Search - John Kay :: Forgotten Songs & Unsung Heroes/My Sportin' Life

Forgotten songs finally remembered on cd!!

Garry Ford | Aurora, Illinois | 04/15/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I listened to this material on vinyl for years as it was released in 1972! "Great stuff" from John Kay the frontman from Steppenwolf.I never thought this album would make it to cd. The songs are really great as they vary from blues, country, soft rock, to heavy rock. John wrote a few of the songs and the others are from people who inspired him.

The special bonus is "My Sportin Life" this is a John Kay release that came out in 1973. I never saw this album when it came out but it is really great! John uses some great studio musicians on these songs. Larry Knechtel, Russ Kunkel,Lee Sklar, Danny Kortchmar, and George Biondo plays bass on most of the songs. George was with Steppenwolf on several of their later relaeases.

This is a BGO release so that should tell you something. They have been releasing several great bands over the past few years. The cd is "digitally remastered" from the original tapes and it sounds really nice!

All of you Steppenwolf fans please buy this now!! Crank it up and let that distinct voice of John Kay growl from your speakers. Anyone who loved Steppenwolf or just loves great music will gladly welcome this cd into your collection!!"

The Real Thing

truthreader | Pennsylvania, USA | 08/04/2008

(4 out of 5 stars)

"As one reviewer already noted, this is a nice variety of music with some good musicians also. 'Sing with the Children' is the harder rocking song. I tend to like the free wildness of 'Bold Marauder',a fair amount does lean toward country-rock-regardless, there is alot here to enjoy; I must state that another review claims that this ISN'T the John Kay of Speppenwolf-even if you check out his new DVD/CD you'll hear various songs off of these,(and on an old 'Midnight Special' he played 'Movin'On' and 'Moonshine' (Tennessee Wine), in a word-this IS definitely HIM, there is no other John Kay man-Get Real! That is ill-informed and ridiculous. After having these on LP 35 years ago it's GREAT to see this again. To the Wolf!"

The Best John Kay

Joe | CT | 11/11/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Who would have thought John Kay could put out something as timeless and classic as these 2 albums. It's on 1 cd, remastered and sounding better then ever. I bought Forgotten Songs for 33 cents in 1976 when W.T.Grants was going out. It was the beginning of the end of so many great American stores. I got My Sportin Life a couple years later. John's voice was made for songs like these. Steppenwolf had broken up and die hard fans couldn't deal with John singing acoustic, folkish songs. They ignored all the rocking songs. Too bad. Should have been huge hits. My mother actually liked it and still listens to it, she's 83. I own almost every Steppenwolf disc. Turned them into 1 best of disc. I listen to this start to finish. Originaly they put out Lone Steppenwolf, 5 songs from each album, very disapointing I burned my own copy with the missing songs with all the cracks and pops only a album can give you. I did a happy dance when this arrived. Best 33 cents I ever spent."