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John Kay & Steppenwolf: Theatre at Westbury, NY

Larry Jaffee, Rock's Backpages, 2 September 2012

IT'S NEARLY A certainty that globally two Steppenwolf songs will be played every day on terrestrial radio or Internet-based stations or music sharing services. Yes, 'Born to Be Wild' and 'Magic Carpet Ride' are late 1960s classics that captured the zeitgeist of society's seeds of change.

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