Bud the Spud explained

Bud the Spud
Type:single
Artist:Stompin' Tom Connors
Album:Bud The Spud and Other Favourites
Released:1969
Genre:Country
Label:Dominion
Next Title:Big Joe Mufferaw
Next Year:1970

"Bud the Spud" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Stompin' Tom Connors. The song is an account of a trucker who hauls potatoes from Prince Edward Island,[1] Connors' home province.[2]

History

"Bud the Spud" was released in 1969 on Connors' album Bud The Spud and Other Favourites.[3] It was written about his truck-driving friend, Bud Roberts.[4] Connors crisscrossed Canada, performing it along with his many other songs about Canada, at first in small venues. In this way the song became known through word-of-mouth as well as through radio airplay on CBC Radio.[5]

The song was turned into an illustrated children's book in 1994 featuring Bud the truck driver, and his dog.[6] [7] The song was made available digitally for the first time on Canada Day in 2008.[8]

Popular culture

In 2008, "Bud the Spud" was the first song played on the new Spud Radio station in Pemberton, British Columbia.[9] In 2013, a group of New Democrat Members of Parliament performed the song in the Canadian Parliament Building on their way to Question Period.[10]

Chart performance

"Bud the Spud" peaked at number 26 on the RPM Country Tracks chart on February 28, 1970.[11]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Steenman-Marcusse, Conny . The Rhetoric of Canadian Writing. Rodopi. 2002. 278–279. 978-90-420-1290-5. 2009-01-12.
  2. http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20130309.OBCONNORS0308ATL/BDAStory/BDA/deaths/?pageRequested=all "Canada's troubadour sang of everyday lives"
  3. Book: Lumley, Elizabeth . Canadian Who's Who. University of Toronto Press. 2001. 269. 978-0-8020-4958-2. 2009-01-13.
  4. Web site: Tunes of trucks, sung for Canucks . Harry Rudolfs. Truck News. March 1, 2001.
  5. Book: Slippery Pastimes: Reading the Popular in Canadian Culture. Nicks, Joan . Jeanette Sloniowski . Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. 2002. 247. 978-0-88920-388-4. 2009-01-12.
  6. Encyclopedia: Connors, Stompin' Tom. Green. Richard. The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica-Dominion. 19 February 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20110607124513/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0001856. 2011-06-07. dead.
  7. Web site: Bud the Spud. (Picture Books).(Book Review)(Children's Review)(Brief Article). Abel. Ann. 2002. Resource Links. 19 February 2010.
  8. News: Stompin' Tom's 'Bud the Spud' to be made available digitally on Canada Day . 2008-06-30 . Edmonton Sun . Canoe Inc. . 2009-01-13 . 2008-08-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080804035601/http://edmontonsun.com/Entertainment/2008/06/30/6028921.html . dead .
  9. https://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/the-man-behind-the-airwaves/Content?oid=2161745 "The man behind the airwaves"
  10. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ndp-sings-bud-the-spud-1.440277 "NDP sings Bud the Spud"
  11. Web site: RPM Country Singles for February 28, 1970 . RPM . 25 March 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121022034346/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.3768&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=asr9e524nssv6cvm3mqmdta226 . 22 October 2012 . dead .

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