Although O'Connor admits there's still "conversations at different levels" about how the deal might be salvaged, he says a group of well-financed smaller promoters could perhaps team up to purchase the Backyard. Tim was an aircraft mechanic and was employed by UPS for over 35 years. Leave a memory or share a photo or video below to show your support. Funeral Home Se. The arrangement lasted less than two years, with Ramsey bailing first, followed shortly after by Smith. Tim sold his share in 1990, too soon, and became an independent promoter, doing shows at City Coliseum and the Palmer. Who Receive obituaries Alfred Herman Bohot February 25, 2023 (93 years old) Charlie is preceded in death by his parents Felix Durward . They are afraid of strangers and are unwilling to leave OConnors property. I've made some mistakes and enemies, but the other side is I hope I've made some friends and made a little bit of difference in the presentation and the quality of music that comes to Austin. Bobbie Elizabeth O'Connor. It doesn't take much asking around for folks to recall the first time he screamed at them, or the first time they witnessed him either stand on his desk to make a point, or clear it with the sweep of an arm. It was the first O'Connor production to require a 747. Travis Heights wouldn't be free of O'Connor until 1990. No services are scheduled at this time. CANDLE HAS BEEN LIT CANDLES HAVE BEEN LIT, We are reviewing your submission. What Jones learned from OConnors example is that you do what you say you will. After graduation in 1963, he decided to tempt fate and stay in-state, attending Monterey Peninsula Junior College. After the conviction, O'Connor says state authorities recommended he leave the state and not return. Great story Stu, Mike F. is a great soulful singer! I felt lost, without a home, he told Chris Riemenschneider of the Statesman in 1996. We are sad to announce that on March 18, 2021 we had to say goodbye to Timothy F. O'Connor of Big Flats, New York, born in Niagara Falls, New York. "But to get a major company to sit down and have the same general plan -- a plan that doesn't compete with the city or the design of the developments around the facility -- is very challenging. I may have given up a certain amount of information here or there, but my past is that nobody really knows what I'm up to. 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. Why don't we wait a little while and maybe we'll catch up with you. O'Connor doesn't deny he made his share of enemies at the Opera House, but he also maintains that the concert business was changing so rapidly in the early Eighties that the need to enforce a level of professionalism by any means necessary was that much more important. It may not have cost him his friendship with Nelson, but O'Connor's stray bullet came with a hefty price tag -- having to leave Castle Creek. Maureen Margaret O'Connor Obituary. In a press release, APA! This scene could change as drastically as it did from the Seventies to the Nineties within just a couple of years. After roughly 26 months in an adoption facility, he was adopted and given the surname O'Connor. It's a move that gives Attal year-round booking clout and has already resulted in both La Zona Rosa and Stubb's paying lower prices for shows. A celebration of her life will be held at 10:00 am on Saturday, June 3, at Wilke-Clay-Fish Funeral Home. Tim O'Connor, Direct Events, The Backyard, The Austin Music Hall, La Zona Rosa, Castle Creek, The Austin Opera House, Pace Concerts, SFX, Willie Nelson, Information is power. CANDLE HAS BEEN LIT CANDLES HAVE BEEN LIT, We are reviewing your submission. We never called them 'benefits,' but we both knew the deal. 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. As cryptic as his warning may be, it's notable that O'Connor also refers to his new alliance as "solidarity by design of defense." 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. Our Spectrum News app is the most convenient way to get the stories that matter to you. Jim Ramsey booked both the Back Room and a healthy slate of Opera House shows. Indeed, says Steve Hauser, if you're looking for O'Connor's legacy, look toward his lack of patience for part-timers and carpetbaggers. I don't think he knew how much he was loved. "I was screaming at him," recalls O'Connor, nearly 25 years later. Find an obituary, get service details, leave condolence messages or send flowers or gifts in memory of a loved one. Likewise, his exit strategy remains characteristically ambiguous. Thanks. Moving into Michael Martin Murphy's house on 54th across from the DPS and forging fast friendships with musicians like Jerry Jeff Walker and Jimmy Buffet, O'Connor quickly made Castle Creek's bookings competitive. He left behind his pack of dogs. Chris was preceded in death by his father Joseph L. OConnor. It wasnt a bad wound and OConnor wasnt charged, but he had to tell his boss what went down. Nearly a million dollars of roof-raising renovations later, the Music Hall's Phase 2 was completed in time for South by Southwest '95. Recovering from triple-bypass surgery, OConnor opened up to writer Andy Langer in a rare Send In the Clowns manner. While at the San Francisco airport, after making it out of Japan without sparking an international incident, O'Connor and Nelson discussed opening a club together. To share your memories of Tom, please visit www.cookwaldenchapelofthehills.com. Before long, Georgetown's "Only a Conversation Away" slogan became the Backyard's "Only Three Songs Away. Even if you control a market and wind up making money, as the Ivory Tower collective did, it's often not the kind of money true empires are built on. More than anything else, the stories told and untold paint the picture of a man who knows how to get what he wants, a notoriously stubborn and tough negotiator who never shied away from staging a charity event or benefit. Help tell the story of your loved ones unique life. Is he showing his hand to lull competitors into a false sense of security, or is coming clean part of a public relations campaign designed to repair his reputation before he eases into retirement? In fact, O'Connor was to retire from day-to-day operations January 1, 2001. "The way to make money is to offer a drive-through viewing. Defense from what? AUSTIN, Texas An integral part of Texas history, Tim O'Connor, the creator of Austin Music Hall, Austin Opry House and more, passed away this summer of Hodgkin's lymphoma. "A stray bullet was fired and went into somebody's leg. Moreover, O'Connor has also long been Austin's king of the private party, hosting as many 200 private events a year at his three venues. Help Throughout 1990-91, O'Connor drifted yet again, this time to Minneapolis to work with a group that presented stadium-sized Earth Day concerts featuring acts like Paul McCartney and REM. Can't keep up with happenings around town? Willie is the Muhammad Ali of white people, yet running in tandem with his crowd is a something a lot of people can't do.". It just so happened it was my stray bullet.". Celebrate the life of Tom O'Connor, leave a kind word or memory and get funeral service information care of Cook-Walden Chapel of the Hills Funeral Home. Like our page to stay informed about passing of a loved one in Austin, Texas on facebook. He was born in Clinton County, Missouri, Nov. 10, 1931 to B. T. and Agnes OConnor. "I really cut my teeth in neighborhood negotiations back there -- in all the wrong ways.". He sees it as a return to the free flow of information that he found in the Castle Creek days. "Eddie Wilson pretty much had a headlock on the city," says Jim Ramsey, a local concert promoter who often rented the Opera House from O'Connor. Comfort the family with flowers or a sympathy gift. Whether or not it's renewed, SFX's power is intimidating. He found a warehouse with unisex bathrooms and a huge dividing wall. I believe it's given me an edge as a competitor and given us a distinct advantage as a company.". Or maybe it's not ironic at all. I wanna work your joint.'". AUSTIN, Texas Tim O'Connor, owner of The Backyard, Austin Music Hall and other live music venues in Austin, died on July 30 from Hodgkin's lymphoma. Soon married with a baby, he returned to California, where he eventually wound up laying drainage pipe in the Mojave Desert. After a short stint at a Jesuit high school, he was again shipped away for discipline: this time to Kemper Military School in Booneville, Missouri. They were blessed with two children, Thomas Michael and Anita Loraine. California Consumer Limit the Use of My Sensitive Personal Information, California Consumer Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. If he hadn't been driving the getaway car, Tim O'Connor might have punched Willie Nelson. And suffice it to say that in those days, there were plenty of outside influences that dictated someone's personality, to be as polite as I can without casting stones from a glass house.". She is survived by 2 daughters, Sheila Ham and Janet OConnor; 2 sisters and 4 brothers; 10 grandchildren and many great-grandchildren and a host of other family members. "There was an incident in front of the Alliance Wagon Yard," states O'Connor. For those desiring, memorials are suggested to Mobile Loaves & Fishes, 903 S. Capital of Texas Hwy., Austin, TX 78746 or at www.mlfnow.org/donate. "We've always had a policy that if I knew an act better than somebody else or had a certain kind of relationship, it's probably best I'd make the call," explains O'Connor. It started out as Acropolis dance club, then was Blind Alley for a couple months, and then saw the return of promoter Jim Ramsey with Rivers Edge. Some still fear him. At a benefit in Monterey, O'Connor collapsed onstage. "But I'm at a point in my career and life that whatever I have and haven't done, it feels right to get it out there. Tom married his high school sweetheart, Beverly Ford, on July 5, 1952, and they enjoyed 58 years devoted to each other. Timothy worked for Kimbrell Farms for ten years as a service tech. "He pretty much taught me 80% of what I know, and the rest comes from the Pace guys we worked with in his office," says Jones, whose MiddleMan Music produces many of the city's largest outdoor concerts and events, from A2K and the Lance Armstrong celebrations to multi-act KGSR Blues Festivals and 101Xfests. You, Lt. Weinberg? TRAPRS has been taking care of Bobbie Nelson and Yoyo Nelson over the past few weeks, arranging the dogs boarding, rehabilitation and training. He's equal parts Tony Soprano and Bill Graham. you are the only one i can imagine to put all this into words of love and reality and yesteryear succinctly and soufully. But his theme song that first decade of the new millennium was Weve Only Just Begun. It was all there in a framed note from Willie that OConnor had on his wall: To Tim, Whats Next? OConnor had big plans to create venues for next generations of Austin music fans as his legacy. Yoyo Nelson is only 4 months old. "We had the town in a headlock," Ramsey says. Tim O'Connor believes his funeral will be like many other events he's staged: well-attended. "'I think I'm going to let you negotiate all my contracts with CBS.'". After staying out drinking until 4am the evening before a three-day blues festival at the Opera House featuring Bonnie Raitt and Stevie Ray Vaughan, O'Connor says he realized he had two choices. Thanks also to Seton Medical Center Austin for the care given the many, many times he was a patient there. 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. O'Connor controlled the Opera House, routinely dealing with Houston-based powerhouse Pace Productions and their Austin liaison, Steve Hauser. He left behind his two dogs, Bobbie Nelson and Yoyo Nelson, who both had severe stranger danger.. If you didn't know what you were doing there, he didn't either. The Backyard at Bee Cave, with its live oaks and star-speckled sky, was OConnors crown jewel. A year earlier, in Nov. 2007, a rebuilt, 4,400-capacity Austin Music Hall debuted to bad reviews over the sound, which was always the bitch about 208 Nueces. Search Austin obituaries and condolences, hosted by Echovita.com. On the day Tim died and they took him away, Bruiser chased the car for miles. He brought a level of professionalism to local concert promotion previously unseen, not to mention a wealth of shows unlike anything Austin had ever experienced. (APA!) Tim O'Connor's association with Willie Nelson has yielded lots of similarly colorful tales over the ensuing decades, but they're a small part of his story. Absolutely not. October 14, 1949 - April 16, 2015, Timothy O'Connor passed away on April 16, 2015 in De Pere, Wisconsin. Thomas Morton OConnor, 78, passed from this life on Oct. 7, 2010 in Austin, TX. He had a whole pack of big, beautiful canines on his ranch far west of Austin. Although it's been mostly by his own design, the great irony of Tim O'Connor's career is that it took 30 years for his story to reach his customers -- the people of the city he loves catering to. Has Alejandro Escovedo ever sounded better than on the Sunday nights that closed SXSW? If producing five nights at Madison Square Garden wasn't experience enough, O'Connor found himself immersed in a contact sport; By working closely with artists like Bonnie Raitt and Jackson Browne for charitable causes, he was rapidly building a national network of artists, managers, and booking agents. On others, it was a place for hell raising, hooting and hollering.". His daughters, Amy and Paula Nelson, who are also OConnors goddaughters, partnered with Austin Pets Alive! Memorials and guestbook online at wcfish.com. Free of drugs and alcohol since 1988, Tim was addicted to the concert game, the work, the risk/reward rush, which eventually led to a slew of lawsuits and a 2013 bankruptcy. The deal Willie made with Terrace Motel owner Dude McCandless included 14 acres on South Congress at Academy for just over a million dollars. Midway through producing the second Farm Aid, at Manor Downs in 1985, O'Connor got the news his daughter had passed away. According to its website,Bobbieis just a little over two years old andYoyois about four months old. "While his was a closed shop, you could walk into the Opera House, cut a deal, and get your feet wet as a promoter. Watching football and repairing anything that needed it were among his favorite things to do, as well as playing cards with many of their friends. Its a job for a streetfighter mentality and that was Tim. Let others know about your loved one's death. Not only did it allow Direct Events to lure agents and acts with the promise that they could move through their ranks, it kept the overall business operating 12 months a year, not just the seven months it was safe to stage shows at the Backyard. Get hyperlocal forecasts, radar and weather alerts. Local obituaries for the Austin, Texas area 7,977 Results Tuesday, February 28, 2023 Add Photos Add a Memory Tommy Joe Adkins Tommy Adkins's passing on Friday, February 24, 2023 has been. "I've never had a customer tell me I should cut down a 400-year-old oak tree because the sightlines would be better," he says. What few of these people will do, however, is tell these stories on the record. ", When the Armadillo finally ended its storied, decade-long run in late 1980, the Opera House was seen by many locals as the last gasp of "Old Austin. By all means necessary. to help find a new home for them. Tom will be remembered at a memorial service at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, October 16, 2010, at the Cook-Walden/Chapel of the Hills Funeral Home on Anderson Mill Road. Former baseball star Kelly Gruber and realtor wife Tosca owned La Zona Rosa for awhile, but it continued to lose money until OConnor took over in 1997. Amy captured the rescue on video. What O'Connor didn't know at the time was that many shows at Houston's legendary Gilley's dancehall ended with more people onstage than in the crowd. So, Willie Nelsons family stepped in to help. He wound up in Houston, diagnosed with cancer. But after a great expense to make the land concert-ready, Two River was one-and-done, opening and closing on the same Fourth of July weekend. "Why I am I here? It's about the excitement. Comfort the family with flowers or a sympathy gift. I think Ill let you negotiate all my deals with Columbia, was Willies response. When Attal was paying for his own meet-and-greet trips to the coasts, Jones was meeting agents on O'Connor's dime. ", "It was the holdout," says Henry Gonzalez, who first worked at the Armadillo and later stage-managed the Opera House. Visitation for friends and family will be held from 6:00 pm 8:00 pm on Friday, June 2, 2006, at Wilke-Clay-Fish Funeral Home. In the Seventies, he reigned over Castle Creek. It was a messy end to an empire that raised the standard of professionalism in local concert presentations. Example video title will go here for this video, AUSTIN, Texas Tim OConnor, owner of The Backyard, Austin Music Hall and other live music venues in Austin, died on July 30 from Hodgkin's lymphoma. In the mid-Eighties, Austin's most powerful promoters shared office space at 411 Barton Springs Rd. "Every other time we'd get behind in taxes or I'd miscalculate someway, I'd call Willie and he'd come in and play five dates. Audiences were either pin-drop quiet or bouncing off the walls. "It wasn't by design, but it worked out that way.". 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. Thomas Morton O'Connor, 78, passed from this life on Oct. 7, 2010 in Austin, TX. On Oct. 1, 1957, he proudly became an employee of IBM and enjoyed a career of 30 years - with 22 of them in Kansas City, MO, and 8 in San Jose, CA before retiring in Austin, TX. I know what I'm going to pay and that's it. If real news is important to you, please consider making a donation of $5, $10 or whatever you can afford, to help keep our journalism on stands. It's obvious that you get economy of scale working with them.". 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. We can help. He went on to receive and Associates Degree from TSTC. "I always wanted to sit behind my desk and be able to tell some artist that had me pulling all the red M&M's out of the bag that he'd never play in this town again.". In the press release, APA! Support the free press, so we can support Austin. Timothy leaves. He's been zealously drug- and alcohol-free ever since. It was there in the former Chequered Flag folk club on Lavaca, that OConnor met new Austin resident Willie Nelson. He was king of the roadshow in town for a quarter century, from 1977 until his protege Charlie Jones and Charles Attal took over in 2002 with the Austin City Limits Music Festival and aggressive bookings all over town. He was schooled in electronics and radar at Lowry Field, Denver, Colorado, and then became a Radar Technician at Perrin AFB, Sherman, TX, where he worked on the exact fighter jet that is on display at Camp Mabry, Austin, TX. APA! Willie had found his man! OConnor owned the Backyards main building, which had a restaurant and his offices, and about half the land. Id sure like to play your joint, said Willie, who was growing out his hair and looking for new audiences. If Bobo the Elephant wasn't message enough, O'Connor told a neighborhood meeting that if they didn't back off, he'd host Nelson's annual Fourth of July picnic in the Opera House parking lot and aim the speakers at their houses. For more information on these two furry friends and how you can help, visit APA! "I didn't take direction very well.". "Once upon a time, we were all fighters that ruled our own little neighborhoods," says Threadgill's Eddie Wilson, who once competed with O'Connor at the Armadillo. 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