" and were prominently used in the 1969 cult film Easy Rider (both titles originally had been released on the band's debut album). In the movie, "The Pusher" accompanies a drug deal, and Peter Fonda stuffing dollar bills into his Stars & Stripes-clad fuel tank, after which "Born to Be Wild" is heard in the opening credits, with Fonda and Dennis Hopper riding their Harley choppers through the American West. The song, which has been closely associated with motorcycles ever since, introduced to rock lyrics the signature term "heavy metal" (though not about a kind of music, but about a motorcycle: "I like smoke and lightning, heavy metal thunder, racin' with the wind..."). Written by Dennis Edmonton, who had begun using the pen name Mars Bonfire, the song had already reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in August 1968. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc.
The following albums had several more hit singles, including "Magic Carpet Ride" (which reached No. 3) from Steppenwolf The Second and "Rock Me Baby" (with its bridge lasting 1:06, which reached No. 10) from At Your Birthday Party. It also sold in excess of one million units. Monster, which questioned US policy of the Nixon era, and Steppenwolf 7 were the band's most political albums, which included the song "Snowblind Friend", another Axton-penned song, about the era and attitudes of drugs and its problems. Other hits included Hey Lawdy Mama and Willie Dixon's Hootchie Kootchie Man.
There were several changes in the group's personnel after the first few years. Moreve was fired from the group in 1968 for missing gigs after he became afraid to return to Los Angeles, convinced that it was going to be leveled by an earthquake and fall into the sea. Rob Black filled in for Moreve until former fellow-Sparrow Nick St. Nicholas came aboard. Monarch quit after disagreements with Kay the next year year and was replaced by Larry Byrom, who'd been in TIME with St. Nicholas. St. Nicholas' tenure with the group proved to be brief and he was let go in 1970 after incurring Kay's wrath by showing up onstage in a bunny suit, and playing his bass loudly and out of tune. The above tales were related by Kay in his 1994 autobiography Magic Carpet Ride (co-written with Canadian author John Einarson). George Biondo was then recruited and guitarist Kent Henry replaced Byrom in 1971.
The band broke up in 1972 following the release of another political concept album, For Ladies Only, and Kay went on to an inconsistent solo career, scoring a minor solo hit in 1972 with "I'm Movin' On" from his album Forgotten Songs and Unsung Heroes.
Steppenwolf (band)
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Steppenwolf is a Canadian-American rock group that was prominent from 1968 to 1972. The group was formed in late 1961 in Toronto by vocalist John Kay, keyboardist Goldy McJohn and drummer Jerry Edmonton. Guitarist Michael Monarch and bassist Rushton Moreve were recruited by notices placed in LA area record stores and musical instrument stores. The essential core of Steppenwolf was John Kay, Jerry Edmonton and Goldy McJohn from The Sparrows (originally Jack London & the Sparrows from Oshawa, Ontario, Canada).[4]
Steppenwolf sold over 25 million records worldwide,[5] releasing eight gold albums and twelve Billboard Hot 100 singles, of which six were Top 40 hits,[6] including three Top 10 successes: "Born to Be Wild", written by Dennis Edmonton, "Magic Carpet Ride", and "Rock Me." Steppenwolf enjoyed worldwide success from 1968 to 1972, but clashing personalities led to the end of the core lineup. Today, frontman John Kay is the only original member, having served as lead singer since 1967.
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good, but i recall the sound was really muddy especially the organ stuff
Once the religious, the hunted and weary
Chasing the promise of freedom and hope
Came to this country to build a new vision
Far from the reaches of kingdom and pope
Like good Christians, some would burn the witches
Later some got slaves to gather riches
But still from near and far to seek America
They came by thousands to court the wild
But she just patiently smiled and bore a child
To be their spirit and guiding light
That’s some pretty disturbing album art. Looks almost like an H.R. Giger painting.
Isn’t it? Queen’s “News of the World” album art was pretty disturbing too. There was a picture of the band included in the album art and I remember telling my mom that I thought those girls were really ugly. LOL.
FWIW, we opened for Steppenwolf on their reunion tour in 1975 or so at Tampa and at West Palm Beach (Savoy Brown was the #2 band on the card). They were excellent. Very professional, great tight sound.
No videos?
Savoy Brown - Boogie Brothers ( Full Album ) 1974
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fell asleep in this fashion more than a few times in the 70s and 80s:
I like to dream yes, yes, right between my sound machine
On a cloud of sound I drift in the night
Any place it goes is right
Goes far, flies near, to the stars away from here.
Saw them at the Carousal Ballroom (later became Filmore West under Bill Graham’s control) back in late ‘67/early ‘68...
Never paid a dime for the many concerts that played there! My girl friend was part of a light show that was a mainstay there...
Talk about memories!
Man, lucky you. Ever see “Moby Grape?” One of the greatest bands that never was (for a lot of reasons).
Matthew Katz really screwed them over.
Yeah, even made it so they couldn’t use the name.
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