This has turned out to be a bad night for music that you probably haven’t heard, maybe.
Stompin Tom Connors has passed away.
I don’t know if we can call him a Canadian Icon or not. Not being from Canada it would be presumptuous of me to call him a Canadian Icon. I do know that he won a bunch of Juno awards (the Canadian version of the Grammies) and gave them back to protest the fact that many of the winners were Canadians living in the United States. I guess that’s not Canadian enough for Canada’s Grammies.
He also wrote the one song that MUST be played during every hockey game. Be it in an intermission, or during a stoppage in play, it doesn’t matter. Stompin Tom’s Hockey Song NEEDS to be played at all hockey games.
Inside the Red Head's Head 