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Stompin' Tom Connors - dead at 77
Sheriff Roland:
This isn't even on Google Canada's news yet - posted on CTV news less than half an hour ago.
Stompin' Tom Connors dies at 77
http://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/stompin-tom-connors-dies-at-77-1.1185264
PETERBOROUGH, Ont. -- Canadian country-folk legend Stompin' Tom Connors, whose toe-tapping musical spirit and fierce patriotism established him as one of Canada's strongest cultural icons, has died. He was 77.
Connors passed away Wednesday from what a spokesman described as "natural causes."
Brian Edwards said the musician, rarely seen without his signature black cowboy hat and stomping cowboy boots, knew his health was declining and had penned a message for his fans a few days before his death.
In the message posted on his website, Connors says Canada kept him "inspired with it's beauty, character, and spirit, driving me to keep marching on and devoted to sing about its people and places that make Canada the greatest country in the world."
Connors is survived by his wife Lena, two sons, two daughters and several grandchildren.
Dubbed Stompin' Tom for his propensity to pound the floor with his left foot during performances, Connors garnered a devoted following through straight-ahead country-folk tunes that drew inspiration from his extensive travels and focused on the everyman.
Sheriff Roland:
The Hockey Song
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmimLBSTEUw[/youtube]
Sheriff Roland:
Sudbury Saturday Night
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw7rzpvDvS0[/youtube]
Sheriff Roland:
Bud the Spud
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtySGSuKZe8[/youtube]
(I just checked again - it's now #2 on the top stories section. I knew it would be big news up here.)
oilgun:
R.I.P. Stompin' Tom. My favourite is On a Sudbury Saturday Night
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