Don Ienner
American music executiveWikipedia
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Oct 28, 2026
OCTOBER 1992, Part One: R.E.M., The Tragically Hip, The Sundays, Soul Asylum
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58:42John LombardoHOST
Columbia flew us to New York.
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58:44John LombardoHOST
We did a showcase for Don Einer, the president of the label back then.
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58:48John LombardoHOST
And Benji Gordon told us not to do it.
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58:51John LombardoHOST
We should have listened to him.
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59:28John LombardoHOST
um but anyway
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59:29David ParsonsHOST
uh i don't know how you do that honestly you know what i mean and try to like be organic i don't know a guy
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59:35John LombardoHOST
named pablo from columbia saw us play a showcase at so we played south by southwest in 1994 and he was the guy that got us to show and then don einer met came in and met with all of us So, anyway, Benji Gordon, and I told that story because Benji Gordon was the guy that got Soul Asylum's table and was like, we need to sign these guys.
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59:55John LombardoHOST
His boss, a guy named David Cain, I think, was his name.