Interesting bio: Stompin' Tom Connors

Bill McCloskey · From: Nanuet, NY

I'd never heard of Tom before I read his obituary this week. Canada's answer to Ramblin' Jack Elliott. Really interesting read:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/08/arts/stompin-tom-connors-canadian-singer-dies-at-77.html?_r=0&adxnnl=1&ref=obituaries&adxnnlx=1362853227-vIK5CYO83tMWudZEM/o7Lw

All of his stuff is up on spotify for those that want to check him out.

Leslie Ehrlich · From: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Stompin' Tom is pretty much unknown in the US, but he is a folk hero and cultural icon in Canada. I saw him a lot on TV during the first half of the 1970s, and I can remember his wedding being broadcast on national television.

He is a Canadian country music legend, but his brand of country music is not the traditional fiddle and pedal steel type stuff that a lot of SGF members like. It's mostly guitar driven stuff, something like Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Three.
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