Stompin' Tom

Stompin' Tom
Author: Stompin' Tom Connors
Publisher: Penguin Books
Total Pages: 576
Release: 1996
Genre: CONNORS, TOM
ISBN: 9780140251111

The Hockey Song

The Hockey Song
Author: Stompin' Tom Connors
Publisher: Greystone Books
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2016-11-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1771641908

As Stompin’ Tom Connors sings, “It’s the good old hockey game, the best game you can name.” And in this charmingly illustrated book for all ages, the classic song played at hockey games around the world is imagined as a shinny game on an outdoor rink in the middle of the city that starts with two players and soon grows to include the whole community. “The puck is in! The hometown wins! The good ol’ hockey game.”

Bud the Spud

Bud the Spud
Author: Stompin' Tom Connors
Publisher: Halifax, NS : Nimbus Pub.
Total Pages: 24
Release: 2002
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781551094298

The famous and irresistible song about potatoes is now on the printed page in lively storybook form.

250 Songs by Stompin' Tom

250 Songs by Stompin' Tom
Author: Stompin' Tom Connors
Publisher: Georgetown, Ont. : Crown-Vetch Music
Total Pages: 183
Release: 2005
Genre: Popular music Canada Texts
ISBN: 9780973817102

Canuck Rock

Canuck Rock
Author: Ryan Edwardson
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 754
Release: 2009-09-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 1442697067

The Guess Who. Gordon Lightfoot. Joni Mitchell. Neil Young. Stompin' Tom Connors. Robert Charlebois. Anne Murray. Crowbar. Chilliwack. Carole Pope. Loverboy. Bryan Adams. The Barenaked Ladies. The Tragically Hip. Céline Dion. Arcade Fire. K-oS. Feist. These musicians are national heroes to generations of Canadians. But what does it mean to be a Canadian musician? And why does nationality even matter? Canuck Rock addresses these questions by delving into the myriad relationships between the people who make music, the industries that produce and sell it, the radio stations and government legislation that determine availability, and the fans who consume it and make it their own. An invaluable resource and an absorbing read, Canuck Rock spans from the emergence of rock and roll in the 1950s through to today's international recording industry. Combining archival material, published accounts, and new interviews, Ryan Edwardson explores how music in Canada became Canadian music.

Stompin' Tom Connors

Stompin' Tom Connors
Author: Charlie Rhindress
Publisher: Formac Publishing Company Limited
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2019-09-16
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1459505387

Stompin' Tom Connors is a Canadian legend. There are very few Canadians who don't know the foot-stompin' patriot in the cowboy hat who sang almost exclusively about the country he loved and called home. But there is much more to Tom Connors than "Bud the Spud" and "The Hockey Song." This biography paints the picture of an intelligent, stubborn, creative, cantankerous and thoughtful man who created a character that would be embraced by Canadians from coast to coast. This is the story of the man behind Stompin' Tom.

Lightfoot

Lightfoot
Author: Nicholas Jennings
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 345
Release: 2017-09-26
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 014319920X

NATIONAL BESTSELLER A 2023 ROLLING STONE RECOMMENDED BOOK Shortlisted for the 2017 Legislative Assembly of Ontario Speaker's Book Award Nominated for the 2018 Heritage Toronto Award - Historical Writing: Book “The preeminent account of the late singer's life.” —Rolling Stone The definitive, full-access story of the life and songs of Canada's legendary troubadour Gordon Lightfoot’s name is synonymous with timeless songs about trains and shipwrecks, rivers and highways, lovers and loneliness. His music defined the folk-pop sound of the 1960s and ‘70s, topped charts and sold millions. He is unquestionably Canada’s greatest songwriter, and an international star who has performed on the world’s biggest stages. While Lightfoot’s songs are well known, the man behind them is elusive. He’s never allowed his life to be chronicled in a book—until now. Biographer Nick Jennings has had unprecedented access to the notoriously reticent musician. Lightfoot takes us deep inside the artist’s world, from his idyllic childhood in Orillia, the wild sixties, and his canoe trips into Canada’s North to his heady times atop the music world. Jennings explores the toll that success took on his personal life—including his troubled relationships, his battle with alcohol and his near-death experiences—and the extraordinary drive and tenacity that pulled him through it all. Rich in voices from fellow musicians, close friends, Lightfoot’s family and the singer’s own reminiscences, the biography tells the stories behind some of his best-known love songs, including “Beautiful” and “Song for a Winter’s Night,” as well as the infidelity and divorce that resulted in classics like “Sundown” and “If You Could Read My Mind.” Kris Kristofferson has called Lightfoot’s songs “some of the most beautiful and lasting music of our time.” Lightfoot is an unforgettable portrait of a treasured singer-songwriter, an artist whose work has been covered by everyone from Joni Mitchell, Barbra Streisand and Nico to Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley and Gord Downie. Revealing and insightful, Lightfoot is both an inspiring story of redemption and an exhilarating read.

Have Not Been the Same

Have Not Been the Same
Author: Michael Barclay
Publisher: ECW Press
Total Pages: 512
Release: 2011-06
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1554909686

Two years ago Wilson left his old boss alive in exchange for a clean slate, keeping up his end of the bargain and staying off the grid. Then, thousands of miles from the city he once escaped, a man comes calling on Wilson with a gun in hand and a woman in his trunk. Wilson is pulled back into his old life as a "grinder" to work under the radar to quietly find out who is responsible for a dangerous mobster's missing nephews and this time all bets are off.