According to the website, Bobbie Nelsonis just over 2 years old. Seeing an opportunity, O'Connor began inviting them to play his bar in exchange for free lodging in the bungalows below. OBITUARY Maureen Margaret O'Connor . Just to correct y'all in the name of accuracy, Mike the master of the blues B3 has an unusual spelling of his last name. It started with a love of music.James Timothy OConnor, his adopted name, came to Austin in 1972 to open Castle Creek with his Colorado buddy Doug Moyes. said it is asking for donations to reimburse TRAPRS for the $2,800 spent. Tim O'Connor believes his funeral will be like many other events he's staged: well-attended. The promoter shouldve retired in 2001, a move he contemplated in an Austin Chronicle cover story that year. 2023 SCI SHARED RESOURCES, LLC. We never called them 'benefits,' but we both knew the deal. Ann Richards in shorts, reading the. Willie had found his man! October 14, 1949 - April 16, 2015, Timothy O'Connor passed away on April 16, 2015 in De Pere, Wisconsin. They did him one better, allowing him to stay in the garage apartment of their new house. Its been renovated once again and is currently renting out for private parties. 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. I certainly didnt have a problem with the acoustics when I saw incredible shows there by Bob Dylan, P!nk, John Fogerty, Oasis, Devo and many more. Unfortunately, before he could think on it harder, a night of drinking in Carmel led to another arrest; police picked up O'Connor and his buddies after neighbors reported having seen them prying at a metal cage in front of the local liquor store. Who's gonna do it? Called an Ice House for the Arts, La Zona Rosa was a special place, opened by Marcia Ball and husband Gordon Fowler in late 89. Support the free press, so we can support Austin. Recovering from triple-bypass surgery, OConnor opened up to writer Andy Langer in a rare Send In the Clowns manner. I know what I'm going to pay and that's it. "I cleared a few hundred bucks easy," O'Connor says. "I'm known for being a guy that keeps a lot of things to myself. Attempted burglary charges led to 27 days in jail, a trial in Salinas, and six years of probation. For more information on these two furry friends and how you can help, visit APA! Timothy J. O'Connor, 78, of Mentor-on-the-Lake, passed away Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021, at his residence. "I've probably given plenty of people cause not to like me," admits O'Connor. Apprehended and returned to Wichita, it wasn't long before O'Connor ran away again. 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. RESCHEDULED FROM 2/2: Branzino, Shooks, Otis Wilkins. It's about the excitement. "A stray bullet was fired and went into somebody's leg. After roughly 26 months in an adoption facility, he was adopted and given the surname O'Connor. Berating the singer for letting his encore be overrun, O'Connor began yelling. Our Spectrum News app is the most convenient way to get the stories that matter to you. "I think Tim always had the best understanding of what the consumer wanted and how to deliver it. Recovering from triple-bypass surgery, OConnor opened up to writer Andy Langer in a rare Send In the Clowns manner. At the time, the only viable concert venues for major touring talent were the City Coliseum, Palmer Auditorium, and the Erwin Center. Funeral Home Se. and formed what later became known as the Ivory Tower collective. Their profiles are up on APA! 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. "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. This site is provided as a service of SCI Shared Resources, LLC. Born Sept. 23, 1943, in San Bernadino, Calif., he had been a . Then came the mall that swallowed our idyllic music setting. Cook-Walden Chapel of the Hills Funeral Home, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. "Tim and Willie were an odd couple," says Arlyn's Freddy Fletcher, Nelson's nephew. Timothy James O'Connor, 65, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, April 16, 2015 with his family by his side. Hospice Austin, or the Breast Cancer Resource Center of Austin, TX. Then, AMHII was torn down in 2016 to make room for a 28-story office building called Third + Shoal. The singer believed he'd stumbled on the perfect property. Chris OConnor passed away at his home on Thursday, January 28, 2016. At this point, there's no timeframe on how long Attal and O'Connor will continue working together. But he had a special connection with the pit mix Bruiser, the oldest and scrappiest of the bunch. Sign up for service and obituary updates. Although O'Connor believed he could build a venue that reflected "Old Austin," his venue was at least 15 minutes away from downtown. Thanks. Family and friends can send flowers and/or light a candle as a loving gesture for their loved one. Likewise, his exit strategy remains characteristically ambiguous. The Backyard at Bee Cave, with its live oaks and star-speckled sky, was OConnors crown jewel. This site is provided as a service of SCI Shared Resources, LLC. Chef Jeff Blank found it and originally partnered with OConnor, but it turned out to be a much better venue for 3,500-capacity outdoor concerts than fine dining inside, so Blank refocused on Hudsons-on-the-Bend (and the chicken cone that would redefine festival eating.). When Willies Picnic traffic backed up 11 miles after the parking lot was full, there were a lot of pissed-off Deadheads. Tim OConnor showed Austin how to put on a show, while content to stay in the background. 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. Tim OConnor showed Austin how to put on a show, while content to stay in the background. Bobbie is one of Tim O'Connor's dogs that is seeking a new home. "My first thought would be that they'd say, 'That's that old guy that's been around forever. You could rent a stick to poke me with to make sure I'm really dead.". Besides being Willie Nelsons promoter and business partner since the second Fourth of July Picnic in 74, OConnor ran the Austin Opera House for 13 years, then founded Direct Events in the 90s, owning and operating such successful venues as the Backyard, Austin Music Hall and La Zona Rosa. 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. And yet, Attal says he's not waiting in the parking lot for O'Connor to show up with the paperwork. Maureen Margaret O'Connor, age 75, of Austin, Texas passed away on Friday, February 24, 2023. Learn More. He wound up in Houston, diagnosed with cancer. TRAPRS has been taking care of Bobbie Nelson and Yoyo Nelson over the past few weeks, arranging the dogs boarding, rehabilitation and training. Bobbie Elizabeth O'Connor. A celebration of her life will be held at 10:00 am on Saturday, June 3, at Wilke-Clay-Fish Funeral Home. 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. 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. "He was apt to go off, which was a sign of the times, but we were always a little more laid back.". In fact, O'Connor was to retire from day-to-day operations January 1, 2001. It wasnt a bad wound and OConnor wasnt charged, but he had to tell his boss what went down. Late last year, however, SFX's purchase of the Backyard was a week away from being completed when it was called off. I felt lost, without a home, he told Chris Riemenschneider of the Statesman in 1996. Great story Stu, Mike F. is a great soulful singer! 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. I remember certain nights with Steve Goodman or John Prine where I physically threw people out for talking. "Booking agents not only have more options, but they'll gladly work the rivalry," posits O'Connor. 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. With over 1,900 locations, Dignity Memorial providers proudly serve over 375,000 families a year. On those nights it was a listening room. here. Two dogs, Bobbie and Yoyo, remain. They did. Was it a case of O'Connor keeping his enemies close? He also produces classy and smooth-running shows; as with the Backyard, acts that play Stubb's tell their agents they want to return. Nearly a million dollars of roof-raising renovations later, the Music Hall's Phase 2 was completed in time for South by Southwest '95. Soon married with a baby, he returned to California, where he eventually wound up laying drainage pipe in the Mojave Desert. Celebrate the life of Maureen O'Connor, leave a kind word or memory and get funeral service information. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 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. Chris is survived by his widow, Sandra OConnor, mother Elizabeth (Penny) OConnor, 2 brothers, Tim OConnor, Argyle, Texas and Kevin OConnor and wife Laura, New Mexico, three nephews, Ryan, Matt and Jeffrey OConnor. OConnor owned the Backyards main building, which had a restaurant and his offices, and about half the land. "I really cut my teeth in neighborhood negotiations back there -- in all the wrong ways.". "I think they might also say, 'He sure had a lot of breaks because of his association with Willie Nelson. "Winters are fairly cold in Colorado, so it became a strong collection approach.". 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. 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. Indeed, says Steve Hauser, if you're looking for O'Connor's legacy, look toward his lack of patience for part-timers and carpetbaggers. To share your memories of Tom, please visit www.cookwaldenchapelofthehills.com. 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. After roughly 26 months in an adoption facility, he was adopted and given the surname O'Connor. Check out the rescue video: https://t.co/HdqwH1zKJo Help out today by donating to their rescue and care: https://t.co/H4ndUa1g7M pic.twitter.com/PBL0nIXOWm, Willie Nelsons daughters and OConnors goddaughters, Paula and Amy Nelson, were able to find homes for four of them. He left behind his pack of dogs. Download it here. "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. I don't know if that's bad, but I know I'll get to the mark. Timothy F. O'Connor Obituary. 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. We're talking about a concert promoter 30 years later. He went on to receive and Associates Degree from TSTC. 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. 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.. Backyard II just couldnt accommodate sellout crowds of 7,500, like the May 11, 2011 Arcade Fire show when hundreds of ticketholders had nowhere to park and missed the show. "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.". Get hyperlocal forecasts, radar and weather alerts. What O'Connor didn't advance very well was peace between concert promoters and neighborhood groups. When O'Connor passed away from Hodgkin's lymphoma in July 2021 at age 76, the music community went into mourning. To maintain a relationship between his people and that wonderful bunch of Damon Runyan characters that hang around Willie still impresses me. In the Seventies, he reigned over Castle Creek. Some still fear him. 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. quips O'Connor. Notifications can be turned off anytime in the browser settings. Mostly, the Opera House's vibe was supplied by Nelson's entourage, a constant presence at the door, in the crowd, backstage. What Jones learned from OConnors example is that you do what you say you will. Although the Backyard wound up proving Austinites would indeed go out of their way for atmosphere and talent, O'Connor's next move brought him downtown. That and inadequate AC: was that shit even on? "I didn't have much fear and figured I didn't need to take much guidance from anyone else.". That OConnor had 13 very good years in that former chili factory was remarkable. Maybe it's yet another O'Connor business strategy. Timothy Joseph (Tim) O'Connor, 53, of Toms River, NJ, passed away peacefully at home on December 26, 2022, after bravely battling cancer. Leave a memory or share a photo or video below to show your support. Ann Richards in shorts, reading the New York Times most every Sunday morning. Now more than ever, we need your support to continue supplying Austin with independent, free press. Services will be 2:00 pm, Saturday, February 6, 2016 at Beck Funeral Home, 1700 E. Whitestone, Cedar Park, Texas 78613. Gonzalez describes the Tim O'Connor of the Opera House era as a "hard man to get close to," but says that he offered his employees and crews unprecedented latitude. Aesthetically, [the Opera House] and Liberty Lunch were the only ones to carry over the Seventies vibe into the Eighties decline.". Amy captured the rescue on video. He was surrounded by family and friends. 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. 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 realized long ago that music was the nighttime job and that you had to be making money during the day," reveals O'Connor. In 1975, OConnor was outside the Alliance Wagon Yard at 505 Neches St. when things got heated with another group of men. "'I think I'm going to let you negotiate all my contracts with CBS.'". And to some degree, it's also about admitting what I've done wrong. APA! They were blessed with two children, Thomas Michael and Anita Loraine. 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. "We had a lot of fun, a lot of drinking," says O'Connor, who ran for his freshman class vice-presidency and won. One of OConnors rules was that you cant trust someone who doesnt love dogs. In a press release, APA! 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. Absolutely not. "Why I am I here? Customer Engineer Specialist and Sr. "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. We're not bidding shows up 30-40% anymore.". (The plan had been to throw it in the high school swimming pool.) We were going to see what we could work out together, as opposed to being at each other's throats.". What it boiled down to was simple: the collective could pool connections and resources to produce bigger and better shows with more frequency then they could on their own. 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