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niffer · 03-07-2013, 11:32 AM

RIP Mr. Connors.

I regret that I had never heard of him outside of this forum. He certainly was a handsome gentleman, in the same weathered, rugged way as our Gordon is today.

I am curious, Char, from the lyrics you posted from Believe in Your Country - and I apologize that I don't know how to post a partial quote from my iPad - is Stompin' Tom regarded in Canada as a Woody Guthrie/Johnny Cash type of common man, or as more of a Merle Haggard "Okie from Muskogee" type of superpatriot?

03-07-2013, 11:32 AM	#24
niffer Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 239	Re: Stompin' Tom has died at 77 RIP Mr. Connors. I regret that I had never heard of him outside of this forum. He certainly was a handsome gentleman, in the same weathered, rugged way as our Gordon is today. I am curious, Char, from the lyrics you posted from Believe in Your Country - and I apologize that I don't know how to post a partial quote from my iPad - is Stompin' Tom regarded in Canada as a Woody Guthrie/Johnny Cash type of common man, or as more of a Merle Haggard "Okie from Muskogee" type of superpatriot?