I know how much you admired his body of work, but .....
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/dailybrew/stompin-tom-connors-dies-natural-causes-77-020452605.html (http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/dailybrew/stompin-tom-connors-dies-natural-causes-77-020452605.html)
I heard of this as well, sad for the Canadians, a true national treasure up there. I love The Hockey Song...
Alvin Lee passed yesterday as well.
Heck he didn't look a day over 90 :eek5:
Ah thats too bad. Seriously. While I'm not a country music fan at all, there are a few that I kinda like, and Mr. Conners was one of them. I watched some youtube videos of him and in fact, on our last cruise I requested one of his songs while we were in the piano bar.