Stompin' Tom Connors - Big Joe Mufferaw (Live 2005)

[SladderBux]

I remember a long time ago, this beautiful song called Lilli Marlene... Stomping Tom did the most brilliant cover of it.. would appreciate anyone who could post it, since that album is out of print..

[troublemakir]

Joe Mufferaw = Joseph Montferrand. Pronounced very roughly the same.

[TheWickedGypsyLord]

my saturday mornings as a child were FULL of stompin Tom! <3

[KillerCraig8]

I think 3 more boot marks need to be signed with love, high above the ceiling of the Pembroke Club, for disliking this song.

[canajian]

Anyone who can leave 29 boot marks on the Pembroke hotel ceiling is a mighty good man! LOL

[pedro062261m]

stompin tom is canada ya got ta love him EH

[timmm222]

greatest singer songwriter ever. and there's people that don't know music

[Jenna424]

Stompin' Tom, I wish you were my Dad.

[razmyth]

In a way i'm sad to report the pembroke pub Tom referenced burnt down in1978, but some of us remember his classic hitchhiking tale as he traveled canada and wrote these songs, i tip my hat to a classic guy and great Canadian.

[drlolcow]

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[10stanie]

He is coming to Montreal July 3 or 4..I am going!!!

Stompin' Tom=Prime Minister

[djfact]

@10stanie On the july 5th actually

[42whatelse]

I think it was a great ballad. Big Joe Mufferaw is a Canadian tall tale of an Canadian folklores. Like Paul Bunyan of America. Big Joe the giant woodsman who now lived as a lumberjack chopping down trees for Canadian timber yards of the Ottawa Valley. I hope there a book are going to be about Big Joe Mufferaw and Canadian folklores.

[pilotlightdan]

I love this! He's making so many Ottawa Valley references haha 

[HelloKittyLovesElmo]

yeah! 

[LeafsParadeRoute08]

2 people need Big Joe to kick their  a $ $

[thefuckthehelloff]

Guy at 54 secs had the right idea!

[MrApocalyte]

Lively crowd..

[I4BACON]

i saw him this year

[ralphyization]

Cool dude, eh?? I love Bar hopping spree down in Sault Ste. Marie, and Little Wawa!!  Classics!

[PDpirates182]

@ralphyization i used to live in wawa!

[ralphyization]

@PDpirates182 I love Wawa! Used to go visit my cousins in the summer when I was a kid! Actually, going there for a lady's hockey tournament this weekend! The Wawa motor might kick us out! haha!

[PDpirates182]

@ralphyization i loved it, i lived theyre my first 5 years, then my dad passed away and i moved to southern ontario. but i still remember it, and i miss it so much,

[ralphyization]

@PDpirates182 Southern Ontario is TOTALLY not like the north, eh? Going back for the weekend, so much fun!!

[ralphyization]

@PDpirates182 My lady's team just went to a hockey tournament up there!! Fun fun fun!! The whole town got into it! There were 10 teams up there, 2 from Wawa, but none the less, what a HOOT!! We won 2nd place! Whoo- hoo! More fun than a barrel of monkeys!

[CrownVic33]

I LOVE THESE TUNES, FUK U IF U DONT HAHAHA

[dylan4554]

2:00 - 2:14 best verse

[holtzaustin]

is that a martin d 28 or d 35?

[tyme4mike]

One man who has stood the test of time in the music world. 75 years young and hasn't missed a step(or should I say stomp) in 50+ years of dedicating his life to his fans. I've met him on several occassions over the span of 30 years and there's not an 'uppity' bone in his body. Gordon Lightfoot and Tom connors are truly two great Canadians.

[zodiac09]

i was oo happy to see stompin tom live. it was awesome when he played a hank snow song!! i love being from the maritimes!! 

[PaulyD59]

That is Canada!!!!

[westernsharpie]

signed my guitar last night thanks so much tom, i'll keep the torch going best i can

[thefloyd76]

no words needed...oh canada

[StickerManJim]

im goin to see him tonight here in thunder bay!! i seen em when i was 8 and i cant wait! heve high hoe!

[inomyguns12345678910]

@StickerManJim hey im from thunder bay , i wish i saw him. how was it?

[StickerManJim]

@inomyguns12345678910 couldnt ask for better. the concert went 3 hours long. he was taking requests, and the frickin auditorium ppl made him get off stage.

[lityl95]

i talk to his son lots!

[usernamesarestupid0]

canada pwns noobs yeah

[flexnscrew]

@usernamesarestupid0

win

[Shoknifeman]

Unlike his American counterpart "Paul Bunyon", Big Joe Mufferaw was based on a real person, a French-Canadian lumberjack named Joseph Montferrand; who was strong as an ox and fiercely proud of his French heritage, once, Big Joe was in a Montreal bar, where a British army major was freely insulting French Canadians. After Big Joe laid a beating on the major, he yelled out, "Any more insults for the Canadians?"

[ady3fan]

Superb! =d>

[unhappywithu]

living proof that Stompin Tom was the first white rapper ever lol  <3

[chicoells]

@unhappywithu are you fucking nuts

[godandaa]

fuck YA WE NEED STOMPIN TOM TO COME BACK TO CP!!! AND ALL AROUND

[OllieAverage]

I wonder why Stompin Tom played this song so much faster than usual in this performance.

[Lemious]

yeah, stompin tom is a true canadian. he should be prime minister not harper. Go Maritimes

[herculesmcguire]

I love how Stompin' Tom is soooo proud of being a CANADIAN.....I lived in Ottawa and what a country......the BEST PLACE BY FAR IN NORTH AMERICA

[OllieAverage]

@herculesmcguire Being that Canada doesn't have Barack Obama or water that makes you bleed to death, I have to agree that it's the best place in North America.

[northsideparker]

For people that play guitar...hear that guitar @ :17-:21 :)

Man...is that fucker in tune! Sounds beautiful!

[Sarah1987CheVolution]

to my Dad's memory his favourite song R.I.P. Dad I love and miss you dearly

[MaladaptiveCatalyst]

@Sarah1987CheVolution sorry for your loss. hope your family is doing well.

[SomeDudeQC]

Can I just mention that this "Joe Mufferaw" was actually Joseph Montferrand, a French Canadian who would beat up Irishmen. Good times.

[Biglou3131]

Love Stompin' Tom!!

[pechinrules]

I always play Margos Cargo at the Pittsburgh Penguins hockey games and the PENS WIN!!!!

[pechinrules]

I live in Pittsburgh, Pa and play Stompin Tom at EVERY Penguins tailgates before the home games... Just about everyone asks who that is...and I tell them it is the Johnny Cash of Canada. Stompin Tom RULES!!!!!!

[nightmathzombieethan]

Right On!

[jdolew]

This guy's amazing... I'm going to teach my Grade 3 students Bud the Spud ... not just because it's about potatoes and PEI (Social Studies and Science combined!!) but because it's catchy and they'll love it. True folksingers sing songs for everyone and that's what Tom does.

[rohontsiawaks]

Would definatly be awsome to get drunk with this guy.

[mulay7]

he probly has a billion stories

[cathernann]

Thank you for this! Stompin' Tom got to be one of our best Canadians EVER!!! He does make me smile, no matter what!

[reederdesign]

stompin tom is the shit

[FutureInstantStar]

Love this song!! all about towns around where i live!

[sjogge123]

Country!!!(L)

[lowryfern]

I think Stompin Tom looks and sounds like John Wayne

[kitmoro]

ahah yé hot Tom

buck, il sent vient a Ottawa

[sooner70]

Happy Canada day

[dorianiwan]

thanks .. he is a prince

[Wifli23]

At the guy down. VV

You must be a retard if you cant spell Canadian.

[ingelcaw123]

he is a lengand a canadaain and a candain one to

[Shoknifeman]

Paul Bunyon, move over, or Big Joe Mufferaw is gonna punch your lights out, and have your blue ox for lunch! ;)

[protectoroffaith]

NICELY SAID :D:P

[Shoknifeman]

Thank you kindly ^_^

[legend0091]

A good part of the music attributed isn't his work (I've been everywhere man, among others), but, damn, he's a good performer.

Love him, his work/performances. Just wish more of the main radiostations would play something more than "The Hockey Song"

[1drumgod55]

did he do a song called Iam the wind somebody please let me know all the way down in fla sure like to hear it

[fallintoyesterday]

He sure did!!Eh!! If you can find The best of Stomping Tom it is on it..

[Shoknifeman]

One of his best "serious" songs ^_^

[countrymusic911]

GO CANADA!!! wohoooo!!!! who does not love a good candian!!!.... <3.... I love Stompin Tom!!!!

[Unregisteredhycam2]

Canada is best!!! go ontario

[Unregisteredhycam2]

ontario o-n tario

[nicolesharphead]

I love this song!

[daysed]

THE Canadian Icon. He's great, he is one of the few things that makes me proud to be Canadian

[gasmmusic]

Big Joe!! Had the honour of seeing Tom play this in Carleton Place in 1993. And the story that he tells about the "Mississippi dripping off of Big Joe's face" is still talked today.

[canajian]

Back for another listen to a CLASSIC!

HEEEEVE HIGH!!!! :0)

[wsd101]

This song is so awsome, that i listen to it every single day, EH!

[canajian]

Ahhh yes a little Stompin Tom Fix!!

*****

[Grannyslittlegirl]

lol, he looks and sounds like my papa. Go Canada! :)

[kempstud21]

yea canada!

[BigDaddyALLAN]

To Hell with The Coalition PUT STOMPIN TOM IN CHARGE

[protectoroffaith]

DAMN STRAIGHT!!!!

[Macangusagain]

If you love Canada ,how can you not love Stomping Tom Connors,one of our country's most iconic performers, as Canadian as the Nor'westers and the Couriers de Bois. As surely as the sun rises , Big Joe Mufferaw would have stopped at the Recollet Fathers Mission to the Fur Traders at Recollet Falls on the beautiful French River , on his way West to Manitoba,Saskatchewan, Alberta and British columbia !! Way to go Stompin Tom, Way to go Canada . I love you both with all my heart .

[chrissept21]

lol when he sings he looks likes a grumpy old man

[Grannyslittlegirl]

This is an awesome song from Tom. :D

[Ottawarocket]

Stompin Tom is a Canadian treasure Eh!

[imafishgod]

For Shore...The Rocket is a grande gem as well!Eh! Paula♥

[bpeterssen]

Been truckin thru some of those towns. Gotta love Stompin Tom!!

[lilhunn7]

i love stopmin tomm lol imma newfi at heart but imma real canadian girl

[claude9900]

stompin tom is the king sorry haywire

[magicjoe78]

awesome song, good to see some stompin tom on youtube

[ThemanDman]

I cant freakin download any of him on limewire how to download it or can you?

[SteveWalrus]

There's plenty of his stuff

on the BIT-TORRENT websites!

Full length albums.

[lol0l0l0lol]

Whats the full link?

[kurtz99can]

got to love tom

[ngfxoxo]

Exactly....proud to be a Canadian! I want a decent version of the PEI song though; that karaoke one sucks.

[AjaxEddiefan]

Thanks for the prompt to watch my old "main man" Stompin' Tom. The poem "Sudbury Saturday Night" is one of the finest pieces of art ever produced in Canada, and that includes every gal's heart-throb, Leonard Cohen! Cheers ngfxoxo from AjaxEddyfan!

[FarmallDoctor]

MY Hero!!! Thanks so much!!!

[kirk379]

Now there's a pure Canadian ,a real national treasure.....

[NKOWlifelight]

anyone know if his song "the bridge came tumbling down" is on youtube?

[lukecolton]

is he still alive?

[elvisangel33]

yeah...

hes the best im 14 and ive went to every concert that has been in the regina area

i love his music and he definatly a true canadian

[SteveWalrus]

Yes he is.....

he's in his early 70's

and he still does concerts!

[sparrowcat]

I hope he lives FOREVER!!

[DoloresD]

God Bless Stompin' Tom!

[canajian]

Stompin Tom a Canadian treasure!

*****

[Ethanin]

i saw him in goderich,, he's so amazing

[bethjustin]

I grew up listening to Tom. I can't tell you how many times he played at the Horse Shoe Tavern in T.O., he just loved that kind of atmosphere. I know several of his songs word for word. I just think he's such a great Canadian and a wonderful person. He had a song about a fire down in the mine, that happened in Timmins, On. yrs. ago. I would love to hear it if you can find it. Thanks.

[whydoesitevenmatter]

your so cool

[parkdale420]

This man IS Canada!!

[nick577818]

Stompin' Tom is the best. Hopefully I can make it to Canada and see him if he is playing anywhere sometime soon.

[CAKERTEE46]

seen stompin' a few times live. what a riot!!!  love 'im

[zzzepptri]

Thanks so much for posting this!

[pjb0249]

Legendary True Canuck...There's maple syrup in that man veins.

[grannysgirl300]

This song is AWESOME! I did Stompin' Tom for my speech!

[godspunchingbag]

Stompin' Tom is the best....should be honoured as the greatest Canadian!! proud to be from Timmins where Tom started out

[ballazzz18]

fookin legend man

[ryan1988h]

Awesome song from a Great man!