I m movin on john kay biography

American rock musician (born 1944)

Not to be confused with Johnny Kay or John K (musician).

Musical artist

John Kay (born Joachim Fritz Krauledat; April 12, 1944) is an American rock singer, songwriter and guitarist known as the frontman of Steppenwolf.^[1]

Early life

Kay was born on April 12, 1944^[2] in Tilsit, East Prussia, Germany (now Sovetsk, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia).^[3] His father Fritz, born 1913 in Absteinen near Pogegen in the Memelland (today Opstainys in Pagėgiai Municipality, Lithuania),^[4] was killed a month before Kay was born.^[5]

In early 1945, Kay's mother fled with him from the advancing Soviet troops during the evacuation of East Prussia in harsh winter conditions.

Their train got stuck near Arnstadt, which was first occupied by the Americans, but then became part of the East German Soviet occupation zone. In 1949, they crossed the already-fortified border to resettle in Hanover,