Winnipeg, Manitoba
Singer-songwriter and acted as the frontman of the former Canadian folk punk band The Weakerthans. He also played bass in the punk band Propagandhi during the mid-1990s.
Samson is married to Canadian singer-songwriter Christine Fellows.
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September 28, 2025
St. George's Anglican Church
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada1. One Great City!(The Weakerthans cover)
2. Reconstruction Site(The Weakerthans cover)
3. Bigfoot!(The Weakerthans cover)
4. Vampire Alberta Blues
5. Budget Delegations(Vivat Virtute cover)
6. Fantasy Baseball at the End of the World
7. (Hospital Vespers)(The Weakerthans cover)
8. Plea From a Cat Named Virtute(The Weakerthans cover)
9. Virtute the Cat Explains Her Departure(The Weakerthans cover)
10. Virtute at Rest
11. 17th Street Treatment Centre
12. Winter Wheat
1. None of the Above(The Weakerthans cover)
2. Sun in an Empty Room(The Weakerthans cover)
3. Gifts(Propagandhi cover)
4. Anchorless(Propagandhi cover)
5. Time's Arrow(The Weakerthans cover)
6. Requests
7. A New Name for Everything(The Weakerthans cover)
8. Watermark(The Weakerthans cover)
9. Left and Leaving(The Weakerthans cover)
10. The Reasons(The Weakerthans cover)
September 26, 2025
St. George's Anglican Church
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada1. One Great City!(The Weakerthans cover)
2. Reconstruction Site(The Weakerthans cover)
3. Bigfoot!(The Weakerthans cover)
4. Vampire Alberta Blues
5. Budget Delegations(Vivat Virtute cover)
6. Fantasy Baseball at the End of the World
7. (Hospital Vespers)(The Weakerthans cover)
8. Confessions of a Futon-Revolutionist(The Weakerthans cover)
9. Plea From a Cat Named Virtute(The Weakerthans cover)
10. Virtute the Cat Explains Her Departure(The Weakerthans cover)
11. Virtute at Rest
12. 17th Street Treatment Centre
13. Winter Wheat
1. None of the Above(The Weakerthans cover)
2. Pamphleteer(The Weakerthans cover)
3. Sun in an Empty Room(The Weakerthans cover)
4. A New Name for Everything(The Weakerthans cover)
5. Aside(The Weakerthans cover)
6. Gifts(Propagandhi cover)
7. Anchorless(Propagandhi cover)
8. The Last And
9. Left and Leaving(The Weakerthans cover)
10. The Reasons(The Weakerthans cover)
11. My Favourite Chords(The Weakerthans cover)
November 25, 2019
High Noon Saloon
Madison, Wisconsin, United StatesNovember 23, 2019
Beat Kitchen
Chicago, Illinois, United States1. One Great City!(The Weakerthans cover)
2. Postdoc Blues
3. Reconstruction Site(The Weakerthans cover)
4. Alpha Adept
5. Pamphleteer(The Weakerthans cover)
6. Vampire Alberta Blues
7. (Hospital Vespers)(The Weakerthans cover)
8. Left and Leaving(The Weakerthans cover)
9. Fantasy Baseball at the End of the World
10. 17th Street Treatment Centre
11. Plea From a Cat Named Virtute(The Weakerthans cover)
12. Virtute the Cat Explains Her Departure(The Weakerthans cover)
13. Virtute at Rest
14. Winter Wheat
15. Confessions of a Futon-Revolutionist(The Weakerthans cover)
16. Everything Must Go!(The Weakerthans cover)
17. Our Retired Explorer (Dines With Michel Foucault in Paris, 1961)(The Weakerthans cover)
18. Bigfoot!(The Weakerthans cover)
19. Aside(The Weakerthans cover)
20. Benediction(The Weakerthans cover)
21. Sun in an Empty Room(The Weakerthans cover)
22. Requests
23. My Favourite Chords(The Weakerthans cover)
November 22, 2019
X-Ray Arcade
Cudahy, Wisconsin, United States1. Anchorless(Propagandhi cover)
2. (Hospital Vespers)(The Weakerthans cover)
November 21, 2019
Turf Club
St. Paul, Minnesota, United States1. One Great City!(The Weakerthans cover)
2. Postdoc Blues
3. Reconstruction Site(The Weakerthans cover)
4. Pamphleteer(The Weakerthans cover)
5. Vampire Alberta Blues
6. (Hospital Vespers)(The Weakerthans cover)
7. 17th Street Treatment Centre
8. Plea From a Cat Named Virtute(The Weakerthans cover)
9. Virtute the Cat Explains Her Departure(The Weakerthans cover)
10. Virtute at Rest
11. Fantasy Baseball at the End of the World
12. Winter Wheat
13. Sun in an Empty Room(The Weakerthans cover)
14. Everything Must Go!(The Weakerthans cover)
15. Anchorless(Propagandhi cover)
16. Left and Leaving(The Weakerthans cover)
17. Our Retired Explorer (Dines With Michel Foucault in Paris, 1961)(The Weakerthans cover)
18. Bigfoot!(The Weakerthans cover)
19. Aside(The Weakerthans cover)
20. Alpha Adept
21. My Favourite Chords(The Weakerthans cover)
1. Requests
2. Confessions of a Futon-Revolutionist(The Weakerthans cover)
June 8, 2019
Old Market Square
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada1. Postdoc Blues
2. Sun in an Empty Room(The Weakerthans cover)
3. Pamphleteer(The Weakerthans cover)
4. Reconstruction Site(The Weakerthans cover)
5. Fantasy Baseball at the End of the World
6. Vampire Alberta Blues
7. Alpha Adept
8. Confessions of a Futon-Revolutionist(The Weakerthans cover)
9. Don't Be Denied(Neil Young cover)
10. Requests
11. 17th Street Treatment Centre
12. Plea From a Cat Named Virtute(The Weakerthans cover)
13. Cruise Night
14. Winter Wheat
15. Left and Leaving(The Weakerthans cover)
May 18, 2019
House of Blues
Boston, Massachusetts, United States1. One Great City!(The Weakerthans cover)
2. Postdoc Blues
3. Reconstruction Site(The Weakerthans cover)
4. Alpha Adept
5. Pamphleteer(The Weakerthans cover)
6. Vampire Alberta Blues
7. (Hospital Vespers)(The Weakerthans cover)
8. Left and Leaving(The Weakerthans cover)
9. 17th Street Treatment Centre
10. Plea From a Cat Named Virtute(The Weakerthans cover)
11. Virtute the Cat Explains Her Departure(The Weakerthans cover)
12. Virtute at Rest
13. Winter Wheat
May 16, 2019
White Eagle Hall
Jersey City, New Jersey, United States1. One Great City!(The Weakerthans cover)
2. Postdoc Blues
3. Reconstruction Site(The Weakerthans cover)
4. Pamphleteer(The Weakerthans cover)
5. Vampire Alberta Blues
6. (Hospital Vespers)(The Weakerthans cover)
7. 17th Street Treatment Centre
8. Plea From a Cat Named Virtute(The Weakerthans cover)
9. Virtute the Cat Explains Her Departure(The Weakerthans cover)
10. Virtute at Rest
11. Winter Wheat
May 15, 2019
Rough Trade NYC
Brooklyn, New York, United States1. One Great City!(The Weakerthans cover)
2. Postdoc Blues
3. Pamphleteer(The Weakerthans cover)
4. Reconstruction Site(The Weakerthans cover)
5. Alpha Adept
6. Vampire Alberta Blues
7. 17th Street Treatment Centre
8. Plea From a Cat Named Virtute(The Weakerthans cover)
9. Virtute the Cat Explains Her Departure(The Weakerthans cover)
10. Virtute at Rest
11. Fantasy Baseball at the End of the World
12. Left and Leaving(The Weakerthans cover)
13. Confessions of a Futon-Revolutionist(The Weakerthans cover)
14. When I Write My Master's Thesis
15. Aside(The Weakerthans cover)
16. Anchorless(Propagandhi cover)
17. Winter Wheat
18. My Favourite Chords(The Weakerthans cover)
May 14, 2019
3S Artspace
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States1. One Great City!(The Weakerthans cover)
2. Postdoc Blues
3. Reconstruction Site(The Weakerthans cover)
4. Alpha Adept
5. Pamphleteer(The Weakerthans cover)
6. Vampire Alberta Blues
7.
8. Left and Leaving(The Weakerthans cover)
9. 17th Street Treatment Centre
10. Plea From a Cat Named Virtute(The Weakerthans cover)
11. Virtute the Cat Explains Her Departure(The Weakerthans cover)
12. Virtute at Rest
13. Winter Wheat
14. Night Windows(The Weakerthans cover)
15. Confessions of a Futon-Revolutionist(The Weakerthans cover)
May 12, 2019
Colony
Woodstock, New York, United States1. One Great City!(The Weakerthans cover)
2. Postdoc Blues
3. Reconstruction Site(The Weakerthans cover)
4. Alpha Adept
5. Pamphleteer(The Weakerthans cover)
6. Vampire Alberta Blues
7. (Hospital Vespers)(The Weakerthans cover)
8. Left and Leaving(The Weakerthans cover)
9. 17th Street Treatment Centre
10. Plea From a Cat Named Virtute(The Weakerthans cover)
11. Virtute the Cat Explains Her Departure(The Weakerthans cover)
12. Virtute at Rest
13. Fantasy Baseball at the End of the World
14. Winter Wheat
May 11, 2019
Boot and Saddle
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United StatesNight 2 of 2
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Boot and Saddle
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United StatesNight 1 of 2
1. One Great City!(The Weakerthans cover)
2. Postdoc Blues
3. Reconstruction Site(The Weakerthans cover)
4. 17th Street Treatment Centre
5. Alpha Adept
6. Pamphleteer(The Weakerthans cover)
7. Relative Surplus Value(The Weakerthans cover)
8. Plea From a Cat Named Virtute(The Weakerthans cover)
9. Virtute the Cat Explains Her Departure(The Weakerthans cover)
10. Virtute at Rest
11. Fantasy Baseball at the End of the World
12. Winter Wheat
13. The Reasons(The Weakerthans cover)
14. Sun in an Empty Room(The Weakerthans cover)
15. Utilities(The Weakerthans cover)
May 9, 2019
MilkBoy ArtHouse
College Park, Maryland, United States1. One Great City!(The Weakerthans cover)
2. Postdoc Blues
3. Reconstruction Site(The Weakerthans cover)
4. Alpha Adept
5. Pamphleteer(The Weakerthans cover)
6. Vampire Alberta Blues
7. Left and Leaving(The Weakerthans cover)
8. 17th Street Treatment Centre
9. Plea From a Cat Named Virtute(The Weakerthans cover)
10. Virtute the Cat Explains Her Departure(The Weakerthans cover)
11. Virtute at Rest
12. Winter Wheat
13. Aside(The Weakerthans cover)
14. Tournament of Hearts(The Weakerthans cover)
15. Anchorless(Propagandhi cover)
16. Fantasy Baseball at the End of the World
New song17. My Favourite Chords(The Weakerthans cover)
November 15, 2018
The Good Will Social Club
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada1. Postdoc Blues
2. Reconstruction Site(The Weakerthans cover)
3. Alpha Adept
4. Pamphleteer(The Weakerthans cover)
5. Vampire Alberta Blues
6. Saturday Night on Utopia Parkway
7. Relative Surplus Value(The Weakerthans cover)
8. 17th Street Treatment Centre
9. Plea From a Cat Named Virtute(The Weakerthans cover)
10. Virtute the Cat Explains Her Departure(The Weakerthans cover)
11. Virtute at Rest
12. Winter Wheat
January 10, 2018
City Winery
Boston, Massachusetts, United States1. One Great City!(The Weakerthans cover)
2. Postdoc Blues
3. Reconstruction Site(The Weakerthans cover)
4. Alpha Adept
5. Pamphleteer(The Weakerthans cover)
6. When I Write My Master's Thesis
7. Left and Leaving(The Weakerthans cover)
8. 17th Street Treatment Centre
9. Plea From a Cat Named Virtute(The Weakerthans cover)
10. Virtute the Cat Explains Her Departure(The Weakerthans cover)
11. Virtute at Rest
12. Winter Wheat
December 3, 2017
Culture Center Theater
Charleston, West Virginia, United States1. One Great City!(The Weakerthans cover)
2. Postdoc Blues
3. Reconstruction Site(The Weakerthans cover)
4. Pamphleteer(The Weakerthans cover)
5. Alpha Adept
6. (Hospital Vespers)(The Weakerthans cover)
7. 17th Street Treatment Centre
8. Bigfoot!(The Weakerthans cover)
9. Winter Wheat
October 31, 2017
City Winery New York City
New York, New York, United States1. One Great City!(The Weakerthans cover)
2. Postdoc Blues
3. Reconstruction Site(The Weakerthans cover)
4. Pamphleteer(The Weakerthans cover)
5. When I Write My Master's Thesis
6. Left and Leaving(The Weakerthans cover)
7. 17th Street Treatment Centre
8. Plea From a Cat Named Virtute(The Weakerthans cover)
9. Virtute the Cat Explains Her Departure(The Weakerthans cover)
10. Virtute at Rest
11. Winter Wheat
12. The Reasons(The Weakerthans cover)
October 29, 2017
Rock and Roll Hotel
Washington, Washington, D.C., United StatesSome of John K. Samson's most popular tracks include When I Write My Master's Thesis, Postdoc Blues, Heart of the Continent, Vampire Alberta Blues, Virtute At Rest. Listen to these songs and discover more from their extensive catalog.
Winnipeg, ManitobaSinger-songwriter and acted as the frontman of the former Canadian folk punk band The Weakerthans. He also played bass in the punk band Propagandhi during the mid-1990s.Samson is mar... Read the full biography on this page.
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