John Einarson (born 1952) is a

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rock music

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, journalist and writer from

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. Einarson is the author or co-author of more than a dozen books, including biographies and autobiographies of

Neil Young Neil Percival Young (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian and American singer-songwriter. After embarking on a music career in Winnipeg in the 1960s, Young moved to Los Angeles, forming the folk rock group Buffalo Springfield. Since the begi ...

the Guess Who The Guess Who was a Canadian rock band formed in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1965. The band found their greatest success in the late 1960s and early 1970s, under the leadership of singer/keyboardist Burton Cummings and guitarist Randy Bachman, wit ...

, Steppenwolf,

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Buffalo Springfield Buffalo Springfield was a Canadian-American Rock music, rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1966 by Canadians Neil Young, Bruce Palmer and Dewey Martin (musician), Dewey Martin and Americans Stephen Stills and Richie Furay. The group, widely know ...

Ian and Sylvia Ian & Sylvia were a Canadian folk and country music duo which consisted of Ian and Sylvia Tyson. They began performing together in 1959 (full-time in 1961), married in 1964, and divorced and stopped performing together in 1975. History Early ...

, and the

Flying Burrito Brothers The Flying Burrito Brothers are an American country rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1968, best known for their influential 1969 debut album, '' The Gilded Palace of Sin''. Although the group is known for its connection to band ...

. As a rock journalist, Einarson has been a contributor to

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, Uncut, Goldmine, the

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, and many other publications. A graduate of the

University of Manitoba The University of Manitoba (U of M, UManitoba, or UM) is a public research university in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Founded in 1877, it is the first university of Western Canada. Both by total student enrolment and campus area, the University of ...

, Einarson taught high school at St. John's-Ravenscourt School for 18 years and leads tours of Winnipeg rock and roll history. He was the curator of a 2009 exhibit about Manitoba music history at the

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and is in charge of the forthcoming Manitoba Music Museum. Einarson also wrote a CBC documentary about

Randy Bachman Randolph Charles Bachman ( ; born September 27, 1943) is a Canadian guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He was a founding member of the bands The Guess Who and Bachman–Turner Overdrive. He was the writer and singer of several hit rock songs, ...

and a

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-nominated documentary on

Buffy Sainte-Marie Buffy Sainte-Marie (born Beverley Jean Santamaria; February 20, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and social activist. Sainte-Marie's singing and writing repertoire includes subjects of love, war, religion, and mysticism, and h ...

. He began his music career in the 1970s as part of Pig Iron Blues Band, performing at the Niverville Pop Festival and opening for

Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin were an English rock music, rock band formed in London in 1968. The band comprised vocalist Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page, bassist-keyboardist John Paul Jones (musician), John Paul Jones and drummer John Bonham. With a he ...

with his band Euphoria in 1970 when he was 17 and a recent graduate of Grant Park High School.

References

Living people Writers from Winnipeg Musicians from Winnipeg Canadian musicologists Canadian music journalists 1952 births Members of the Order of Manitoba {{Canada-historian-stub