GG Stompin' Tom Connors

Milo

Just saw it on the crawler . . . dead at 77. Lived up in the Georgetown area lately, iirc.

westside8

Saw him live a few years ago at the NHL Awards perform the hockey song live while sitting in Henrik Zetterberg's seat. Will never forget that experience.

Milo

We all know the classics, but this one's from a performance at the Horseshoe Tavern in T.O. Saw it when I was a much younger fellah.

Stompin Tom Connors - Green Green Grass of Home - YouTube

if you look closely I think that might be a youngish comp in the background.

Milo

Stompin' Tom Connors - I Am The Wind - YouTube

TheMill

gg Tom

wildbill7145

This one makes me sad..

JohnnieH

wow...he was only 77?

Very sad day for Canada.

gg Tom.

kwsteve

piggypie123

To bad :(. GG Stompin Tom.

Hobbes

DrTyore

Now my heart will still ache when I hear his words...

Caught him live in Guelph a few years back, easily one of the most enjoyable concerts I've been to. Read both of his autobiographies (have them signed too - my brother in law is friends of the family), and loved that this is a man who stood up for what he believed, and didn't need accolades (he famously returned all his Juno awards due to a disagreement with their practices).

You can't call yourself a Canadian without being able to sing along to one of his songs.

Mark

Hellmuth's Mole

It will be a hell of a Saturday night in Sudbury this weekend to be sure.

GG Stompin Tom.

ddmilcan

many years ago
Would sit in the men's room, playing for beer.
Legend has it, this is when he was asked to stop marking the floor, and he brought in a piece of wood, because his feet needed to move while he played!

Milton Slim

Milo

First experience with Stompin' Tom was watching the gig they filmed at the Horseshoe in T.O. with my folks. Not sure what network, but it might have been CBC.

JohnnieH

BrennerM

They played the Good Old Hockey Game tonight between the 3rd and OT in Kitchener (a long-standing tradition). Everyone sang along and the refs and players seemed to dawdle a bit so that we made it to "the home team wins!" instead of it being cutoff mid-song as per usual. What a great song (one of many) from a Canadian icon who will live on a long time through his music.

sstar

I'm sure most people already read it, but the letter he released just before he died was really cool. Awesome Canadian.

http://www.pokerforum.ca/attachment.php?attachmentid=1471&stc=1&d=1362858813

westside8

Great tribute by Hockey Night in Canada tonight.

Video - Hockey Night in Canada - Sports - CBC.ca