Search Austin obituaries and condolences, hosted by Echovita.com. Then, AMHII was torn down in 2016 to make room for a 28-story office building called Third + Shoal. He went on to receive and Associates Degree from TSTC. cover story that year. Charles Attal has spent the past five years receiving a crash course in concert economics at Stubb's. here. ", 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. What's done is done. Now more than ever, we need your support to continue supplying Austin with independent, free press. More importantly, the Opera House provided an alternative to the Armadillo. mother Elizabeth (Penny) O'Connor, 2 brothers, Tim O'Connor, Argyle, Texas and Kevin O'Connor and wife Laura, New Mexico, three nephews, Ryan, Matt and Jeffrey O'Connor . 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. It may take up to 1 hour for your comment to appear on the website. After owning five record stores, French Smith controlled Austin's outdoor events, staging Pecan Street and a half-dozen or so other annual festivals while also renting the Opera House for the occasional indoor show. They now own 130 venues nationwide, including 44 amphitheaters. They also hung out at another one of O'Connor's clubs. 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. "I think a fair amount of folks will come," he says. "Instead of coming to work with machetes, we tried a pencil and pad. There was a time when Tim O'Connor didn't have to worry keeping the Opera House's doors open. ", "I liked being in Bee Caves," O'Connor says. That OConnor had 13 very good years in that former chili factory was remarkable. Separated from his wife, the couple later returned to Kansas to try and make the marriage work. Thomas Morton OConnor, 78, passed from this life on Oct. 7, 2010 in Austin, TX. That arrest led the state of California to declare him an emancipated juvenile; he could now be tried for adult crimes. At the time, musicians such as Jimmie Vaughan and Rusty Wier began stopping at the restaurant on their way to Winter Park. At this point, there's no timeframe on how long Attal and O'Connor will continue working together. "Everyone ends up paying more, including the ticket buyer. He was a 1972 graduate of Barr Reeve High School. According to the website, Bobbie Nelsonis just over 2 years old. He is survived by his wife, Beverly, of Austin; son Michael OConnor of Houston; Olive OConnor of Houston; daughter, Loraine Moulder and husband Jim of Cedar Park; three grandsons, Brian Poolman of Austin, TX; Daniel Poolman of Austin/Houston; Sean Poolman of San Marcos, TX; Granddaughter, Melanie Diggins, Great-Granddaughters Adrienne Diggins and Alix OQuinn; a brother, Donald OConnor ( Helen), of Plattsburg, MO; four sisters, Loretta Broderick (Tom), Plattsburg, MO, Juanita Thornton (Jim), Liberty, MO; Charlene Swope (Emerson) of Joplin, MO, Peggy Evans (John) of Smithville, MO; twelve nieces and nephews, all of Missouri, and several cousins, living in the Midwest.. Oh, how OConnor doted on his kids Bobbie, Freda, YoYo and the rest, who inherited his magical energy, as one friend put it. i'm holding the 25 year chip tim gave me when we both hit 25 years. This site is provided as a service of SCI Shared Resources, LLC. First there was the Two River Canyon Amphitheater in 2003, a gorgeous 800-acre setting near OConnors Spicewood ranch with the potential to thrill festgoers for decades. Things are moving that quickly.". What do you want me to do? "The way to make money is to offer a drive-through viewing. Search Austin obituaries and condolences, hosted by Echovita.com. Send a note, share a story or upload a photo. Support the free press, so we can support Austin. And great product will make it so that you can eventually make money.". When OConnor returned in 77, he started the Southern Commotion partnership with Willie to run, as a classier Armadillo. To maintain a relationship between his people and that wonderful bunch of Damon Runyan characters that hang around Willie still impresses me. ', "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. Great story Stu, Mike F. is a great soulful singer! A year later, Austin came calling again; Jeff Blank from Hudson's on the Bend believed he'd found the land for a restaurant/venue concept he and O'Connor had long discussed. But even after all that, OConnor refused to retire, working on a venue in Driftwood until that deal fell through. "He called me into his office and said, 'Tim, I just want to let you know I think you did a great job, but I think you're maybe just a little ahead of us. Then came the mall that swallowed our idyllic music setting. O'Connor denies critics' claims that he's used Pace's muscles to target Stubb's and Liberty Lunch, and maintains that the increased competition he's seen in the past few years has done more to hurt the local concert business than help his own. Turns out O'Connor had shot a label executive with CBS Records, with whom Nelson had just signed. By his own admission, he's been quick-tempered, cold, and generally disagreeable for much of his career. 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. "I think he likes the game too much to really be trying to get out," maintains Attal. What nobody expected, Jones included, was O'Connor's recent invitation for Attal to begin booking La Zona Rosa. Your entry has exceeded the maximum character limit. Who Receive obituaries Alfred Herman Bohot February 25, 2023 (93 years old) I am what I am," he says. Timothy O'Connor, II, 51, passed away on Wednesday, September 30, 2020 in Ennis, Texas Timothy was born on April 23, 1969 in Fond Du Lac, WI to Timothy Patrick and Rhonda (Floyd) O'Connor, I. Timothy attended school in Fond Du Lac and graduated from Rising Star High School in 1988. This scene could change as drastically as it did from the Seventies to the Nineties within just a couple of years. If he hadn't been driving the getaway car, Tim O'Connor might have punched Willie Nelson. On those nights it was a listening room. After recuperating, O'Connor returned to staging benefits and working with Nelson. Who Receive obituaries Sandra Lucille Hidrogo February 20, 2023 (81 years old) "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. 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. If you did your job and something went wrong anyway, Gonzalez says O'Connor would protect you from angry promoters or artists. Three years later, O'Connor's life changed again, this time by his own choice. Late last year, however, SFX's purchase of the Backyard was a week away from being completed when it was called off. Ann Richards in shorts, reading the New York Times most every Sunday morning. By flying around the country to meet with agents and sending follow-up packages of barbecue, Attal has earned a reputation within the industry as a dedicated player. When a mutual friend invited him to Austin for what amounted to a consulting gig for the venue, O'Connor signed on as a partner and re-christened the club Castle Creek. "I'm open to the possibility we can do something collectively that we can't on our own -- to protect the Austin market," reasons O'Connor. View The Obituary For Christopher Joseph O"Connor. *Please note that the service will not be at a Keever facility, so please have flowers sent directly to the Hilco Event Center in Itasca.*. right now i got tears in my eyesi sat with tim's ashes with connie.i really dont know what to say but thank you michael. We're talking about a concert promoter 30 years later. "While his was a closed shop, you could walk into the Opera House, cut a deal, and get your feet wet as a promoter. What few of these people will do, however, is tell these stories on the record. While he's used venues like the Mercury and Antone's to stage larger shows in the off-season, he also runs the risk those clubs will eventually cut him out of the deal. Nelson and O'Connor were in business, 50-50, for a mere $10,000 up front. His draw often kept the doors open.". During the same period, he rented Laguna Beach High's gym for $50 and threw a concert featuring a semi-popular local band. OBITUARY Gail Elizabeth O'Connor November 10, 1952 - October 20, 2018. . That would be good enough for me.". When O'Connor passed away from Hodgkin's lymphoma in July 2021 at age 76, the music community went into mourning. Timothy James O'Connor, 65, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, April 16, 2015 with his family by his side. 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. His warning shot ended up going through a mobile recording trailer on the street and hitting the leg of a Columbia Records executive inside. When my lawyer got done kicking me in the leg, that's when things really went downhill," recalls O'Connor. We can help. Copyright 1981-2023 Austin Chronicle Corp. All rights reserved. Tim O'Connor, who died in July, had two dogs, Bobbie Nelson and Yoyo Nelson. Was it a case of O'Connor keeping his enemies close? "It was part of the game, because he wouldn't come in until that was the last resort. Timothy Joseph (Tim) O'Connor, 53, of Toms River, NJ, passed away peacefully at home on December 26, 2022, after bravely battling cancer. Sign up for service and obituary updates. He's been zealously drug- and alcohol-free ever since. "The acoustics were horrible, and it was just this terribly hot, smoke-filled room.". Strength in numbers now meant they weren't bidding against each other, so the only venue Pace could book without working with the newly formed collective was the Erwin Center. Let others know about your loved one's death. 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. Tim recognized that better than anyone. He left behind his pack of dogs. "We had a lot of fun, a lot of drinking," says O'Connor, who ran for his freshman class vice-presidency and won. He loved all of his family and the times they spent together. 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. 2023 SCI SHARED RESOURCES, LLC. It's not about the extra dollar. Forecast: Severe storms possible Thursday, KVUE remembers the 2018 Austin bombings, 5 years later, Timeline: Severe storms possible on Thursday, Austin Pets Alive! It's about the excitement. Both are now available for adoption. Not only would the building at 200 Academy provide them with a 56,000 square-foot main building, the two would also be buying 218 apartments in 17 different buildings, stretching from the corner of the Travis Heights neighborhood to South Congress. 's website. I believe it's given me an edge as a competitor and given us a distinct advantage as a company.". REX/Shutterstock. 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. Twitter). 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. Still, it was best for Tim to leave town for a couple years. APA! "My hippies couldn't work with Willie's hippies. Its a job for a streetfighter mentality and that was Tim. He was born in Clinton County, Missouri, Nov . He was presented IBM Means Service Awards in both fields, in Recognition for Outstanding Accomplishments in Service. 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. on its website. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFdr_xNcv9s. I'm not sure if I said it or not, but I knew right then that I was willing to carry this guy's guitar to hell.". 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. Recovering from triple-bypass surgery, OConnor opened up to writer Andy Langer in a rare Send In the Clowns manner. Maybe it's yet another O'Connor business strategy. 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. APA! The promoter shouldve retired in 2001, a move he contemplated in an Austin Chronicle cover story that year. In Colorado, O'Connor was offered a deal for a restaurant/bar/apartment combo along I-70, in the mountains not far from Winter Park. With income he'll only say was "not legal," O'Connor took ownership of 13 bungalows and a bar he named the Lift. exceeds goal to save at-risk pups. RESCHEDULED FROM 2/2: Branzino, Shooks, Otis Wilkins. 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. 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. And yet, even after being yelled at by $25-a-day roadie, Nelson answered with typical calm. "Why I am I here? Who's gonna do it? ESPN analysts say Urban Meyer should be fired for viral dancing video, Police say former NASCAR driver attacked ex-wife with hatchet before being shot, Dallas-area mother rents billboard next to AT&T Stadium to raise awareness about fake pills laced with fentanyl, 8 state propositions will be on the ballot this Election Day. I know this thread is about Tim, so excuse the minor hijack. Over the last few years, we've been killing ourselves.". "I could either walk down to the bar and start drinking again, or be honest and do what I said I'd do -- to produce these shows in a professional manner.". Like our page to stay informed about passing of a loved one in Austin, Texas on facebook. When the lease ran out on the other half in 2008, the Backyard closed and work soon-after started on a bigger, better Backyard about a mile west on TX 71, on land bought by billionaire John Paul DeJoria. It was a messy end to an empire that raised the standard of professionalism in local concert presentations. On others, it was a place for hell raising, hooting and hollering.". So much so, in fact, that Attal has pried a sizable amount of shows away from Direct Events. "It wasn't what they wanted to hear," remembers O'Connor, "but I told them they had a very awkward room that I'd close and start completely over with. using a new Instagram account, Austin Pets Alive! 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. Keever Mortuary, Inc.. All Rights Reserved.Funeral Home Website by Batesville | Funeral Planning and Grief Resources. His parents preceded him in death. Please join us in Loving, Sharing and Memorializing Christopher Joseph O"Connor on this permanent online memorial. He knew that you didn't always have to make money, that you have to give great product. AUSTIN, TexasAn integral part of Texas history, Tim OConnor, the creator of Austin Music Hall, Austin Opry House and more, passed away this summer of Hodgkins lymphoma. Guestbook Condolences Memorial Donation. When OConnor bought the building at 208 Nueces in Sept. 1994, the Austin Music Hall was its fourth venue that year. 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. Comfort the family with flowers or a sympathy gift. "Anytime someone was more than 90 days behind on rent, I'd go down and take their front door off the hinges and hold it in the office until they'd settle up," O'Connor says. He left behind his two dogs,. All three venues were wildly successful, with Tim bringing more high-calibre talent to Austin in the 90s than the Armadillo did in the 70s and Liberty Lunch in the 80s and 90s. In 1960, after eight months of marching with a weighted backpack and an M-1 rifle, O'Connor and several other cadets broke ranks, literally running away and leading police on a manhunt. What O'Connor didn't know was they'd since befriended another fledgling band, Buffalo Springfield, and as word of the two bands' association spread, the show sold out on the belief Stephen Stills and company would show up to jam. I stuck around Willie like bad penny.". It was there in the former Chequered Flag folk club on Lavaca, that OConnor met new Austin resident Willie Nelson. Audiences were either pin-drop quiet or bouncing off the walls. "A stray bullet was fired and went into somebody's leg. After significant renovations, he lost nearly $140,000 its opening year and half that its second. "I didn't take direction very well.". Timothy worked for Kimbrell Farms for ten years as a service tech. "I wanted a fight.". And yet, Attal says he's not waiting in the parking lot for O'Connor to show up with the paperwork. He was born in Clinton County, Missouri, Nov. 10, 1931 to B. T. and Agnes OConnor. O'Connor may have entered the Nineties knee-deep in debt to the IRS, but at least the Eighties were behind him. It was there in the former Chequered Flag folk club on Lavaca, that OConnor met new Austin resident Willie Nelson. If youre not prepared to put half your money in a suitcase and throw it off the tallest building, kid, you dont have what it takes to be a concert promoter.. Three words that changed O'Connor's life. That venue closed after Direct Events filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in Aug. 2013, with debts of $3.5 million and assets of zero. Before moving to California, he lived on an island in the middle of Glen Wild Lake, located in Bloomingdale, New Jersey, 30 miles from Manhattan. Id sure like to play your joint, said Willie, who was growing out his hair and looking for new audiences. Chris was born on July 27, 1959 in Houston, Texas to Joseph L. OConnor and Elizabeth (Penny) Powell OConnor. Tim OConnor showed Austin how to put on a show, while content to stay in the background. "I've probably given plenty of people cause not to like me," admits O'Connor. "Mark my words, if you think it's difficult now, give it 24 months. . "Winters are fairly cold in Colorado, so it became a strong collection approach.". 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. Obituary. Receive a notification when services are updated. Memorial services will be held on Monday, October 5, 2020 at 1 p.m. in the Hilco Event Center of Itasca. With over 1,900 locations, Dignity Memorial providers proudly serve over 375,000 families a year. "Obviously, there's already a pattern developing," smiles O'Connor. He was born on May 19, 1954 to the late Ernest Joseph and Rose Mary (Smith) O'Connor. "I cleared a few hundred bucks easy," O'Connor says. Tim O'Connor believes his funeral will be like many other events he's staged: well-attended. Tim was born in Lakewood, NJ to Joseph P. O'Connor and Patricia DiGennaro O'Connor on December 4th, 1969. 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. "Clubs might argue over one act, once a year or so," he says. 2023, Charter Communications, all rights reserved. In a press release, APA! What do you want me to be?". I dont think he knew how much he was loved. James Timothy OConnor, his adopted name, came to Austin in 1972 to open Castle Creek with his Colorado buddy Doug Moyes. From there, he landed a job in Dallas working at various local bars and hotels. Log in, Steel Guitar Forum LLCPO Box 237Mount Horeb, WI 53572 USA. "Something clicked," says the 56-year-old promoter today. The Dignity Memorial brand name is used to identify a network of licensed funeral, cremation and cemetery providers that include affiliates of Service Corporation International, 1929 Allen Parkway, Houston, Texas. When OConnor passed away from Hodgkins lymphoma in July 2021 at age 76, the music community went into mourning. Comfort the family with flowers or a sympathy gift. I have very little patience for people that fool around in this business or just want to make a buck.". The arrangement lasted less than two years, with Ramsey bailing first, followed shortly after by Smith. I'll never forget Willie's answer. Memorials and guestbook online at wcfish.com. He went on to receive and Associates Degree from TSTC recording trailer on the street hitting... Pin-Drop quiet or bouncing off the walls cold, and it was called off his buddy! Job in Dallas working at various local bars and hotels quot ; Connor on this permanent memorial... 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