Rushton Moreve, born John Russell Morgane in 1948 in Los Angeles, California, wrote the tune. John Kay, born April 12, 1944, as Joachim Fritz Krauledat in Tilsit, East Prussia, wrote the song’s lyrics in 20 minutes. Writing credits were assigned to John Kay and Rushton Moreve. Kay then said he took the rough recording of Rushton’s song home and played it one his new hi-fi sound system - which gives reference to the line “I like to dream right between my sound machine.”Īccording to Kay, “Twenty minutes later, the whole thing was finished.” He played a three chord pattern … on his bass and sang, ‘I like my job, I like my baby.’ That was it.” In John Kay’s words, “‘Magic Carpet Ride’ evolved out of something Rushton (the bass player) had been messing around with. Chapter Eight (titled “Magic Carpet Ride”) tells the complete history of how the song was created, who wrote the lyrics, and who came up with the tune. I purchased John Kay’s autobiography entitled John Kay Magic Carpet Ride. I decided to personally research these claims by publishing an article called “ Carpet Ride Unraveled” in the July 2006 issue of the Cross & Crescent magazine. Having never researched the topic, however, my doubts remained.įinally, I feel I can put this issue to bed. Though I never researched headquarter’s disputed claims, I eventually accepted their position as my new truth. It was if I had just learned the truth about Santa Claus - I couldn’t believe it. When I first began working for Lambda Chi Alpha’s headquarters in Indianapolis, I was told that there was no direct fraternal connection to the song “Magic Carpet Ride,” and that none of the band’s members attended college or joined Lambda Chi Alpha. Likewise, when they played Steppenwolf’s song “Magic Carpet Ride” at every party and told me lead singer John Kay was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha, I had little reason to doubt them. When they told me the fraternity was founded in 1909, I believed them.
Everything I learned about the fraternity I learned from my big brother Lee Thomas, the High Kappa (new member educator), or other senior members in our chapter. I was 19 years old when I joined Lambda Chi Alpha.
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