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redforever · 03-07-2013, 07:58 PM

I like what MacLean’s magazine wrote about Stompin Tom Connors.

“Stompin’ Tom Connors knew a country without culture does not exist. A country that doesn’t know how to tell its own stories is illiterate and irrelevant—it doesn’t matter whether that means silly songs about potatoes or sweeping historical novels. This man knew that this land was rich with lore, teeming with heroes and weirdos and folks just trying to get by. And while his peers were chasing a buck beyond our borders, someone had to stay here, dammit, and make sure the rest of us—those still living here, still building this place, still raising children here—had some songs to sing.”

03-07-2013, 07:58 PM	#28
redforever Franchise Player Join Date: Feb 2006 Exp:	I like what MacLean’s magazine wrote about Stompin Tom Connors. “Stompin’ Tom Connors knew a country without culture does not exist. A country that doesn’t know how to tell its own stories is illiterate and irrelevant—it doesn’t matter whether that means silly songs about potatoes or sweeping historical novels. This man knew that this land was rich with lore, teeming with heroes and weirdos and folks just trying to get by. And while his peers were chasing a buck beyond our borders, someone had to stay here, dammit, and make sure the rest of us—those still living here, still building this place, still raising children here—had some songs to sing.”