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INTERVIEW
2005 interview from TENNESSEAN.COM website
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Sunday, 03/20/05
By TIM GHIANNI
Senior Writer
John Kay is much like the elephants he relishes.
Sitting in the heart of isolated acreage that's home and heart of his "Wolf World," the Steppenwolf founder talks about protecting pachyderms from extinction, letting them retain their dignity without being circus freaks.
"I greatly admire what Carol Buckley has done," he says, referring to the co-founder and executive director of the Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, just 60 miles down the Natchez Trace from his own refuge.
"She's very respectful of them. She lets them live in the middle of the sanctuary like elephants. Let elephants live like elephants and not so much like exhibits."
TheBorn To Be Wildguy, who lives on 145 acres in a hidden tract of hills and woods, his home bordering a 6-acre lake, smiles.
"The elephants live on 2,700 acres. They are basically encouraged to live amongst their own kind in the rolling hills of Tennessee."
Once in a great while supporters and donors — Kay and his wife fit those categories — are "invited to come out for this or for that." Daughter Shawn Kay and her husband, Michael Willis, work at the sanctuary
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Brent Mydland
American keyboardist, songwriter and singer (1952–1990)
Brent Mydland | |
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Brent Mydland in 1987 | |
| Born | (1952-10-21)October 21, 1952[1] Munich, West Germany |
| Origin | Concord, California, U.S. |
| Died | July 26, 1990(1990-07-26) (aged 37)[2] Lafayette, California, U.S. |
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| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Keyboards, vocals |
| Years active | 1971–1990 |
| Labels | Warner Bros. Arista |
Musical artist
Brent Mydland (October 21, 1952 – July 26, 1990) was an American keyboardist, songwriter and singer. He was a member of the rock band The Grateful Dead from 1979 to 1990, a longer tenure than any other keyboardist in the band.
Growing up in Concord, California, Mydland took up music while in elementary school.[3] After graduation, he played with a number of bands and recorded one album with Silver before joining Bobby and the Midnites with Bob Weir and jazz veterans Billy Cobham and Alphonso Johnson. This led to an invitation to join the Dead in 1979, replacing Keith Godchaux who had decided to leave. Mydland quickly became an important member in the Dead, using a variety of keyboards including Hammond organ and various synthesizers and singing regularly. He wrote several songs on the
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