Connors, “Stompin’ Tom”

  • From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: See full biography at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stompin%27_Tom_Connors
  • Wiki profile notes:
    • Charles Thomas “Stompin’ Tom” Connors, OC (February 9, 1936 – March 6, 2013) was a Canadian country and folk singer-songwriter. Focusing his career exclusively on his native Canada, he is credited with writing more than 300 songs and has released four dozen albums, with total sales of nearly four million copies.
    • Charles Thomas Connors was born on February 9, 1936, at the General Hospital in Saint John, New Brunswick, to Isabel Connors and Thomas Joseph Sullivan. Connors’ first home was on St. Patrick Street, in the “poorest and most rundown part of Saint John”. He lived there with his mother and his maternal grandparents.
    • Connors was never part of the Canadian musical establishment, and his style was quite different from other Canadian icons such as Leonard Cohen or Gordon Lightfoot. He could, however, be characterized as a passionist poet within Canadian culture, similar to Milton Acorn and Stan Rogers. As the National Post characterized him: He sang of a nation without politics, to its proud history, and to its better angels. His songs remind us that Canada matters—that we’ve built something amazing here, and must not take it for granted.
  • Fourth Great Grandson of United Empire Loyalist listed in Loyalist Directory: https://uelac.ca/loyalist-directory/detail/?wpda_search_column_id=8409
  • Find a GRAVE: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106341169/tom-connors