An American experimental musician who has recorded and performed under several different names. He is a prolific collaborator who has worked with artists including Alan Licht, Jim O'Rourke, Thurston Moore, John Fahey, Keiji Haino, Jandek, Suzanne Langille, avant garde poet Steve Dalachinsky, Kath Bloom and blues musician Robert Crotty. Best known as a composer and improviser on acoustic and electric guitar, he has released over 50 albums, on commercial record labels such as Table of the Elements as well as on his own Black Label, St. Joan and Daggett self publishing imprints. They include spare solo and duo blues, ensemble experimental jazz, noise, drones and folk music.

As a child he studied violin and trombone and guitar during his teens, and in 1966 began playing bass guitar in a rock band. He was also heavily influenced by his mother's singing and led him to explore classical music. Blues music also appealed to him.

But, instead of concentrating on music, Connors decided to study art at Southern Connecticut University and the University of Cincinnati in the early 1970s. However, he soon decided his music was more original than his painting. He moved back to Connecticut in 1976 and lived in a warehouse artist community. In 1978, he began releasing his first albums - an 8-volume series of improvised acoustic guitar works on his own Daggett imprint.

From 1981-1984, he shifted from free improvisation to a more structured style, performing mostly traditional and original folk music with singer-guitarist Kath Bloom and releasing 6 limited edition albums.

In the mid-1980s, he took a partial break from music and honed his compositional skills by focussing on the art of haiku. He wrote under the name Loren Mattei and a music recording from this period, Ribbon o' Blues, was also released under that name.

Soon after returning to music, Connors began working with layered tracks and often included partner Suzanne Langille on vocals. The first of this period was the In Pittsburgh album, released in 1989. This approach to recording continued through the 1990s. Such recordings were interspersed with live performances of guitar duets. The first of those recordings was with Japanese guitarist Keiji Haino, released in 1995. This was followed by the first of several recordings with guitarist Alan Licht in 1996.

In the mid-to-late 1990s, he led the blues-rock group Haunted House with Langille, Andrew Burnes (of the band San Agustin) and percussionist Neel Murgai.

In the late 1990s, Connors and John Fahey met at a Chicago event, introduced by Jim O'Rourke. Fahey, who died in 2001, included on his last album, released posthumously in 2003, a piece called Red Cross, Disciple of Christ Today (for Guitar Roberts), referring to Connors's nickname. In the mid-2000s, Connors met and performed with Jandek, a long-time improviser whose unique independence and originality had often been compared to Connors.

Connors was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 1992. He continues to perform and record.