Please answer the following question: Facts: - instrument: keyboard - years active: 1964 -- present - birth name: john goadsby - origin: toronto , canada - genre: acid rock hard rock psychedelic rock proto-metal - notable instruments: lowery with a cracked leslie speaker organ with a cracked leslie speaker lowery organ - birth date: 2 may 1945 - name: goldy mcjohn - background: non_vocal_instrumentalist - website: -lsb- http://www.goldymcjohn.com goldymcjohn.com -rsb- - associated acts: the humble pie , the saints , freddy & the screamers mynah , southern pacific birds , the sparrows , steppenwolf , Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of goldy mcjohn .
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john raymond goadsby -lrb- born may 2 , 1945 -rrb- , known as 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 -lrb- hammond b3 -rrb- in heavy metal .he is also an avid golfer .