John K. Samson
John Kristjan Samson (born 1973)[1] is a Canadian musician from Winnipeg, Manitoba. He is a singer-songwriter and best known as the frontman of the Canadian indie folk/rock band The Weakerthans, who are self-described as “cryogenically frozen.” He also played bass in the punk band Propagandhi during the mid-1990s. Today, Samson is making music under his own name – John K. Samson. His latest solo album, Winter Wheat, was released in 2016.
Samson is married to Canadian singer-songwriter Christine Fellows.[2]
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.
