. you are the only one i can imagine to put all this into words of love and reality and yesteryear succinctly and soufully. Although O'Connor did some settling in before utilizing similarly strong-arm tactics in Austin, his arrival was still relatively splashy. Tim was an aircraft mechanic and was employed by UPS for over 35 years. Then again, once a drifter, always a drifter; this time, O'Connor settled in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and hooked up with a friend from his Colorado days, songwriter Tom Campbell. ', "I thought I had done well, but what I was really doing was screwing every relationship he'd established in every little town in Texas and Louisiana. Who's gonna do it? The last act to play La Zona Rosa under OConnors ownership was Prince at SXSW 2013. Tim O'Connor The Backyard Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area 337 followers 337 connections Join to connect About Established 1993 Activity I recently found out one of my songs which is a. Like Willie Nelson, Tim OConnor is a huge part of Austin music history. and TRAPRS joined hands for this rescue operation, which was filmed by Amy and sharedonline. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFdr_xNcv9s. He sees it as a return to the free flow of information that he found in the Castle Creek days. Copyright 2003 - 23 J.E. O'Connor isn't serious, but given his thoughts of retirement and recent run of heart troubles, he's indeed been spending time pondering his legacy. It's not about the extra dollar. His closest friends tell the story of a private man who's embraced the "Crazy Ivan" image as a front for less sinister passions: music itself and the belief that few vehicles serve and strengthen a community as well as a properly promoted concert. I'm sure that's what made his career.' He grew up in Jackson, NJ, and attended Jackson Memorial High School, followed by Belmont Abbey College . He was born in Clinton County, Missouri, Nov. 10, 1931 to B. T. and Agnes OConnor. Meanwhile, O'Connor has directly helped shape Charlie Jones' destiny. Ann Richards in shorts, reading the. to help find a new home for them. "I think they might also say, 'He sure had a lot of breaks because of his association with Willie Nelson. He graduated from Plattsburg High School in 1949, and farmed with his father until he joined the US Air Force in 1952. "I'm known for being a guy that keeps a lot of things to myself. His mission was always to bring entertainment for Austin, not bring Austin entertainment just because it worked in Houston or Dallas. After roughly 26 months in an adoption facility, he was adopted and given the surname O'Connor. He loved staying busy. "Instead of fighting each other for the same piece of pie, we were cutting the pie up.". And despite the fact that Direct Events had grown nearly 300% in 1994-95 and was on the verge of bankruptcy, O'Connor agreed to buy La Zona Rosa in 1996. Now, as his relationship with SFX, the country's largest concert promoter, nears contractual completion, the impact of O'Connor's retirement on the local promotions pool is unknown. Tim was born in Queens, NY and moved to Yulee 18 years ago from Clearwater, FL. He was born October 20, 1941 in Clarksville, Texas. Tim O'Connor, longtime club owner, music entrepreneur and erstwhile promoter of Austin music, partner of Willie Nelson as a director of the famed Fourth of July picnics, has died. (Austin Pets Alive! What nobody expected, Jones included, was O'Connor's recent invitation for Attal to begin booking La Zona Rosa. "My relationships are based on the old way of doing business, where theirs are on a new, more aggressive, streamlined, let's-buy-the-tour or region approach. Seeing an opportunity, O'Connor began inviting them to play his bar in exchange for free lodging in the bungalows below. In the Seventies, he reigned over Castle Creek. With over 1,900 locations, Dignity Memorial providers proudly serve over 375,000 families a year. There was something about that room- maybe Sarah Elizabeth Campbells Bummer Night on Tuesdays set the mood- but youd get sadness at its most comfortable. In 1977, he led a group of almost 200 musicians on a cultural exchange trip to Japan. This site is provided as a service of SCI Shared Resources, LLC. And yet, Attal says he's not waiting in the parking lot for O'Connor to show up with the paperwork. and yea.the gun.timc/s, This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Tim O'Connor believes his funeral will be like many other events he's staged: well-attended. The only way for promoters to make real money is on ancillary goods and services: alcohol, food, a percentage of a band's merchandising, and ticket fees. Aesthetically, [the Opera House] and Liberty Lunch were the only ones to carry over the Seventies vibe into the Eighties decline.". Has Alejandro Escovedo ever sounded better than on the Sunday nights that closed SXSW? Whether or not it's renewed, SFX's power is intimidating. He is preceded in death by his brother, Thomas OConnor, his foster-father, Billy Bowden and step mother, Kay OConnor. What Jones learned from OConnors example is that you do what you say you will. ", "It was the holdout," says Henry Gonzalez, who first worked at the Armadillo and later stage-managed the Opera House. As Austin's most successful concert promoter, O'Connor has earned and lost several fortunes, ridden deals to the edge of bankruptcy, and played chicken with the IRS since his arrival in town during the early Seventies. Gail O'Connor's Celebration of Life will take place on Sunday, March 3, 2019 from 5:30 to 9:00 pm at The Contemporary Austin - Laguna Gloria, 3809 W. 35th St. , Austin, TX. If you didn't know what you were doing there, he didn't either. He was born in Clinton County, Missouri, Nov . While this cost Direct Events some independence, the contract reserved O'Connor's right to promote 140 acts on his own that he had longstanding relationships with (artists such as Willie Nelson or Little Feat.) That would be good enough for me.". "I'm a loner," says O'Connor. I believe it's given me an edge as a competitor and given us a distinct advantage as a company.". Somewhere along the way, O'Connor started a band in Laguna. He also volunteers that he's probably amassed as many enemies as friends. The tale of Tim O'Connor starts with a Baby Doe born in Great Bend, Kansas. (The plan had been to throw it in the high school swimming pool.) He was born on May 19, 1954 to the late Ernest Joseph and Rose Mary (Smith) O'Connor. I'll never forget Willie's answer. to rescue the dogs. We never called them 'benefits,' but we both knew the deal. Timothy O'Connor Stanton Timothy O'Connor Stanton, born in Ottawa, Illinois on March 3, 1951, passed away June 2, 2008 after a lengthy and courageous fight. I remember certain nights with Steve Goodman or John Prine where I physically threw people out for talking. Willie's hippies may have gotten along with the Opera House staff, but promoters running in tandem with O'Connor often found the going difficult, to say the least. If he hadn't been driving the getaway car, Tim O'Connor might have punched Willie Nelson. A note to readers: Bold and uncensored, The Austin Chronicle has been Austins independent news source for over 40 years, expressing the communitys political and environmental concerns and supporting its active cultural scene. He enjoyed brewing wine, bee keeping, hunting, fishing, gardening, and pigeon racing. Apprehended and returned to Wichita, it wasn't long before O'Connor ran away again. It was the first O'Connor production to require a 747. TIMOTHY O'CONNOR OBITUARY. That's rarely the case.". Bobbie "Cole" O Connor, age 73, of Austin, lost her courageous battle with cancer and left the struggles of this life on Tuesday, May 30, 2006 Bobbie was born March 9, 1933 in Manor, Texas. No services are scheduled at this time. Then, AMHII was torn down in 2016 to make room for a 28-story office building called Third + Shoal. TRAPRS has been taking care of Bobbie Nelson and Yoyo Nelson over the past few weeks, arranging the dogs boarding, rehabilitation and training. At the time, the only viable concert venues for major touring talent were the City Coliseum, Palmer Auditorium, and the Erwin Center. Find an obituary, get service details, leave condolence messages or send flowers or gifts in memory of a loved one. Age 81. Id sure like to play your joint, said Willie, who was growing out his hair and looking for new audiences. Employees fear him and competitors loathe him. But it's time to clear the air and say the driving force I have at this point is merely wanting to grow old gracefully. Can't keep up with happenings around town? Timothy was born on April 23, 1969 in Fond Du Lac, WI to Timothy Patrick and Rhonda (Floyd) OConnor, I. Timothy attended school in Fond Du Lac and graduated from Rising Star High School in 1988. I'd like to think I was one of the architects of trying to make this town's concerts more professional.". Jones started answering phones for Direct Events in 1993, and just three years later was La Zona Rosa's general manager. CANDLE HAS BEEN LIT CANDLES HAVE BEEN LIT, We are reviewing your submission. On my own, I'm doing one date, while they're buying 40. Attal co-owns and books both the restaurant's small inside room and Stubb's Waller Creek Amphitheater, a Backyard-style outdoor venue. TRAPRS helped provide boarding, rehabilitation and training for Bobbie and Yoyo. But he had a special connection with the pit mix Bruiser, the oldest and scrappiest of the bunch. OBITUARY Gail Elizabeth O'Connor November 10, 1952 - October 20, 2018. . Or maybe it's not ironic at all. Tim O'Connor, longtime club owner, music entrepreneur and erstwhile promoter of Austin music, partner of Willie Nelson as a director of the famed Fourth of July picnics, has died. Along with Wilson's Armadillo, and the One Night, Soap Creek, Split Rail, and Broken Spoke, there was the Checkered Flag, a fledgling beer joint on Lavaca owned by future Kerrville overseer Rod Kennedy and his partner Allen Damron. With income he'll only say was "not legal," O'Connor took ownership of 13 bungalows and a bar he named the Lift. ", Several months later, the landlord offered him the chance to do just that; after tearing down the wall O'Connor opened the Austin Music Hall with a sign that said "Phase 1. He was born on June 14, 1983, in Santa Rosa, California. OBITUARY Tom O'Connor November 10, 1931 - October 7, 2010. Better yet, while studying the plots they'd just bought, O'Connor found an additional 13 lots they'd inherited through a sale the bank hadn't covered in the mortgage. I know this thread is about Tim, so excuse the minor hijack. O'Connor may have entered the Nineties knee-deep in debt to the IRS, but at least the Eighties were behind him. Cook-Walden Chapel of the Hills Funeral Home, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. He'd bought Nelson out two years earlier, just before the singer's tax situation got messy, but it wasn't long before O'Connor himself wound up in a bit of IRS trouble; since buying the Opera House in 1977, he'd been filing corporate taxes, but not personal taxes. "What do I want you to be?" At a benefit in Monterey, O'Connor collapsed onstage. What few of these people will do, however, is tell these stories on the record. 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