@@jallenshaw A fan said RocknRoll Hall of Fame was a good idea but the Suits strangled it in the crib . I say it got to live to be a teenager . Inductee Steve Miller said it is a corrupt organization run by a bunch of f*****g gangsters and crooks !
y antes no guitar electgric no electricidad, siempre cambia todo , y no eres inocente, sos ,somos , parte del cambio, y las musucas tambien cambian, jazz, blue tecno samba goospel ect ect ect ect ect
John Kay just standing there in his classic stance with his shades on happens to be the coolest, the coolest lead singer to ever front a Rock and Roll Band.
@@BilliePulera , John has had a vision issue since his early childhood in Germany.......and he has been legally blind throughout his adult life. So the sunglasses did provide the "cool factor" but they were helpful to him to deal with bright light under different circumstances.
@@trefwoordpunk2225 You kidding me? THAT was the trip! This is reminiscent of tribal ritual dance. That's the stuff that sent these people into the trance of the music. It was the birth of the psychedelic era. There's hardly an era of dancing to rock music where the dance actually looked and felt like the music sounded. We should be rejoicing in the magic that this interaction of dance and music brought to our culture. If you think about it that way, maybe you'll see what's in it enough to appreciate it. Now, everything is a phony, acted out, processed, over produced, plasticine made-for-TV staged event. ~JSV
Far out !! ..blowing my mind with Playboy After Dark. ....I used to love to watch this show !! And don't forget to Playboy magazine Annual Jazz Pole . . .
I want to go back and live in 1968 FOREVER. Think of all the HOT CARS you could buy, BRAND NEW...!!!! I am so glad I lived thru those years, the Zenith of our America. to me
The 68 69 Cars that used to roll through the Intersections on a Friday Night .. what a Sight and sound .. Wish I had PHOTOS of it cuz it were just beyond description .. Unfortunately us " Kids" did not travel around with 35MM cameras, and most of us did not even own a Camera back them..
I met John Kay and the drummer in St. Louis Missouri in 1989 at a place called The Big Kahuna . Was just standing there and turned around and there they were . I said you guys are doing a hell of a job , he smiled and said Thank you very politely. It was a great honor for me to say the least . I was born in 1963 and always been a huge fan .
What amazes me about steppenwolf. How long and how many times I've heard their songs after 1969. The staying power and how far they were ahead of their time. They still seem hip even now. And even still beyond current. That original image and that originality in their songs.
🦊The summer of ‘68 , one of best summers of my live ; cruising in my ‘65 GTO , Steppenwolf playing on the 8 track and my gorgeous girl nibbling on my ear 😃
@@jaybee9269 Ford started using them in 1965. Not sure it would be for a 65 GTO but people put them in aftermarket. Before that they were using in dash turn tables which were a major fail.
Pure psychedelic rock! Some of the best ever and the dance choreography by these professional dancers for atmospheric show was outstanding! This scene exemplifies the times back then, the fashions, the dances, the thoughts, concerns and pure coolness the way it was all presented. I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT THESE GUYS STILL ARE NOT IN THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME!
Steppenwolf was ( and is) one of the greatest rock bands of all time.....I'll never forget the first Steppenwolf album and when my now RIP brother , Tommy, told me about them. This was a really cool reminder, thank you for for everything !
the playboy mansion, quite the icon for a couple/three decades. i'm old enough to remember listening to their first record as a pre-teen, ground breaking stuff in those days, hilarious how they talked about the volume and amplified music.
0:57 John understood that playing the amplifier was much more than “turning it up to 11” as many of my colleagues still believe. It’s not music if it causes pain and you can’t understand the message of the lyrics if you can’t hear at all. 😇
Steppenwolf had a dynamic sound in the '60s and I think they are one of the most underrated and under-recognized bands of all time. They were actually ahead of their time. Steppenwolf Live, to me, is an all-time classic rock album
Saw them twice at the Stonehenge in Lebanon, IL & few months later at the Kiel Opera House in 1983-4. I sat in the balcony right over the keyboard player with Ray Wheat of Iowa, at the Stonehenge, which was just a big bar(n) and it was an amazing show! A hundred or more Harleys outside. We were at Scott AFB and only 22 or 23 years old...fun night!
So true they were ahead of they time you are absolutely right they had this KILLA signature sound so unique that as soon as you hear the intro you know it’s SteppenWolf
Hello - This is Thom Morris - After working as a Rock Promoter in San Diego Ca - I brought John Kay and Steppenwolf to a Grand Vue Park one mile outside of Moundsville WV July 18th 1981 - John Kay is like no other - I had a group from Cleveland open up Deajvu and Teaser from Wheeling WV
@@Emanresuadeen Indeed! When i saw him with Steve Marriott, I had always heard that English singers spit quite a bit, They were playing and Steve Marriott came up and layed a big hocker right in Goldies fro. No harm no fowl I guess. I doubt Goldie ever knew it
The fact that Hugh Hefner put a show together that had musicians and bands from EVERY genre and had them play LIVE!!! Its just amazing. He was the first to showcase black musicians in their own world, the way they wanted it, not how they were sold to white America. Jazz greats, hard rock, soul, country......all of it, live. Amazing.
I remember hearing Steppenwolf coming out of my older brother's room and thinking WOW, that is different than anything I was listening to. I was 11 at the time. I fell in love with Steppenwolf and that "sound". Thank you big brother! Magic Carpet Ride was a mind blower 🤯💯
IMO, Magic Carpet Ride is one of the 5 greatest rock songs ever recorded! That mid section instrumental still blows my mind away! I still get an adrenaline rush whenever I hear it!
Yeah I expected the fills. Then I considered the -6k tele had a role. Nope. Then I just appreciated that he laid out solid sustain throughout with just enough punch and it really worked.
@@dr.krinkleweldon5934thanks for the clarification. his father was possibly conscripted by the Germans, although many willingly fought on the German side. nonetheless, John was brilliant lyricist and writer.
He played in a old carpet shop back in 82. Just a few of us there. Spoke to him. A real down to earth guy. Big or small show. He sang and played his heart out. So much fun to be that close to a stage. That was only 18 inches high.
John Kay is being interviewed by Hugh Hufner, as in the founder of 'Playboy', on his own show called 'Playboy After Dark' on CBS for two seasons, 1969/1970. Other bands that played over the life of the show, Iron Butterfly, Deep Purple, Grateful Dead, Ike & Tina Turner, James Brown, Linda Ronstadt, The Byrds, Sarah Vaughan and the Sir Douglas Quintet to mention a handful I remember. 🐇🎸
Im 10 yrs old riding with my big brother with his first car at 16 in 1970, listening to Steppenwolf, thinking i must be the coolest 10 yr old in the world!🤣
I am 65 years old and I was able to see John playing with his band in a park in Washington State and people were drinking beer and enjoying themselves in a open park sitting on the grass. He was featured on the marquee for Enchanted Parkway. ❤🎉
Rushton Moreve, bass guitar, 1967-1968. Born on November 6, 1948 in Los Angeles, California. Died in July 1, 1981 at aged 32 from injuries in an automobile accident in Sun Valley, Los Angeles, California.
First live rock concert I ever went to. I was 16. It was Steppenwolf at the Boston Arena. Their warm up acts were The Crazy World of Arthur Brown and The Youngbloods. It changed the course of my life.
@@rickjason215 We all did at the time, but sadly Arthur Brown was a bit of a one trick pony. Steppenwolf on the other hand, had some real depth and diversity, with many different sounding good hit songs.
No hes not, he went on to form a band called Kingdom Come , more crazy stuff like fire .. at least 3 albums worth good avant garde rock but crazy and funny @@williardbillmore5713
1:21 "and thats what makes the audience FEEL it rather than hear it...." This is exactly why there will always be a demand and therefore a market for LIVE music, especially Rock. Cant compare a recorded track to live performance by professionals. I dont care WHAT happens with AI, i think this will always be true.
Weird...I just clicked on this video randomly, because I am piss drunk and looking for things to entertain me before I pass out, and realized that this was recorded the day after my birthday, my actual birthday that is; 2-1-1969. Suppose I was being circumcised at about the same time they were playing. Glad that I don't remember THAT! It still works. It's like Steppenwolf; goes on and on.
This airing was just 5 days shy of being a year before I was born. My birth date is Feb. 7 1969. As a side note: My Mom went to see Hermans Hermits and The Monkees in 1968 when she was pregnant with me. I replied with a big laugh "Ah, so that's why I like music so much, because i was right there with you!" and then she laughed too!
With technology today it sure is good to reconnect with Steppenwolf from incredible people like you that made this available. I hope if you have more old Steppenwolf stuff you'll put that on here too!
I was 8 in 1968. Me & my mom were shopping for school stuff in Kmart. I was always in the record section checking out albums. I saw their first album & was like WOAH...who are THESE guys? I took the album to my mom & asked if I could get it. She looked it over, checked out the back & asked "are you sure you're going to like this?" I shrugged & nodded at the same time. She said "Ok". My little world shifted when I got home & put this on my "record player". 😂🤣😂🤣😂 (She had already turned me on to the Beatles & Stones when I was 5 & 6) I was fortunate enough later in life that one of my old bands got to warm up for Steppenwolf (and Iron Butterfly) in '78. John Kay and Steppenwolf are legendary. Some of the best rock from my "formulative" years!
My neck was aching after watching this with the whiplash dancing. This was a few years before my time, but I love tunes from the 60's into the 70's. Real music! Thanks for posting this historic video, I miss the old analog VHS, brings back the memories. 👍
Wow! Via the magic of video preservation and RUclips... I just got to sit in on the best garage band party ever! And they sounded great for natural sound! I think I had more than one Steppenwolf albums back in the day? Good stuff!
I always loved Steppenwolf and of course Playboy! I'm 67 and I got to see and hear all of this stuff when it was happening! Kids today don't have shit going on.
John Kay's life began in East Berlin; he and his mother were able to flee and make their way to Canada...... he has a bit of Germanic dialect. Love it when he's talking about not only playing guitar but also playing the amplifier. The guitar sound opening "The Pusher" is probably one of those settings that just happened, and remains one of the most iconic and distinctive of all time. Someone told me the phenomenal guitarist on that EPIC first album with the silver cover had only begun playing a relatively short time before it was made. That was the first album I ever got, and consider it their masterpiece, if only in terms of diversity of the songs. It'd be wonderful if there were a documentary like the "Aja" one about Steely Dan's studio experiences. Thanks very much for this.
This was 'Playboy After Dark', and I do remember seeing it in the TV Guide to see what was on TV during the week and on weekends back when I was a kid growing up in the 1960s. I was familiar with Playboy magazine back then, and on Friday nights or during vacation from school, many times I tired to stay up late so I can watch it to see if any young women would be somewhat naked, which that was not shown on TV back then. But I would fall asleep just when 'Playboy After Dark' within a few minutes after it started. So, I have no idea how long it was on TV. In 1968, that's when I first heard of Steppenwolf, I was 12 and I became listener of their music which of course they were one of the many best bands that started out in the 1960s. My two favorite albums by Steppenwolf are "At Your Birthday Party" and "Monster."
I was watching this when I was 10 years old, I think the show was called Hugh Hefner's penthouse. Steppenwolf never got the radio time it deserved because of the content of their music but songs like "Never to late" and" Snowblind friend" were songs of inspiration and hope.
@@mkhnly Correct. Hugh would never allow a reference to Penthouse magazine. But I respect Mopar's fading memories, as mine are too. I was 14 when this aired.
Back in the day, local radio stations did airplay the hits like Born to be Wild and Magic Carpet Ride. However, most would botch up Magic Carpet Ride by removing the great mid song instrumental. Use to drive me insane!
@@charliesaucier3352 I owned both the 45 and the 33 RPM versions of Magic Carpet Ride. The 45, used for radio and jukeboxes, was shorter than the album version.
I remember going to see them in NYC in 1969. it was for a venue called "Battle of the Bands." Cousin Brucie , Bruce Marrow from WABC was MC. Steppenwolf was the Feature Band. It was to promote top ten amateur bands in the trio-state area of New York. Too Cool for School.
John Kay absolutely looks like a “Rockstar”! The attitude, movements and looks. My dad got me the album “At Your Birthday Party” when I was very young. 🤘🤘🤘
Big FU to the rock and roll hall of fame, John Kay is a legend
Why do people still ascribe any credibility to HOF?
@@roblawhorne1015 HoF just proves there is a sucker born every minute
@@errorsofmodernism7331and evil , cheating people !
RRHOF is a joke 🤡
@@jallenshaw A fan said RocknRoll Hall of Fame was a good idea but the Suits strangled it in the crib . I say it got to live to be a teenager . Inductee Steve Miller said it is a corrupt organization run by a bunch of f*****g gangsters and crooks !
No autotune, no overdubs, no double-tracking ... just awesome, live rock-n-roll!
😴
And the girls are all natural too. No implants, piercings or tattoos.
@@tp10488Men get tats too...
Unfortunately also no bass guitar tuners.
y antes no guitar electgric no electricidad, siempre cambia todo , y no eres inocente, sos ,somos , parte del cambio, y las musucas tambien cambian, jazz, blue tecno samba goospel ect ect ect ect ect
Legendary band.
Such a massive sound, and John Kay is one of the greatest voices in the history of rock.
Damn nice live performance 👍 🎶
John Kay just standing there in his classic stance with his shades on happens to be the coolest, the coolest lead singer to ever front a Rock and Roll Band.
@@BilliePulera , John has had a vision issue since his early childhood in Germany.......and he has been legally blind throughout his adult life. So the sunglasses did provide the "cool factor" but they were helpful to him to deal with bright light under different circumstances.
To be honest I thought his voice was a bit weak here.
I think this band was half Canadian and half American.
One if the best bands ever... They define the 60ies sound...
It’s a crime Steppenwolf is not in the Rock Hall of Fame, same with Grand Funk Railroad.
No, the Beatles do.
If you are talking the “acid rock” sound then Iron Butterfly goes far out there man! 🤘🤘🤘
@@TAllyn-qr3ioGod damn, the pusher man
@@debrachampagne7715 Yea, like, for real man. What a piece of work you are!
Steppenwolf while still the original lineup. What a time to be alive, love the way those girls dressed back then, too much good times.
😍 They often had on perfume - not tattoos ✨️
And no visible tattoos or fishing tackle in their face, and as far as we can tell, the women are real women.
somebody hurry up with inventing that time machine already , (we're in hell in the 2020s)
@@chrishultgren777 especially with the Democrats ruining the world.
Most of the dancers boogying in this video are in their 80s now.
Live and no lip-synch. The way it should be!
Autotune Free, too!
AMEN!! 👍👍
Shame about the oh so groovy dancing!!
@@trefwoordpunk2225 Seriously?! It's past your bedtime, kid.
@@trefwoordpunk2225 You kidding me? THAT was the trip! This is reminiscent of tribal ritual dance. That's the stuff that sent these people into the trance of the music. It was the birth of the psychedelic era. There's hardly an era of dancing to rock music where the dance actually looked and felt like the music sounded. We should be rejoicing in the magic that this interaction of dance and music brought to our culture.
If you think about it that way, maybe you'll see what's in it enough to appreciate it.
Now, everything is a phony, acted out, processed, over produced, plasticine made-for-TV staged event.
~JSV
Steppenwolf, another great band from the greatest generation of bands.
Love so much to see genuine late 1960s outfits and dancing styles!
You mean dancing styles have changed?
Yeah people were more GROOVY man! 🙂@@cliffpeebles9705
When any Steppenwolf song comes on the radio in my truck, it gets turned up to the max. My grandchildren think I'm a wild man. That's fine with me.
You Gotta Be You , Just As I Remind My Children about Me , And I Truly Miss All my Old Albums of Records !!! I Crank Them Up Also !!!!
Ha ha-that is excellent! Rock on Grandpa!
Wild older man!
Love it!
Born to be wild!
Finally some decent footage of Jerry Edmonton on drums. He was the driving force of the band.
Totally agreed
…and born in Canada.
@royjohnson465 👍Never met anyone from Canada I did not like 🇨🇦 ✨️
That bass player was throwing as well!!!
Very rare to see video of Rushton Moreve, the original and best bass player imho.
@@bjones8470
Far out !! ..blowing my mind with Playboy After Dark. ....I used to love to watch this show !! And don't forget to Playboy magazine Annual Jazz Pole . . .
So great; they should've gotten much more credit-Steppenwolf deserved it!
I want to go back and live in 1968 FOREVER. Think of all the HOT CARS you could buy, BRAND NEW...!!!! I am so glad I lived thru those years, the Zenith of our America. to me
Even through Vietnam?
The 68 69 Cars that used to roll through the Intersections on a Friday Night .. what a Sight and sound .. Wish I had PHOTOS of it cuz it were just beyond description .. Unfortunately us " Kids" did not travel around with 35MM cameras, and most of us did not even own a Camera back them..
I agree wholeheartedly !! I was born in 1960 ! Peace and love to you
I met John Kay and the drummer in St. Louis Missouri in 1989 at a place called The Big Kahuna . Was just standing there and turned around and there they were . I said you guys are doing a hell of a job , he smiled and said Thank you very politely. It was a great honor for me to say the least . I was born in 1963 and always been a huge fan .
straight dope, what a forgotten treasure!
What amazes me about steppenwolf. How long and how many times I've heard their songs after 1969. The staying power and how far they were ahead of their time. They still seem hip even now. And even still beyond current. That original image and that originality in their songs.
The original band, the one that made that classic Steppenwolf sound on those first two albums.
The underated Michael Monarch.
@@sonofadeadbeat3051 and Rushton Moreve
You are right about that Sir.
John Kay was 24 in the video.
MY FRIEND RUSHTON MOREVE ON BASS
🦊The summer of ‘68 , one of best summers of my live ; cruising in my ‘65 GTO , Steppenwolf playing on the 8 track and my gorgeous girl nibbling on my ear 😃
They had 8-tracks in 1968? They barely had cassettes!
@@jaybee9269 🦊 read a history book .
That’s what I was thinking...how could any guy just chill out then with the draft hanging over their heads? @@MichaelMosesHammer
@@jaybee9269 Ford started using them in 1965. Not sure it would be for a 65 GTO but people put them in aftermarket. Before that they were using in dash turn tables which were a major fail.
To add, cassette was introduced in 68. I remember my dad had a crap ton by 1970.
John is so cool and collected !!
Always! His stage moves were always so precise and cool!
Isn't he though? I suppose once you've lived through two totalitarian regimes, while legally blind, there's not a whole lot that can ruffle you.
@@Hollylivengood I guess what you don't know won't hurt you.
@@Pashasmom1 What does that mean.
@@Pashasmom1 What actually do you mean?
Pure psychedelic rock! Some of the best ever and the dance choreography by these professional dancers for atmospheric show was outstanding! This scene exemplifies the times back then, the fashions, the dances, the thoughts, concerns and pure coolness the way it was all presented.
I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT THESE GUYS STILL ARE NOT IN THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME!
Why aren't they? I'm an 80s baby so I'm clueless.
@@MichaelMosesHammer professionals none the less right? 😀
How can these guys not be in the Hall. Unbelievable.
Do you really care?
They refused the "Honour"?
No one is acting ghetto,amazing!
It's a shame. Look at who's in the rock- roll hall of Fame these days that's not rock WTH
John Kay led such an unusual and difficult life
Steppenwolf was ( and is) one of the greatest rock bands of all time.....I'll never forget the first Steppenwolf album and when my now RIP brother , Tommy, told me about them.
This was a really cool reminder, thank you for for everything !
the playboy mansion, quite the icon for a couple/three decades. i'm old enough to remember listening to their first record as a pre-teen, ground breaking stuff in those days, hilarious how they talked about the volume and amplified music.
I miss the 70s so much I can cry, no rap & pop just coool people and great music , come on rock ‘n’ roll Hall of Fame put them in it already
0:57 John understood that playing the amplifier was much more than “turning it up to 11” as many of my colleagues still believe. It’s not music if it causes pain and you can’t understand the message of the lyrics if you can’t hear at all. 😇
Steppenwolf had a dynamic sound in the '60s and I think they are one of the most underrated and under-recognized bands of all time. They were actually ahead of their time. Steppenwolf Live, to me, is an all-time classic rock album
After “For Ladies Only”, it was done.
Saw them twice at the Stonehenge in Lebanon, IL & few months later at the Kiel Opera House in 1983-4. I sat in the balcony right over the keyboard player with Ray Wheat of Iowa, at the Stonehenge, which was just a big bar(n) and it was an amazing show! A hundred or more Harleys outside. We were at Scott AFB and only 22 or 23 years old...fun night!
Is that the album cover with the dickmobile?
So true they were ahead of they time you are absolutely right they had this KILLA signature sound so unique that as soon as you hear the intro you know it’s SteppenWolf
Got to see these guys 3 times back in the day. What an experience. Was pretty young then and still listen today.
Hello - This is Thom Morris - After working as a Rock Promoter in San Diego Ca - I brought John Kay and Steppenwolf to a Grand Vue Park one mile outside of Moundsville WV July 18th 1981 - John Kay is like no other - I had a group from Cleveland open up Deajvu and Teaser from Wheeling WV
Got them 2 shows at the Sound Factory in Sacramento. Blew my mind
Goldie Mc John one of the best keyboards of the era
…and born in Canada.
@@royjohnson465 Saw him in Davenport Iowa at the Col Ballroom playing with Steve Marriott around 85 I think.
And what an epic Afro.
@@royjohnson465 Canada sucks.
@@Emanresuadeen Indeed! When i saw him with Steve Marriott, I had always heard that English singers spit quite a bit, They were playing and Steve Marriott came up and layed a big hocker right in Goldies fro. No harm no fowl I guess. I doubt Goldie ever knew it
Dynamite band I’ve dug since the late sixties. Great musicians with Kaye’s fantastic voice!
The fact that Hugh Hefner put a show together that had musicians and bands from EVERY genre and had them play LIVE!!! Its just amazing. He was the first to showcase black musicians in their own world, the way they wanted it, not how they were sold to white America. Jazz greats, hard rock, soul, country......all of it, live. Amazing.
It’s crazy I’ve never seen clips of this show before
@@bjones8470 The show was called Playboy After Dark. Amazing!!
One of the many fun parties at Hugh's place. Good times. Great memories and Great band. I miss my youth sometimes but glad as hell I had it.
He preferred to be called Hef
The Steppenwolf Live recording is the best best of collection you could have.
The songs are mostly expanded versions and they play their asses off.
Heavy metal thunder baby
Get these guys in the Rock n Roll hall of Fame…now!
I was 10 years old in 1968. Steppenwolf was my favorite band
Guitarist is great. His Born to be Wild chordal riff is such a classic.
I always loved Steppenwolf because of their wild sound.
I remember hearing Steppenwolf coming out of my older brother's room and thinking WOW, that is different than anything I was listening to. I was 11 at the time. I fell in love with Steppenwolf and that "sound". Thank you big brother! Magic Carpet Ride was a mind blower 🤯💯
IMO, Magic Carpet Ride is one of the 5 greatest rock songs ever recorded! That mid section instrumental still blows my mind away! I still get an adrenaline rush whenever I hear it!
Man, John looks great. They all do.
Always been one of my favorite! I saw them at Agora in Atlanta, Georgia!!! 1981 rock on....,
Guitarist is holding back. No solos. His tone on the album is killer.
The great great Michael Monarch
I was bummed they ended the broadcast before the song actually ended who knows what may have happened in that ending
Yeah I expected the fills. Then I considered the -6k tele had a role. Nope.
Then I just appreciated that he laid out solid sustain throughout with just enough punch and it really worked.
Love that late 60s atmosphere and the interracial crowd really enjoying Steppenwolf's music.
This was an awesome performance!! Two excellent songs for the "price" of one!! And on TV!! Kudos, Steppenwolf!! ❤🎵🎶
What an amazing time. I was 12 and had no idea what I was in for. But I loved it 😊
Kay arrived in Canada not speaking a word of English. A short time later he was writing songs like this. A true genius.
yes, they left Germany after the war. his father lost his life fighting the Soviets.
@@volvo1354 the Krauledat’s were Prussian. From modern day Kaliningrad. Lithuania. He is Slavik. Only escaped to Germany.
Not a short time. Get your facts straight. He was 14 when they moved to Canada. It was 9 years before he wrote those songs.
@@dr.krinkleweldon5934thanks for the clarification. his father was possibly conscripted by the Germans, although many willingly fought on the German side. nonetheless, John was brilliant lyricist and writer.
@@volvo1354 certainly. And he is still living. I guess the Hall is going to wait until he is dead to give him his place.
Steppenwolf 7, an absolute gem of an album. Highly, highly recommend.....
What a great voice!
John Kay ladies an gentleman.
Their debut album had been released just a few days before this performance.
No kidding, I didn't realize that! Thanks for the additional data -
He played in a old carpet shop back in 82. Just a few of us there. Spoke to him. A real down to earth guy. Big or small show. He sang and played his heart out. So much fun to be that close to a stage. That was only 18 inches high.
HEF!!!!!!!!!!! They sounded great! John Kay! How kool was he??!!
Kucumber kool.
John Kay is being interviewed by Hugh Hufner, as in the founder of 'Playboy', on his own show called 'Playboy After Dark' on CBS for two seasons, 1969/1970. Other bands that played over the life of the show, Iron Butterfly, Deep Purple, Grateful Dead, Ike & Tina Turner, James Brown, Linda Ronstadt, The Byrds, Sarah Vaughan and the Sir Douglas Quintet to mention a handful I remember. 🐇🎸
Totally "groovy" bands.
The Doors would have also fit right into that mix...
@timtonner946 Not if Morrison had sang " Girl, we couldn't get much higher ".
Totally groovy Pad too!@@timtonner946
Im 10 yrs old riding with my big brother with his first car at 16 in 1970, listening to Steppenwolf, thinking i must be the coolest 10 yr old in the world!🤣
I am 65 years old and I was able to see John playing with his band in a park in Washington State and people were drinking beer and enjoying themselves in a open park sitting on the grass. He was featured on the marquee for Enchanted Parkway. ❤🎉
I'll bet John had no idea back then how many times he would sing this song over the many years and how popular it would become!!
Great band , one of the best ! Should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of fame !!!
This is from Playboy After Dark, 2/2/68. Rushton Moreve is the bass player in this video. He wasn't Steppenwolf's bass player in 1969.
RIP Rushton
Nick St. Nicholas took
his spot in the band .
Rushton Moreve, bass guitar, 1967-1968. Born on November 6, 1948
in Los Angeles, California. Died in July 1, 1981 at aged 32 from injuries in an automobile accident in Sun Valley, Los Angeles, California.
We are the generation who has kids & grandkids play our music. I miss the freedom of those times. Still Born to Be Wild!
First live rock concert I ever went to. I was 16. It was Steppenwolf at the Boston Arena. Their warm up acts were The Crazy World of Arthur Brown and The Youngbloods.
It changed the course of my life.
Arthur Brown did “Fire”. I love that song.
@@rickjason215 We all did at the time, but sadly Arthur Brown was a bit of a one trick pony. Steppenwolf on the other hand, had some real depth and diversity, with many different sounding good hit songs.
No hes not, he went on to form a band called Kingdom Come , more crazy stuff like fire .. at least 3 albums worth good avant garde rock but crazy and funny @@williardbillmore5713
When you consider the transition from the 60's to the 70's, Steppenwolf totally captures the sound and essence...and the look!
1:21 "and thats what makes the audience FEEL it rather than hear it...." This is exactly why there will always be a demand and therefore a market for LIVE music, especially Rock. Cant compare a recorded track to live performance by professionals. I dont care WHAT happens with AI, i think this will always be true.
mr.john kay...there will never bee another..so-unique!!!!!
Still one of my favorite bands. I listen to a couple their songs regularly.
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My grandmother bought me the Born to be Wild album when I was 12...pretty cool Gramma😂♥️
Love the music and ladies of the late 1960s....
Weird...I just clicked on this video randomly, because I am piss drunk and looking for things to entertain me before I pass out, and realized that this was recorded the day after my birthday, my actual birthday that is; 2-1-1969. Suppose I was being circumcised at about the same time they were playing. Glad that I don't remember THAT!
It still works. It's like Steppenwolf; goes on and on.
This was 68 not 69...sorry to but your bubble lol😅
Imagine John Kay or Glenn Danzig doing vocals for all Led Zeppelin and Kansas !!!
Cool happening Hef it freaks me out baby yea! 😎✌️
This airing was just 5 days shy of being a year before I was born. My birth date is Feb. 7 1969. As a side note: My Mom went to see Hermans Hermits and The Monkees in 1968 when she was pregnant with me. I replied with a big laugh "Ah, so that's why I like music so much, because i was right there with you!" and then she laughed too!
It was actually just 5 days before you were born. The correct air date was February 2, 1969.
@@tomsaylor9136 thanks, I thought it was a year earlier lol!
They had àlot of great songs like the pusher and monster
My first Concert! 1968 Duluth Minnesota, Born to be Wild!
I've been around da sun 65 times. It never ceases to amaze me what I can see on u toob! Hugh Hefner interviewing John Kay, on television! KEEAWSOME!
Thanks for posting this, one of the few clips I've seen where you get to see Rushton.
He mentions some bands play too loud - performance live - all distorted.....love it
With technology today it sure is good to reconnect with Steppenwolf from incredible people like you that made this available. I hope if you have more old Steppenwolf stuff you'll put that on here too!
I was 8 in 1968. Me & my mom were shopping for school stuff in Kmart. I was always in the record section checking out albums. I saw their first album & was like WOAH...who are THESE guys? I took the album to my mom & asked if I could get it. She looked it over, checked out the back & asked "are you sure you're going to like this?" I shrugged & nodded at the same time. She said "Ok". My little world shifted when I got home & put this on my "record player". 😂🤣😂🤣😂 (She had already turned me on to the Beatles & Stones when I was 5 & 6) I was fortunate enough later in life that one of my old bands got to warm up for Steppenwolf (and Iron Butterfly) in '78. John Kay and Steppenwolf are legendary. Some of the best rock from my "formulative" years!
The Steppenwolf double live album is awesome.
wow, how I loved this band and now i'm 75 and embarrassed! Legendary words ....
My neck was aching after watching this with the whiplash dancing. This was a few years before my time, but I love tunes from the 60's into the 70's. Real music! Thanks for posting this historic video, I miss the old analog VHS, brings back the memories. 👍
We used to say, "Let it all hang out." That's what these dancers were doing! 😊
Actually, it was my favorite era of dancing. The young women in their hot mini skirts and go-go boots would drive me nuts! 😆
Jerry playing a BDP Rogers set! Cool!..
Wow! Via the magic of video preservation and RUclips... I just got to sit in on the best garage band party ever! And they sounded great for natural sound! I think I had more than one Steppenwolf albums back in the day? Good stuff!
Wow! Does this ever take me back!
Absolutely LEGENDARY! One of my all time most favourite Rock’n’Roll band Steppenwolf is legendary this performance BLOWN MY BRAINS OUT !!!
Playboy After Dark was the slickest back then. If one could find a station that broadcast it.
I always loved Steppenwolf and of course Playboy! I'm 67 and I got to see and hear all of this stuff when it was happening! Kids today don't have shit going on.
Doesn't get much Better than this !!
John Kay's life began in East Berlin; he and his mother were able to flee and make their way to Canada...... he has a bit of Germanic dialect. Love it when he's talking about not only playing guitar but also playing the amplifier. The guitar sound opening "The Pusher" is probably one of those settings that just happened, and remains one of the most iconic and distinctive of all time. Someone told me the phenomenal guitarist on that EPIC first album with the silver cover had only begun playing a relatively short time before it was made. That was the first album I ever got, and consider it their masterpiece, if only in terms of diversity of the songs. It'd be wonderful if there were a documentary like the "Aja" one about Steely Dan's studio experiences. Thanks very much for this.
“The amplified sound….” Dr. Irwin Corey!!!! Didn’t expect that.
Live. Thank you!
That one with the white go-go boots…SMOKING HOT@!
I could those bikes reve'n up
Before the Song even started,
One of the best ROCK SONGS
Ever.
This is solid gold, thanx for uploading.
This was 'Playboy After Dark', and I do remember seeing it in the TV Guide to see what was on TV during the week and on weekends back when I was a kid growing up in the 1960s. I was familiar with Playboy magazine back then, and on Friday nights or during vacation from school, many times I tired to stay up late so I can watch it to see if any young women would be somewhat naked, which that was not shown on TV back then. But I would fall asleep just when 'Playboy After Dark' within a few minutes after it started. So, I have no idea how long it was on TV. In 1968, that's when I first heard of Steppenwolf, I was 12 and I became listener of their music which of course they were one of the many best bands that started out in the 1960s. My two favorite albums by Steppenwolf are "At Your Birthday Party" and "Monster."
I was watching this when I was 10 years old, I think the show was called Hugh Hefner's penthouse. Steppenwolf never got the radio time it deserved because of the content of their music but songs like "Never to late" and" Snowblind friend" were songs of inspiration and hope.
I think it was called Playboy After Dark
@@mkhnly Correct. Hugh would never allow a reference to Penthouse magazine. But I respect Mopar's fading memories, as mine are too. I was 14 when this aired.
Back in the day, local radio stations did airplay the hits like Born to be Wild and Magic Carpet Ride. However, most would botch up Magic Carpet Ride by removing the great mid song instrumental. Use to drive me insane!
@@charliesaucier3352 I owned both the 45 and the 33 RPM versions of Magic Carpet Ride. The 45, used for radio and jukeboxes, was shorter than the album version.
I remember going to see them in NYC in 1969. it was for a venue called "Battle of the Bands." Cousin Brucie , Bruce Marrow from WABC was MC. Steppenwolf was the Feature Band. It was to promote top ten amateur bands in the trio-state area of New York. Too Cool for School.
Their drummer all the musicians were great
Lead singer sounds great and SO cool
Wow, Steppenwolf live with Hugh Hefner at playboy. Great video.👍
John Kay absolutely looks like a “Rockstar”! The attitude, movements and looks. My dad got me the album “At Your Birthday Party” when I was very young. 🤘🤘🤘
John Kay is a mysterious dude! Love the image!
Rushton Moreve & Jerry Edmonton were mysterious dudes.
I saw John Kay live in 1982 and he still rocked.
Monster/Suicide/America medley is still one of the most honest political statements ever made about this country via rock and roll …