Former Weakerthans frontman goes solo at West End in November
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John K. Samson, the former singer for the Weakerthans, returns to the Winnipeg stage as a solo artist Nov. 4 and 5 at the West End Cultural Centre.
Tickets go on sale Aug. 25 at Ticketfly.com and are $25 and $30 for the cultural centre’s mezzanine seats.
Samson will be launching his second solo CD, Winter Wheat, which was produced last winter with his partner, Christine Fellows, and former Weakerthans member Jason Tait. Greg Smith, another former member of the indie group, plays electric bass on the album.
A release says an American Sign Language interpreter will be present for both concerts.
The Weakerthans formed in 1997 and released four studio albums before announcing a breakup in 2014. One Great City, their ode to Winnipeg that’s on the 2003 record Reconstruction Site, was named Winnipeg’s greatest rock song along with the Guess Who’s American Woman in a Winnipeg Free Press readers’ survey in July.
— staff
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