Stompin' Tom Connors
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Charles Thomas "Stompin' Tom" Connors, OC was a Canadian country and folk singer-songwriter. Focusing his career exclusively on his native Canada, he is credited with writing more than 300 songs and h
Connors in 2002
The 2015 bronze statue of Stompin' Tom, with Connors' left hand positioned for chord of C−, one of the major chords in the song Sudbury Saturday Night
Black Donnellys
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The "Black" Donnellys were an Irish Catholic immigrant family who settled in Biddulph township, Upper Canada, about 25 km northwest of London, in the 1840s. The family settled on a concession road whi
Stompin' Tom Connors
…it for granted. Typically writing about Canadian lore and history, some of Connors' better-known songs include "Bud the Spud", "Big Joe Mufferaw", "The Black Donnellys", "The Martin Hartwell Story", "Reesor Crossing Tragedy", "Sudbury Saturday Night", and "The Hockey Song". This last, often incorrectly called "The…
A replica of the original Donnelly tombstone, belonging to Ray Fazakas, on display at the Lucan Area Heritage & Donnelly museum in Lucan-Biddulph, Ontario.
New Gravestone in St. Patrick's Cemetery