Steppenwolf: John Kay #1
Jacoba Atlas, Hullabaloo, January 1969
JOHN KAY, lead singer and songwriter of the fast-emerging Steppenwolf, wears dark glasses and has been called by one pop reviewer the logical alternative for those post-teenyboppers tired of Jim Morrison's strained gyrations.
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