I was really in the mood for some James Taylor tonight, but then I happened on this one that I last played almost exactly two years ago, and … well, it made my toes start twitching and then tapping (causing Oliver the Cat to try to attack them, thinking they were being taken over by aliens!) And so I give you … Steppenwolf! And motorcycles! And cute dudes on motorcycles!
Written by Dennis Edmonton, aka Mars Bonfire, the song was first (and best) performed by the band Steppenwolf. It is actually the only one of Steppenwolf’s songs that I must like. Edmonton wasn’t actually a member of the band, but his brother Jerry was the drummer.
Explaining how he came up with the song, Bonfire said:
“I was walking down Hollywood Boulevard one day and saw a poster in a window saying ‘Born to Ride’ with a picture of a…
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