Review: Bernie Finkelstein’s autobiography tells the story of a young Toronto boy who made it big in the Canadian music scene
True North by Bernie Finkelstein, a life in the music business
In the early 1960′s Bernie Finkelstein was a young Jewish kid in Toronto cutting classes and on the make in the Toronto club scene.
Within a short time he was managing rock groups, meeting Bob Dylan and smoking pot with Dylan’s manager Al Grossman in New York.
He turned down a gig for his band The Paupers with folk stars Ian and Sylvia so the band could open for Jefferson Airplane.
In his autobiography “True North” (McClelland and Stewart) shares his life, warts and all, the ups and downs of life as a Canadian music promoter and record company owner.
