Yes, I am familiar with John Kay’s story. One of the smartest guys in music. Got the publishing rights to Steppenwolf’s songs, while the rest of the band was busy partying. Made a fortune off of it.
Yeah - he and former bassist Nick St. Nicholas were playing a legal cat & mouse game for a number of years, with Nicholas trying to capitalize on the band’s name/reputation and Kay slapping him with lawsuits to stop him.