From 1960
to 2016 ... over 50 years of playing
professionally translates to many different
bands, venues, cities, countries. It
never occurred to most of us to document our
careers as they were happening. We were
just out making music and living in the
moment. So many things that seemed to be
just the norm, in retrospect, have become
significant turning points. Some real
milestones took place while I worked with many
of the bands profiled.
The menu on the left
hand side links to pages about each of those
individual bands. Audio and/or video
files, along with photographs, appear at the
end of the write-ups.
Throughout this
website, there are numerous references to John
Einarson and the wealth of information
provided by him in his books, magazine
articles, and newspaper pieces, not to mention
his live seminars at McNally Robinson and the
Zoom sessions for Manitoba Conservatory of
Music & Arts. For those unfamiliar
with this author and music historian, please
take a moment to read JOHN'S
BIOGRAPHY and
learn about his accomplishments. In September 2022, John launched his own website at JOHNEINARSON.CA.
A special thank you to
the following friends and family who have
contributed to the information recorded here,
providing invaluable confirmation,
clarification, and images for the content.
And last but not least - thank you, to our son, Vance Masters Jr., for the loan of the equipment to transfer those 40+ year old audio cassettes and records into digital format.
Over 17,000 photographs, newspaper clippings, and magazine articles, along with approximately 3000 hours of audio recordings, were reviewed in the creation of this web site.
Excerpt
from one of John Einarson's
Winnipeg music history classes.
