![]() ![]() However, the then-new “underground” FM stations, before Chevrolet and Coca-Cola were advertising and which mostly long-haired kids listened to, started playing it. The song was five minutes, too long for the singles played on AM radio. We played an electric version of, “The Pusher.”Īt first, there were no issues. After hitchhiking back from California to Toronto, where I had gone to high school, I joined a Canadian band, The Sparrows. ![]() “The Pusher” really brought down the house, and connected with me, very simple to learn. I was playing acoustic guitar in minor-league coffeehouses, but also hanging out at Troubadour to hear the professionals, see what I could learn. At the time, there was a folk music revival. Kay: I saw Hoyt Axton perform at Troubadour in west Hollywood. UNSPECIFIED - CIRCA 1970: Photo of Steppenwolf Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images gettyĬlash: Much of your Steppenwolf material was seen as anti-establishment, avant garde at the time, especially the song,“The Pusher,” with lyrics like, “Goddamn the pusher man.” Talk about that one, how it came to be and the reactions. I’m legally blind.” He was going to say, “Well, you could’ve told me that.” but stopped himself when he remembered that I had attempted to tell him, but he cut me off. I said, “I’m sorry, sir, from where I am I don’t see a chart. I didn’t get to finish my sentence before he said, “Son, we’ll get to that later.” So, after an hour of top-to-bottom inspections, he told me to read the eye chart on the wall. As George Carlin so eloquently stated: “Military intelligence is an oxymoron.” I went in, as ordered, for a physical, and attempted to instruct the officer that I was legally blind. The first letter I got when I arrived in Buffalo, New York, was from the draft board. I can see better than normally-sighted people in near total darkness. I don’t have to squint, wear the sunglasses. Kay: Well, at night when other people can’t see, I’m like a bush baby. Other than looking cool most of the time, was there anything else positive that your condition gave you? ![]()
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