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Aug 4, 2017 · McJohn and Toronto-raised lead singer John Kay were among the founding members of Steppenwolf. The group also included Canadians Jerry Edmonton on drums and Nick St. Nicholas on bass. The...
steppenwolf .com. Steppenwolf was a Canadian-American rock band that was prominent from 1968 to 1972. The group was formed in late 1967 [1] [2] in Los Angeles by lead singer John Kay, keyboardist Goldy McJohn, and drummer Jerry Edmonton, all formerly of the Canadian band the Sparrows. [5] Guitarist Michael Monarch and bass guitarist Rushton ...
John Raymond Goadsby (May 2, 1945 – August 1, 2017), known as Goldy McJohn, was a Canadian keyboard player best known as the original keyboardist for rock group Steppenwolf. Originally a classically trained pianist, he was a pioneer in the early use of the electronic organ in heavy metal.
Aug 4, 2017 · Goldy McJohn, a founding member of popular Canadian hard rockers Steppenwolf and the keyboardist who played on their biggest hits ‘Born To Be Wild’ and ‘The Pusher’, has died aged 72. The news...
Jul 29, 2020 · But in the late 1970s St Nicholas and original Steppenwolf keyboardist Goldy McJohn had other plans. “So, Nick had been fired from the band years before, as had Goldy. Some agent got a hold of them, or vice versa, and said: ‘Well, John doesn’t have a Steppenwolf out there, and you two were in the band, so why can’t you use the name?’”
Aug 3, 2017 · McJohn helped form Steppenwolf in late 1967 in Toronto along with singer John Kay and drummer Jerry Edmonton after they split from Jack London & the Sparrows, which also included Bruce...
Following Steppenwolf's highly successful 1974 European "farewell" tour, Kay reformed the band with Jerry Edmonton, Goldy McJohn, George Biondo and new guitarist Bobby Cochran. The group recorded three more albums-Slow Flux, which yielded the Top 20 hit "Straight Shootin' Woman," Hour of the Wolf and Skullduggery-for the Epic-distributed Mums ...
