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Stompin' Tom Connors - dead at 77

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Sheriff Roland:
His passing was top of the news in all local and national broadcasting reports last night. And it's on top of Google news as well now.

from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stompin'_Tom_Connors

At his last stop in Timmins, Ontario, which may also have been his big "break", he found himself a nickel short of a beer at the city's Maple Leaf Hotel. The bartender, Gaet Lepine, agreed to give Tom a beer if he would play a few songs. These few songs turned into a 13-month contract to play at the hotel, a weekly spot on the CKGB radio station in Timmins, eight 45-RPM recordings, and the end of the beginning for Tom Connors.

And then there's this ...

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcXupKCzrGw[/youtube]
He was always singing about the ordinary Canadian experience.

Sheriff Roland:
Wow - YOUtube had this GEM! (Lady k. d. + C-a-n-a-d-a)

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5ExF4nQ7T4[/youtube]

Sheriff Roland:
Tonight, the New York Times acknowleged Stompin' Tom's passing with an obit in it's ART section. As with just about everything the 'Times' prints, it's spot on.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/08/arts/stompin-tom-connors-canadian-singer-dies-at-77.html?_r=0

Oh and by the way, this apparently unusual appreciation for the man and his lifework (which very few of you have ever heard about) isn't just a post mortum love affair. In 2004, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) ran a series that allowed it's listeners to vote for their choice for the Greatest Canadian. Stompin' Tom Connors came in 13th place, ahead of all other entertainers of Canadian origin.

http://www.filibustercartoons.com/greatest%20Canadians.htm

bentgyro:
R.I.P. Stompin' Tom.......A true Canadian.
Just a few notes into his songs and all us Canucks could sing along.

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