Gumboot Cloggeroo / Muk Tuk Annie [Import]

Stompin Tom Connors | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 28, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: EMI Import
• ASIN: B00000JP30
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,230,650 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Legend of Marty and Joe

2. Jacqueline

3. The I Don't Know How to Fix the Damned Thing Blues (Handy Man Blues)

4. Man from the Land

5. Farewell to Nova Scotia

6. Ripped Off Winkle

7. Gum-Boot Cloggeroo (Gumboot Cloggin)

8. The Happy Hooker

9. We Doubt Each Other's Love

10. Little Old Forgetful Me

11. The Singer (The Voice of the People)

12. Isle of Newfoundland

13. Roses in the Snow

14. Home on the Island

15. Streaker's Dream

16. My Home by the Frasier

17. Bibles and Rifles

18. Paddlewheeler

19. Unfaithful Heart

20. Ballad of Muk Tuk Annie

See all 27 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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4.0 out of 5 stars Take this seriously, seriously, March 10, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Gumboot Cloggeroo / Muk Tuk Annie (Audio CD)

Ostensibly country and western, Stompin' Tom belongs more rightly to the binomial "metropolitan and hinterland", the urban vs. small town axis that marks the Canadian landscape. Stompin' Tom (the name comes from his literal big foot stomping while playing guitar, made famous in the 70's) writes extraordinarily funny songs rich in ultra-local colour and disarming simplicity, which makes some wonder if this guy's serious. So much so that he stopped playing altogether for some 15 years because "people don't take me seriously", dedicating himself to producting and other such stuff. Popular acclaim has drawn him somewhat back to his pale limelight. For music buffs the closest American reference would be Jonathan Richman (as with Richman, it really doesn't matter which CD you listen to). One of those quirky Canadian thangs that Americans occasionally (like Moosehead -remember?- beer) get a taste for.