Stompin' Tom Connors - Stompin' Tom Connors Meets Big Joe Mufferaw (1970)

Artist: Stompin' Tom Connors
Title: Stompin' Tom Connors Meets Big Joe Mufferaw
Year Of Release: 1970
Label: EMI Music Canada
Genre: Country
Quality: Flac (tracks)
Total Time: 31:55
Total Size: 207 Mb
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: Stompin' Tom Connors Meets Big Joe Mufferaw
Year Of Release: 1970
Label: EMI Music Canada
Genre: Country
Quality: Flac (tracks)
Total Time: 31:55
Total Size: 207 Mb
WebSite: Album Preview
01. Big Joe Mufferaw 3:14
02. Sable Island 3:04
03. Don't Overlove Your Baby 1:54
04. Log Train 1:42
05. Roll On Saskatchewan 2:02
06. Jenny Donnelly 2:26
07. The Coal Boat Song 2:48
08. Algoma Centra No. 69 (From “Catch The Sun” Soundtrack) 2:09
09. The Night That I Cremated Sam McGee 2:51
10. Poor, Poor Farmer 2:49
11. My Last Farewell 2:24
12. Rocky Mountain Love 2:15
13. Around The Bay And Back Again 2:17
Stompin' Tom Meets Big Joe Mufferaw is one of Stompin' Tom's earliest albums that includes all of his most distinct traits. Each song sounds like it was crafted especially for campfires in Northern Ontario. Each song is ready for a sing-a-long and a Canadian geography lesson. The title track "Big Joe Mufferaw" creates a Canadian folk hero that rivals Paul Bunyan. Big Joe drinks buckets of gin and beat the "tar" out of twenty-nine men as he carved out the geographic characteristics of Eastern Canada. The most striking song on the album is "The Night I Cremated Sam McGee". Stompin' Tom discusses the night he cremated Sam McGee with a frankness that the poem never had. He speeds up the tempo and abbreviates the familiar story to give the listener an entertaining summary of the poem. Stompin' Tom Meets Big Joe Mufferaw doesn't have any of Stompin' Tom's anthems but includes a full album of songs that are distinctly Tom Connors. The stories of the poor farmer, the coal boat workers, and the Rocky Mountains show Stompin' Tom's roots in Canada and with the experience of the common man.~Matt Whalley