John Kay

John Kay is the stage name of Joachim Krauledat (born 12 April 1944, Tilsit, East Prussia, Germany, now Sovetsk, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia) a German-born Canadian singer, songwriter and guitarist known as the front man of Steppenwolf. In the Evacuation of East Prussia in early 1945, in harsh winter conditions, his mother first had to flee with the baby boy from the advancing Soviet troops.