John Einarson

John Einarson {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|OM}} (born 1952) is a Canadian rock music historian, journalist and writer from Winnipeg, Manitoba.{{cite web|title=Manitoba music museum tapped to be part of future curling centre|publisher=CBC.ca|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/curling-centre-excellence-winnipeg-1.5735548|accessdate=May 24, 2021}}{{cite web|title=Neil Young visits old Winnipeg stomping grounds|date=3 February 2019 |publisher=CTV News|url=https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/neil-young-visits-old-winnipeg-stomping-grounds-ahead-of-concerts-1.4281092|accessdate=May 24, 2021}}

Einarson is the author or co-author of more than a dozen books, including biographies and autobiographies of Neil Young, the Guess Who, Steppenwolf, the Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, Ian and Sylvia, and the Flying Burrito Brothers.{{cite web|title=John Einarson|publisher=Portage and Main Press|url=https://www.portageandmainpress.com/authors/john-einarson/|accessdate=May 24, 2021}}{{cite web|title=Winnipeg maintains its claim on songwriting icon Neil Young|publisher=Global News|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/7458434/winnipeg-icon-neil-young-turns-75/|accessdate=May 24, 2021}} As a rock journalist, Einarson has been a contributor to Mojo, Uncut, Goldmine, the Winnipeg Free Press, and many other publications.

A graduate of the University of Manitoba, Einarson taught high school at St. John's-Ravenscourt School for 18 years and leads tours of Winnipeg rock and roll history.{{cite web|title=John Einarson|date=27 March 2018 |publisher=Manitoba Conservatory of Music & Arts|url=https://mcma.ca/faculty/john-einarson/|accessdate=May 24, 2021}} He was the curator of a 2009 exhibit about Manitoba music history at the Manitoba Museum and is in charge of the forthcoming Manitoba Music Museum.{{cite web|title=Manitoba music museum tapped to be part of future curling centre|publisher=CBC.ca|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/curling-centre-excellence-winnipeg-1.5735548|accessdate=May 24, 2021}}{{cite web|title=Music hall of fame just keeps on rockin'|date=22 August 2009 |publisher=Winnipeg Free Press|url=https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/analysis/music-hall-of-fame-just-keeps-on-rockin-54101692.html|accessdate=May 24, 2021}} Einarson also wrote a CBC documentary about Randy Bachman and a Juno Awards-nominated documentary on Buffy Sainte-Marie.{{cite web|title=John Einarson|publisher=imdb.com|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7396936/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1|accessdate=May 24, 2021}}

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 with his band Euphoria in 1970 when he was 17 and a recent graduate of Grant Park High School.{{cite web|title='Rock'umenting the Rhythm of the River City|date=13 May 2013 |publisher=On Manitoba|url=https://issuu.com/umanitoba/docs/onmb_dec2011_for_web|accessdate=May 24, 2021}}