1867 Johnny Watson (Daddy Stovepipe)*
1915 Hound Dog Taylor*
1921 Shakey Jake Harris*
1929 Andrew 'Blueblood' McMahon*
1929 John Lee Ziegler*
1944 John Kay*
1945 Ann Rabson*
1945 Miller Anderson*
1954 Pat Travers*
1979 Pernell Charity+
Werner Rudigier*
Happy Birthday
Werner Rudigier *12.04.
Livin The Blues / Cool Blues Walk (Live 13)
John Kay *12.04.1944
John Kay (* 12. April 1944 in Tilsit in Ostpreußen als Joachim Fritz Krauledat) ist ein deutsch-kanadischer Rockmusiker in Nordamerika. Weltweit bekannt wurde er durch die Bluesrockband Steppenwolf.[1]
Leben
Im Rahmen der Flucht aus Ostpreußen floh seine Mutter, Elsbeth Krauledat, geb. Zimmermann mit dem Kleinkind vor der anrückenden Roten Armee nach Arnstadt in Thüringen. Der Vater Fritz Krauledat war im Zweiten Weltkrieg zwei Monate vor der Geburt seines Sohnes gefallen. 1948 flüchteten Mutter und Sohn erneut aus der Sowjetischen Besatzungszone nach Hannover, wo seine Mutter ein zweites Mal heiratete. Im Radiosender BFBS der britischen Streitkräfte lauschte der farbenblinde und lichtempfindliche Joachim angelsächsischer Musik. Seine Sehstärke soll zudem lediglich bei 21 % liegen, was zum Status legally blind (blind nach gesetzlicher Regelung) führt. 1958 wanderte die Familie nach Toronto in Kanada aus und zog später nach Buffalo in den USA.
Musiker
Noch in Deutschland, hatte Kay seine Hörgewohnheiten am Soldatensender AFN ausgerichtet. Er entwickelte dabei eine Vorliebe für Rock ’n’ Roll und Country Blues.[1] In Kanada schloss sich John Kay 1965 der Bluesband Sparrow an, aus der 1967 in Kalifornien Steppenwolf hervorging. Die Band wurde 1969 durch den inzwischen zum Rockklassiker gewordenen Song Born to Be Wild, Titelsong des Kultfilms Easy Rider, weltberühmt. Kay schrieb weitere Hits, wie den Protestsong Monster, mit dem er das Amerika der Nixon-Ära kritisiert wurde. Eine Rezension hält fest, dass Kay mit "arrogant schnarrender Bluesstimme, finsterer Miene hinter dunkler Sonnenbrille und einer Bühnenmontur aus schwarzem Leder die rechte Galionsfigur für seine Band Steppenwolf" abgegeben habe, "...die ihren treibenden Rock mit Kays Bürgerschreck-Appeal dekorierte".[1]
Nach diversen Umbesetzungen löste sich die Gruppe Steppenwolf auf, dennoch spielen sie jedes Jahr unter dem Namen John Kay & Steppenwolf ein paar Konzerte. Auch nahm er bereits in seiner Zeit bei und mit Steppenwolf Soloalben auf. Das Erste erschien 1972 unter dem Namen Forgotten Songs and Unsung Heroes. Das Sechste und vorerst Letzte erschien 2001 (Heretics and Privateers).
John Kay zog 1989 mit seiner Ehefrau Jutta, die er bereits 1965 kennenlernte, nach Tennessee später nach Vancouver in Kanada und wohnt seit Ende 2013 wieder mit seiner Familie in Santa Barbara (Kalifornien), wo er schon in den 1960er und 1970er Jahren lebte. Da Kay seine Band nach dem Roman Der Steppenwolf von Hermann Hesse benannt hatte, lud dessen Geburtsstadt Calw ihn 2002 zum Internationalen Hermann-Hesse-Festival ein. Ebenso andere von Hesse inspirierte Gruppen wie beispielsweise Anyone’s Daughter.
2004 wurde Kay in Canada’s Walk of Fame aufgenommen.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kay_%28Musiker%29
John Kay (born Joachim Fritz Krauledat, 12 April 1944, Tilsit, East Prussia, Germany, now Sovetsk, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia)[2] is a rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist known as the frontman of Steppenwolf.[3]
Early life
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 7). Living in the British occupation zone, the young Joachim, who suffered from eye problems, listened to music broadcast by the British Forces Broadcasting Service, before his family moved to Canada in 1958.
Musical career
Kay joined a blues rock and folk music group known as 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 in 1967. With music that pioneered hard rock and 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.[4]
Awards and recognition
In 2004, although never becoming a Canadian citizen,[2] Kay was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame in recognition of the beginning of his musical career in Toronto. Kay was present at the induction ceremony in Toronto, and reiterated his strong affection for Canada.[5]
Personal life
Kay was born with a congenital disorder called achromatopsia - complete color blindness - a defect of the cone cells in the eyes which causes him to see only with his rod cells and thus only in black and white and grey shades, and causes increased sensitivity to light, so he wears sunglasses regardless of time of day, and during his concerts. (He was seen without sunglasses on the PBS show "The Best of the 60's (My Music Archives).) His eye condition qualified him as legally blind.[6] Despite this condition, he is an avid videographer.
Early life
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 7). Living in the British occupation zone, the young Joachim, who suffered from eye problems, listened to music broadcast by the British Forces Broadcasting Service, before his family moved to Canada in 1958.
Musical career
Kay joined a blues rock and folk music group known as 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 in 1967. With music that pioneered hard rock and 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.[4]
Awards and recognition
In 2004, although never becoming a Canadian citizen,[2] Kay was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame in recognition of the beginning of his musical career in Toronto. Kay was present at the induction ceremony in Toronto, and reiterated his strong affection for Canada.[5]
Personal life
Kay was born with a congenital disorder called achromatopsia - complete color blindness - a defect of the cone cells in the eyes which causes him to see only with his rod cells and thus only in black and white and grey shades, and causes increased sensitivity to light, so he wears sunglasses regardless of time of day, and during his concerts. (He was seen without sunglasses on the PBS show "The Best of the 60's (My Music Archives).) His eye condition qualified him as legally blind.[6] Despite this condition, he is an avid videographer.
John Kay & Steppenwolf - The Pusher (Live In Louisville)
John Kay - Walkin' Blues
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