Biography

Stompin' Tom Connors was born on February 9, 1936 in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. He was an actor and composer, known for Stompin' Tom Connors: Margo's Cargo (1991), Deranged (1974) and First Round Down (2016). He was married to Lena Welsh. He died on March 6, 2013 in Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada.

Stomping left foot when performing

Although wide commercial appeal eluded him for much of his four-decade career, his songs like "Canada Day", "Up Canada Way", "The Hockey Song", "Bud the Spud", and "Sudbury Saturday Night" have come to be regarded as national anthems.

He bought his first guitar at age 14. He worked odd jobs as he wandered from town to town, working on fishing boats, as a grave digger, tobacco picker, and fry cook.

Named an Officer of the Order of Canada.

Recorded some of his work at the Escarpment Sound Studio in Acton, Ontario

If you don't think that your country should come before yourself, you can better serve your country by livin' someplace else.

[a posthumous note] I want all my fans, past, present or future, to know that without you, there would have not been any Stompin' Tom. It was a long, hard, bumpy road, but this great country kept me inspired with its beauty, character and spirit, driving me to keep marching on and devoted to sing about its people and places that make Canada the greatest country in the world.

I don't know why I seem to be the only one, or almost the only one, writing about this country.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. It is the most underwritten country in the world as far as songs are concerned. The people in this country are starving for songs about their homeland.