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Stompin' Tom Connors
12+ albums
Canadianfolkcountrycanadacanadians
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February 9, 1936 - March 6, 2013 Charles Thomas "Stompin' Tom" Connors, OC was one of Canada's most prolific and well-known folk singers. He was born in Saint John, New Brunswick to the teenaged Isabel Connors and her boyfriend Thomas Sullivan. He spent a short time living with his mother in a low-security women's penitentiary before he was seized by Children's Aid Society and was later adopted by a family in Skinners Pond, Prince Edward Island. At the age of 15 he left his adoptive family to hitchhike across Canada, a journey that consumed the next 13 years of his life as he traveled between various part-time jobs while writing songs on his guitar. At his last stop in Timmins, Ontario, he worked in one of the local gold mines and was offered a year-long contract to sing on stage at the Maple Leaf Hotel, which earned him the attention of a local radio station and the start of his recording career. Connors' habit of stomping the heel of his left boot to keep rhythm earned him the nickname Stompin' Tom . Various stories have circulated about the origin of the foot stomping, but it's generally accepted that he did this to keep a strong tempo for his guitar playing — especially in the noisy bars and beer joints where he frequently performed. After numerous complaints about damaged stage floors, Tom began to carry a piece of plywood that he stomped even more vigorously than before. The "stompin' " board has since become one of his trademarks. After stomping a hole in the wood
top songs
albums
Stompin' Tom and The Hockey Song
Bud The Spud
My Stompin' Grounds
Stompin' Tom Connors
Stompin' Tom Connors Meets Big Joe Mufferaw
Stompin' Tom At The Gumboot Cloggeroo
Stompin' Tom And The Moon Man Newfie
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KIC Along with Stompin' Tom
Merry Christmas Everybody From Stompin' Tom Connors
Move along with Stompin' Tom
25 of the Best Stompin' Tom Souvenirs
The Ballad of Stompin' Tom