Steppenwolf Live is primarily a collection of recordings from various concerts by Steppenwolf

Steppenwolf (band)

Steppenwolf are a Canadian-American rock group that was prominent in the late 1960s. The group was formed in 1967 in Los Angeles by vocalist John Kay, guitarist Michael Monarch, bassist Rushton Moreve, keyboardist Goldy McJohn and drummer Jerry Edmonton after the dissolution of Toronto group The...

 staged in support of their 1969 album Monster

Monster (Steppenwolf album)

Monster is an album by the band Steppenwolf, released in 1969 and was their first LP with new lead guitarist, Larry Byrom instead of Michael Monarch...

. It was released in 1970 (see 1970 in music

1970 in music

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) by ABC Dunhill Records. It contains Steppenwolf's well-known hits "Born to Be Wild," "Magic Carpet Ride," and "The Pusher," as well as most of the songs from Monster.

The song "Hey Lawdy Mama" was recorded in the studio, but edited in a manner to directly segue into "Magic Carpet Ride," thus retaining the album's "live" feel. (On original LP copies of Steppenwolf Live, "Hey Lawdy Mama" and "Magic Carpet Ride" are banded together as a single track, with a total running time of 7:13.) A differently edited version of "Hey Lawdy Mama," incorporating a fade-out instead of the segue, was released in August 1970 as a single in support of the album.

Track listing

1. "Sookie, Sookie" (Don Covay
   Don Covay
   Don Covay is an American R&B/rock and roll/soul music singer and songwriter most active in the 1950s and 1960s, who received a Pioneer Award from the Rhythm and Blues Foundation in 1994...
   
   , Steve Cropper
   Steve Cropper
   Steve Cropper , also known as Steve "The Colonel" Cropper, is an American guitarist, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as the guitarist of the Stax Records house band, Booker T...
   
   ) – 3:09
2. "Don't Step On The Grass, Sam" (Kay) – 6:01
3. "Tighten Up Your Wig" (Kay) – 4:23
4. "Monster" (Kay, Edmonton, Byrom, St. Nicholas) – 9:56
5. "Draft Resister" (Kay, McJohn, Byrom) – 3:46
6. "Power Play" (Kay) – 5:41
7. "Corina, Corina
   Corrina, Corrina (song)
   "Corrine, Corrina" is a 12 bar country blues song in the AAB form. "Corrine, Corrina" was first recorded by "Bo Carter" Chatmon . However, it was not copyrighted until 1932 by Chatmon and his publishers, Mitchell Parish and J. Mayo Williams...
   
   " (Mitchell Parish
   Mitchell Parish
   Mitchell Parish was an American lyricist.-Early life:Parish was born Michael Hyman Pashelinsky to a Jewish family in Lithuania. His family emigrated to the United States, arriving on February 3, 1901 on the SS Dresden when he was less than a year old...
   
   , J. Mayo Williams
   J. Mayo Williams
   Jay Mayo "Ink" Williams was a pioneering African-American producer of recorded blues music. Ink Williams earned his nickname by his ability to get the signatures of talented African-American musicians on recording contracts...
   
   , B. Chatman) – 4:09
8. "Twisted" (Kay) – 5:02
9. "From Here To There Eventually" (Kay, McJohn, Edmonton) – 6:40
10. "Hey Lawdy Mama" (Kay, Byrom, Edmonton) – 2:59
11. "Magic Carpet Ride
    Magic Carpet Ride
    "Magic Carpet Ride" is a rock song written by John Kay and Rushton Moreve from the Canadian-American band Steppenwolf. The song was initially released in 1968 on the album The Second. It was the lead single from that album, peaking at No. 3 in the US, and becoming the band's second-biggest hit,...
    
    " (Kay, Moreve) – 4:06
12. "The Pusher
    The Pusher
    "The Pusher" is a rock song written by Hoyt Axton, made popular by the 1969 movie Easy Rider which used Steppenwolf's version to accompany the opening scenes of drug trafficking....
    
    " (Hoyt Axton
    Hoyt Axton
    Hoyt Wayne Axton was an American country music singer-songwriter, and a film and television actor. He became prominent in the early 1960s, establishing himself on the West Coast as a folk singer with an earthy style and powerful voice. As he matured, some of his songwriting efforts became well...
    
    ) – 6:02
13. "Born to Be Wild
    Born to Be Wild
    "Born to Be Wild" is a rock song written by Mars Bonfire and made famous by the Canadian-American rock band Steppenwolf. It is often used in popular culture to denote a biker appearance or attitude...
    
    " (Mars Bonfire
    Mars Bonfire
    Dennis Edmonton , also known by the stage name Mars Bonfire, is a Canadian rock musician and songwriter, best known for writing the hit song "Born to Be Wild" for Steppenwolf....
    
    ) – 5:43

Personnel

• Gabriel Mekler - Producer
• Larry Byrom
  Larry Byrom
  Larry Byrom is an American guitarist who has written, recorded, and toured with acts like Steppenwolf, Ratchell, Neil Young, Steve Winwood, Peter Frampton, Eddie Rabbit and Tanya Tucker.- References :...
  
   - Guitar
• Jerry Edmonton
  Jerry Edmonton
  Jerry Edmonton was the drummer for the rock band, Steppenwolf.He was born Gerald McCrohan in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. Both he and his brother Dennis, also known as Mars Bonfire, changed their surnames to Edmonton during the 1960s, when they performed in a group called The Sparrows...
  
   - Drums
• John Kay
  John Kay (musician)
  John Kay is a German-Canadian singer, songwriter and guitarist known as the frontman of Steppenwolf...
  
   - Vocals, Guitar
• Goldy McJohn
  Goldy McJohn
  Goldy McJohn is a Canadian keyboard player best known as the original keyboardist for rock group Steppenwolf. Originally a classically trained pianist, he was a pioneer in the early use of the electronic organ in heavy metal...
  
   - Keyboards
• Nick St. Nicholas
  Nick St. Nicholas
  Nick St. Nicholas is a bassist, and is best known for his membership in Steppenwolf from 1968 to 1970, and then again from 1976 to 1980. After World War II, his family moved to Toronto and became Canadian citizens. Sister Maren joined the Canadian Ballet Company & Conservatory of Music as pianist...
  
  - Bass