Stompin’ Tom Connors Passes Away at the Age of 77

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The famous country legend, Stompin’ Tom Connors, who was well-known by his moving songs regarding Canadian lifestyle covering everything from Sudbury nickel miners to P.E.I. potato farmers, recently passed away at the age of 77. A spokesperson confirmed that Connors expired on Wednesday due to “natural causes.”

Born to a teenage mother in 1936 at Saint John, N.B., Charles Thomas Connors was brought up by foster parents in Skinners Pond, P.E.I, until he was 13. Later at the age of 28, i.e. 1964, Connors allegedly ended up at the Maple Leaf Hotel in Timmins, Ont., short five cents for a beer. He allegedly compensated by singing few songs, which luckily resulted into a 14-month contract. He became famous as “Stompin’ Tom” due to the habit of tapping his boot on a wooden board in rhythm while singing. Connors made it a routine to write songs about Canadians, and soon after his music transformed him into a cultural icon. Some of his songs have become closer to national anthems, most notably “The Hockey Song.”

While speaking to The Canadian Press in 2008, Connors stated that “I don’t know why I seem to be the only one, or almost the only one, writing about this country.” He added that “It just amazes me that I’ve been going so long I would think that somebody else (would have) picked up the torch a long time ago and started writing tons of songs about this country. This country is the most underwritten country in the world as far as songs are concerned. We starve, the people in this country are starving for songs about their homeland.”

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