The good old hockey game is the best game you can name and the best game you can name is the good old hockey game…. All these songs (good old hockey game, bud the spud, Luke’s guitar) are written by the legendary classic, country singer, and songwriter Tom Connors. This man wrote over 300 songs and released more than 4 dozen (12) albums. He was an amazing person that was born in Saint John’s New Brunswick, Canada and his birth date was February 09th 1936. His real name was Charles Tomas Connors or also known as Tommy Messer. The way Stompin Tom Connors came into being was when a waiter at the King George Tavern named Boyd MacDonald introduced Tom by the name Stompin Tom. Boyd MacDonald introduced Tom as stomping Tom because he always kept the music’s beat by stomping his left foot. Later when Tom found out that the audience enjoyed his nickname ‘’Stompin’’ Tom he officially mad that a trademark into Stompin' Tom Ltd. Stompin Tom Connors had retired his job as a musician in the year 1972. Sadly Charles Tomas Connors passed away at the age of 77 in the year 2013 and the day March 6th (Wednesday.)
THE ARTS
Stompin' Tom Connors Stomps
His Last Stomp
By Ajay Basran