John K. Samson

John K. Samson

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Name = John K. Samson


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Birth_name = John Kristjan Samson
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Origin = Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Genre = Indie rock
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Years_active = 1980s–present
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Associated_acts = Christine Fellows, The Weakerthans, Propagandhi
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John Kristjan Samson is a rock musician from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He is a singer-songwriter and currently the frontman of the Canadian indie rock band The Weakerthans. He also played bass in the punk band Propagandhi during the mid-1990s.

Samson is married to Canadian singer-songwriter Christine Fellows.

Background

In 1993, while still a member of Propagandhi, Samson released a fifteen-track solo album on cassette tape, entitled "Slips and Tangles". In 1995, six of these songs were featured on a split album shared with the now-defunct punk band Painted Thin. Following the critical success of The Weakerthans, Samson's side of the split was re-released online by G7 Welcoming Committee as a digital EP in 2006. In 1995, also while still in Propagandhi, Samson released the song "Letter of Resignation" on a split with F.Y.P. Although credited to Propagandhi, Samson was the only band member to appear on the song. He later covered "Letter of Resignation" on The Weakerthans' debut album, "Fallow".

Samson is also a founding member of Arbeiter Ring Publishing, a Winnipeg, Manitoba publishing collective. He is active in the Winnipeg arts scene, collaborating with artists such as Clive Holden and Christine Fellows.

In 2006, Samson championed Miriam Toews' novel "A Complicated Kindness" in Canada Reads, and the novel went on to win the competition. In the 2007 edition of Canada Reads—an "all-star" competition pitting the five winning advocates from previous years against each other—Samson returned to champion Heather O'Neill's novel "Lullabies for Little Criminals", which won the competition.

In 2006, he and his wife Christine Fellows recorded "This Old House", an album intended as a Christmas gift for friends and family. They eventually released two songs, "Taps Reversed" and "Good Salvage", for airplay on CBC Radio 3 in 2007. Fellows and Samson also performed live on the network on March 17, 2007, to mark the final night of the network's terrestrial simulcast on CBC Radio Two.

olo albums

*"Slips and Tangles" – 1993
*"Little Pictures" – 1995

External links

* [http://www.theweakerthans.org Official website]
* [http://archive.cbcradio3.com/issues/2003_01_03/main.cfm?page=09 John K. Samson] in session at CBC Radio 3


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