It also opened doors to creative and like-minded people" He attended Huron Heights Secondary School in Newmarket, Ontario.

At the age of 18, Al Connelly was asked to play with (future Glass Tiger bandmates) singer Alan Frew and bassist Wayne Parker in their late seventies rock band Onyx.

In Toronto, Alan Frew and Wayne Parker joined forces with keyboardist Sam Reid and drummer Michael Hanson, to form the band Tokyo, which later developed into Glass Tiger.

While on a writing trip to Vancouver, British Columbia, Connelly joined bandmates Sam Reid and Alan Frew to contribute to the songs "Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)" and "Someday".

In 2009 Glass Tiger, including Connelly, played to the Canadian Armed Forces stationed in Kandahar, Afghanistan, and at Camp Mirage.

[5] They went into dangerous areas at Forward Operating Bases (FOBs) to bring acoustic versions of their songs to front line soldiers.

Other bands inaugarated (Trooper, Chilliwack, Max Webster, Parachute Club, April Win,e Lover Boy, Lee Aaron, Rough Trade and Platinum Blonde ) Connelly continues to write and produce solo work or with various musicians and performers, in world music, reggae, R&B, blues, rock and pop.

In addition to songwriting, Connelly has spent many years being involved with behaviorally and developmentally challenged as well as autistic youth.