Born Sept. 23, 1943, in San Bernadino, Calif., he had been a . "Obviously, there's already a pattern developing," smiles O'Connor. Not only did Nelson play Castle Creek, he also offered to take O'Connor on the road. "When Willie and I needed to deal with banks, we'd be sure to pull up in front with the bus," explains O'Connor. "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. I'm Willie Nelson. Perhaps it's all of the above, although he denies there's any real motive at all. A special thanks to Dr. Michael Watkins, Dr. Robert Canby and staff at Texas Cardiac-Arrhythmia and Dr. Stuart McKennon for their excellent care in the past 20 yrs. The Nelsons reached out to Austin Pets Alive! "What do I want you to be?" "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. At this point, there's no timeframe on how long Attal and O'Connor will continue working together. Or, he hints, he could wind up settling for less money to merely close the venue and sell the property outright if he can't find the right buyers. The last act to play La Zona Rosa under OConnors ownership was Prince at SXSW 2013. "The screaming, the reputation, a lot of that was a front," asserts Gonzalez. When OConnor bought the building at 208 Nueces in Sept. 1994, the Austin Music Hall was its fourth venue that year. "I cleared a few hundred bucks easy," O'Connor says. Additionally, they can flex the muscle of 1,170 radio stations. "I think Tim always had the best understanding of what the consumer wanted and how to deliver it. "I met Willie in San Antonio to apologize to him," recalls the promoter of his last move before leaving Austin. O'Connor recalls that only one friend, Texicalli Grille's Danny Young, believed it would work. Even worse were the lawsuits from unpaid contractors and architects that began piling up against OConnor and Direct Events. Has Alejandro Escovedo ever sounded better than on the Sunday nights that closed SXSW? But Castle Creek also hosted rock shows- Little Feat, Doug Kershaw, Doug Sahm, etc. 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. They did him one better, allowing him to stay in the garage apartment of their new house. Still, it was best for Tim to leave town for a couple years. On deadline. "Instead of fighting each other for the same piece of pie, we were cutting the pie up.". Forecast: Severe storms possible Thursday, KVUE remembers the 2018 Austin bombings, 5 years later, Timeline: Severe storms possible on Thursday, Austin Pets Alive! Program Support Representative in Kansas City and San Jose, then worked in Software Test and Development at Santa Teresa Lab in San Jose. "I wanted a fight.". 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. CANDLE HAS BEEN LIT CANDLES HAVE BEEN LIT, We are reviewing your submission. 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. 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." It just so happened it was my stray bullet.". He was born October 20, 1941 in Clarksville, Texas. Over the last few years, we've been killing ourselves.". There will be a reception following the service. Tim was in charge of crowd control, earning a reputation as a hard-ass with a soft heart. Tim OConnor showed Austin how to put on a show, while content to stay in the background. During his career he was Sr. Meanwhile, O'Connor has directly helped shape Charlie Jones' destiny. Overestimating access and parking capabilities also marred the second Backyard in Bee Cave, about a mile west of the original. In any scenario, Jones and Attal say it would only take a drive to their office to unload the lease to the Austin Music Hall. Their profiles are up on APA! "It got me thinking.". He graduated from St. Thomas High School in Houston, Texas, in 1978. Obituary. 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. Even so, merely owning La Zona added value to Direct Events. There was other drama as well: He'd been caught attempting to steal a WWI cannon from the town post office. According to its website,Bobbieis just a little over two years old andYoyois about four months old. Express your condolences with flowers sent to Christopher's family, Share your thoughts and memories of Christopher, Share your thoughts and memories with family and friends of Christopher. Kansas State University was the next institution to ask O'Connor not to return. "There would be many times we'd be screaming across the table at each other, and 20 minutes later it would be hugs and kisses. 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. Winding up just outside Southern California's Laguna Beach, O'Connor approached a house for sale and asked the family moving out if they'd pay him to help. 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. He passed in his sleep on April 5 in his longtime home . 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. At the time, the only viable concert venues for major touring talent were the City Coliseum, Palmer Auditorium, and the Erwin Center. Tim OConnor showed Austin how to put on a show, while content to stay in the background. "I think they might also say, 'He sure had a lot of breaks because of his association with Willie Nelson. He enjoyed brewing wine, bee keeping, hunting, fishing, gardening, and pigeon racing. With over 1,900 locations, Dignity Memorial providers proudly serve over 375,000 families a year. "We all found ourselves together one day," says O'Connor. "I'm a loner," says O'Connor. 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.). This was one of those nights. Customer Engineer Specialist and Sr. It's about the excitement. TRAPRS has been taking care of Bobbie Nelson and Yoyo Nelson over the past few weeks, arranging the dogs boarding, rehabilitation and training. "Have I done it all by myself? "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. "Can you imagine sending a guy like me over as an ambassador of goodwill?" 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. This site is provided as a service of SCI Shared Resources, LLC. In the press release, APA! Willie had found his man! ', "I think somewhere along the way, people that know me labeled me as a guy that if I said I'd do it, I did it -- at all costs. "Everyone ends up paying more, including the ticket buyer. Id sure like to play your joint, said Willie, who was growing out his hair and looking for new audiences. More to the point, it's been decades since Tim O'Connor carried anybody's guitar and worried about being cold, wet, or hungry. Recovering from triple-bypass surgery, OConnor opened up to writer Andy Langer in a rare Send In the Clowns manner. TIMOTHY O'CONNOR OBITUARY. Skeptics, on the other hand, said concertgoers wouldn't drive that far for a show, particularly from North Austin. TRAPRS helped provide boarding, rehabilitation and training for Bobbie and Yoyo. "I realized long ago that music was the nighttime job and that you had to be making money during the day," reveals O'Connor. On others, it was a place for hell raising, hooting and hollering.". 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.". It was there in the former Chequered Flag folk club on Lavaca, that OConnor met new Austin resident Willie Nelson. He had a whole pack of big, beautiful canines on his ranch far west of Austin. using a new Instagram account, Austin Pets Alive! "It wasn't by design, but it worked out that way.". 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. Two dogs, Bobbie and Yoyo, remain. O'Connor may have entered the Nineties knee-deep in debt to the IRS, but at least the Eighties were behind him. Join In 1975, OConnor was outside the Alliance Wagon Yard at 505 Neches St. when things got heated with another group of men. In the Seventies, he reigned over Castle Creek. Yet for all the yelling, he's known real pain of his own: He's lost a testicle to cancer and a daughter to drugs. 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. Aesthetically, [the Opera House] and Liberty Lunch were the only ones to carry over the Seventies vibe into the Eighties decline.". 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. Search "Tim ended up ruling the whole roost.". 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. 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. In the Opera House days, O'Connor cut his costs and launched a successful business with Brad Meyer by starting Star Tickets; they not only made money selling tickets for other venues, but they were able to keep the money from the Opera House in-house and available. Support the free press, so we can support Austin. (The plan had been to throw it in the high school swimming pool.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFdr_xNcv9s. Others have let bygones be bygones. Along with working in Nelson's front office and running Castle Creek, O'Connor also found time to open a non-music club, the Squeeze Inn, a bar on 19th Street where the pool tables, jukebox, and beer were all a quarter. Whether or not it's renewed, SFX's power is intimidating. 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. After Travis Heights homeowners blamed him for cigarette butts left nearby, O'Connor found a commercially zoned lot that bordered the neighborhood and briefly put in a petting zoo. Separated from his wife, the couple later returned to Kansas to try and make the marriage work. "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. 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. Hospice Austin, or the Breast Cancer Resource Center of Austin, TX. It was there in the former Chequered Flag folk club on Lavaca, that OConnor met new Austin resident Willie Nelson. He was a 1972 graduate of Barr Reeve High School. 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. While most people don't care who owns the venues they visit, it could be argued that the one non-performer's name every Austin music fan should know is Tim O'Connor. 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. That was unique, and I think a lot of that came from working with Willie. Timothy worked for Kimbrell Farms for ten years as a service tech. ", 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. I'd made concessions to the tune of some serious dollars.". Ann Richards in shorts, reading the New York Times most every Sunday morning. Three years later, O'Connor's life changed again, this time by his own choice. He was presented IBM Means Service Awards in both fields, in Recognition for Outstanding Accomplishments in Service. Timothy OConnor, II, 51, passed away on Wednesday, September 30, 2020 in Ennis, Texas. 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. Soon married with a baby, he returned to California, where he eventually wound up laying drainage pipe in the Mojave Desert. Leave a memory or share a photo or video below to show your support. OBITUARY Maureen Margaret O'Connor . Attal co-owns and books both the restaurant's small inside room and Stubb's Waller Creek Amphitheater, a Backyard-style outdoor venue. Then there are those that "respect" him too much to dredge up the past, those content with allowing O'Connor to spin his own story, particularly considering he's on the cusp of retirement and still recuperating from triple-bypass surgery. Likewise, his exit strategy remains characteristically ambiguous. But he had a special connection with the pit mix Bruiser, the oldest and scrappiest of the bunch. Send a note, share a story or upload a photo. What O'Connor didn't advance very well was peace between concert promoters and neighborhood groups. Let others know about your loved one's death. He is survived by his . cover story that year. Thanks. Family and friends can send flowers and/or light a candle as a loving gesture for their loved one. Parking was rugged and walks were long, but you felt like you were out in the country. and TRAPRS joined hands for this rescue operation, which was filmed by Amy and sharedonline. He loved staying busy. With the $60,000 those lots sold for, the Austin Opera House was up and running. 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. If you did your job and something went wrong anyway, Gonzalez says O'Connor would protect you from angry promoters or artists. Send a note, share a story or upload a photo. And yet, his primary obstacle has been not being able to buy large shows year-round. Three words that changed O'Connor's life. He saw the acts being booked at the Creek- John Prine, Guy Clark, Steve Goodman, Steve Fromholz, Townes Van Zandt, Jerry Jeff Walker, etc.- and knew his songs were right for the room. You are invited to a reception following the graveside service at the funeral home. 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. "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. 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. "My first thought would be that they'd say, 'That's that old guy that's been around forever. REX/Shutterstock. That wouldnt last long. Thomas Morton OConnor, 78, passed from this life on Oct. 7, 2010 in Austin, TX. 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. He was born on May 19, 1954 to the late Ernest Joseph and Rose Mary (Smith) O'Connor. 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.. Meanwhile, Backyard at Bee Cave is a development moving forward with plans to open a 3,500-capacity Live Oak Amphitheater in 2024. He knew he'd been sick for some time, but blamed it on exhaustion. ", "It was the holdout," says Henry Gonzalez, who first worked at the Armadillo and later stage-managed the Opera House. 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. I'd like to think I was one of the architects of trying to make this town's concerts more professional.". He wound up in Houston, diagnosed with cancer. "As long as you're doing private parties, you know the money is there up front, and no matter who shows up, the check's clearing. "I think he likes the game too much to really be trying to get out," maintains Attal. Your entry has exceeded the maximum character limit. "I was screaming at him," recalls O'Connor, nearly 25 years later. O'Connor controlled the Opera House, routinely dealing with Houston-based powerhouse Pace Productions and their Austin liaison, Steve Hauser. O'Connor is survived by his wife Sheila MacLurg O'Connor, his son Timothy O'Connor, and three stepsons. "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. Leave a memory or share a photo or video below to show your support. It re-opened as Phase I, and everyone agreed that Phase II better address the acoustics, which had been touted as state-of-the-art. What do you want me to do? Search Austin obituaries and condolences, hosted by Echovita.com. "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. A celebration of her life will be held at 10:00 am on Saturday, June 3, at Wilke-Clay-Fish Funeral Home. I'll never forget Willie's answer. 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. Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www . They also hung out at another one of O'Connor's clubs. (Austin Pets Alive! 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. 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. Today, he owns three of the city's most popular venues: La Zona Rosa, the Austin Music Hall, and the Backyard. 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. After the conviction, O'Connor says state authorities recommended he leave the state and not return. His mission was always to bring entertainment for Austin, not bring Austin entertainment just because it worked in Houston or Dallas. "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. "Tim and Willie were an odd couple," says Arlyn's Freddy Fletcher, Nelson's nephew. . I know this thread is about Tim, so excuse the minor hijack. 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. 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. We can help. Oh, how OConnor doted on his kids Bobbie, Freda, YoYo and the rest, who inherited his magical energy, as one friend put it. Timothy F. O'Connor Obituary. Your entry has exceeded the maximum character limit. This scene could change as drastically as it did from the Seventies to the Nineties within just a couple of years. "He'd sign hundreds of dollar bills and tell the bank president he could come to whatever shows he wanted.". After enrolling in a local high school, he immersed himself in student theatre (he was Conrad in Bye Bye Birdie). Audiences were either pin-drop quiet or bouncing off the walls. Sign up for service and obituary updates. I stuck around Willie like bad penny.". He was born in Clinton County, Missouri, Nov . They were blessed with two children, Thomas Michael and Anita Loraine. Seeing an opportunity, O'Connor began inviting them to play his bar in exchange for free lodging in the bungalows below. 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. Tim O'Connor, who died in July, had two dogs, Bobbie Nelson and Yoyo Nelson. Nearly a million dollars of roof-raising renovations later, the Music Hall's Phase 2 was completed in time for South by Southwest '95. "I've probably given plenty of people cause not to like me," admits O'Connor. Maureen Margaret O'Connor, age 75, of Austin, Texas passed away on Friday, February 24, 2023. Let others know about your loved one's death. Attempted burglary charges led to 27 days in jail, a trial in Salinas, and six years of probation. He was the Wanderers' cardigan-wearing lead vocalist, and he landed them gigs at area sock hops and talent shows. Guestbook Condolences Memorial Donation. To send a flower arrangement or to plant trees in memory of Copyright 1981-2023 Austin Chronicle Corp. All rights reserved. "Clubs might argue over one act, once a year or so," he says. 2023 SCI SHARED RESOURCES, LLC. "I may not know him as well as Charlie [Jones], but I'm certain it's not the money that drives him anymore. Timothy Joseph O'Connor (July 3, 1927 - April 5, 2018) was an American character actor known for his prolific work in television, although he made only a few appearances after the early 1990s. Unfortunately, O'Connor almost didn't get an opportunity to use his new Rolodex entries. has started a fundraiser to help reimburse those fees- which is estimated to be about $2800- and is asking the public for any interest to help Bobbie and Yoyo get fostered or adopted. 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