Goldy mcjohn biography meaning

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The Mynah Birds

Canadian band

This article is about the R&B band. For the family of passerine birds, see Myna. For the indie rock band formed in 2009, see The Mynabirds.

The Mynah Birds was a Canadian R&B band formed in Toronto, Ontario, that was active from 1964 to 1967.^[1] Although the band never released an album, it is notable as featuring a number of musicians, such as Rick James and Neil Young, who went on to have successful careers in rock, folk rock and funk.

Over its short lifespan, the group featured many members in its many different configurations. Its most memorable lineup included Rick James, Neil Young, Bruce Palmer, Rickman Mason and John Taylor. Rick James would later become a major funk star in the 1970s and 1980s. Young and Palmer went on to become two of the founding members in the popular West Coast folk rock group Buffalo Springfield. After leaving Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Neil Young would go on to achieve fame as a solo artist.^[1][2]Goldy McJohn and Nick St. Nicholas would later become members of the rock band Steppenwolf. Also, a late-running 1967 version of the Mynah Birds featured heavy rocker Neil Merryweather.^[3]

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Born To Be Wild: The epic story of Steppenwolf

"We’re a hard rock band and we don’t take shit from anybody. When we’re on stage, that’s our turf. And if you like what we do, welcome to the club. If you don’t, don’t bother us.”

As the founder and frontman of the legendary Steppenwolf, John Kay has built an empire on used leather, high-octane gasoline, dirty blues, sweaty R&B and bad attitude.

Yes, there’s Magic Carpet Ride and Born To Be Wild, the latter a rallying cry of freedom to rockers and rule breakers the world over, but beyond the early hits and the brooding, bad-ass image there’s 40 years’ worth of stormy, politically charged rock’n’roll behind Kay’s impenetrable black shades. 

Kay has endured countless band line-ups, treacherous record deals and even hostile takeovers in the past four decades, and from every adversity he’s emerged stronger, tougher, as cunning as the lupine creatures of the night he so admires.

Kay was born and raised in Germany, where he first heard rock’n’roll on the Armed Forces broadcasts on his tinny FM radio in the 1950s. In 1958 his family moved to Toronto, Canada, and by the time he reached high school in the early 1960s he was alr