Stompin Tom has passed away at 77

[nwcove]

Canadian legend Stompin Tom Conners passed away last night at age 77. His music will live on!!

 

[joed]

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He was a Canadian all the way.

Stompin' Tom Connors - Bud The Spud (Live 2005) - YouTube

 

[wrench 3]

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I don't know if he truly represented a cross section of Canadian culture, but I believe that he represented the way the majority of Canadians viewed themselves.
A true Canadian and a great loss.

 

[Bigprairie1]

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Yeah, when I heard this it really floored me.
I remember seeing him several times when I was in Ontario and it was always a great show. I remember a concert just outside of Ottawa one year on the Quebec side and one of the country guests was Porter Wagoner and the crowd couldn't get him off the stage fast enough in order to get Stompin' Tom on...it was kind of funny actually, no encore...just 'see ya later'. The Ol' (Rhinestone) Porter was pretty pixxed that this guy was upstaging him at a music event. All in all tho' it was a great show.
Yep...I'm with you Wrench...a true Canadian and a great loss.
BP

 

[rbh]

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I got to see him live once, could'nt believe how beat up that piece of plywood was by the end of the show.

Definetly a true Canuck!

RIP Tom

 

[Moody Blue]

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A true Canadian ambassador, icon and legend.

They don't come any more patriotic than he, and some say that he had maple syrup running thru his veins. He has left behind a legacy thru his music of what being Canadian is all about.

Here is a great clip depicting this humble man.

My Fans put Me Here - Stompin Tom Connors - YouTube

 

[nwcove]

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nice link moody. thanks!

 

[littlerayray]

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hello out there were on the air its hockey night tonight
were gonna miss ya tom

 

[nwcove]

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hello out there were on the air its hockey night tonight
were gonna miss ya tom

^^^anyone that spent any time in a hockey rink in north america knows that song!

 

[wrench 3]

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Last night they played his "hockey song" at an NHL game in the ACC in Toronto, and the whole Air Canada Center was singing along.

 

[littlerayray]

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they play the hockey song all over the world in hockey arenas

 

[littlerayray]

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someone roars bobby scores
at the good o'l hockey game

 

[Tim Frank]

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....and the Americans are scratching their heads wondering who the Canucks are eulogising.

Try and imagine someone who combined the "smooth vocal stylings" of Johnny Cash with the storytelling talent of Jimmy Driftwood.
There is a certain symmetry between the Tennessee Stud and Bud the Spud....and The Battle of New Orleans and the Hockey Song.