His family eventually moved to Toronto in 1958, then to Buffalo, New York, in the early 1960s. In 1965, Kay joined the Toronto-area band The Sparrows, who shortened their name to Sparrow before ...

Steppenwolf is one of the most legendary and at the same time most enigmatic bands in the history of rock music. On the border between mainstream and psychedelic underground, their song "Born to Be ...

Appropriately for a German-born performer who became a student of American rock, soul and country, John Kay and the latest version of his long-running band, Steppenwolf, mark a half-century together ...