Featured BUG Jams & Events 2 March 2024 IMPORTANT NEWS! You will now always have a seat at BUG! How? Beginning with our jam on March 20, 2024, all folks must have a ticket to be admitted to our BUG Jams at Red Bird. Please share this news with anyone you know who comes to BUG!
Featured BUG Jam 07/24 1 January 2024 BUG Jam Live @ Red Bird! July 17, 2024 Join us for an evening of ukulele songs and revelry! It's FUN! And you don’t need to be any good.
Featured BUG Jam 08/21 1 January 2024 BUG Jam Live @ Red Bird! August 21, 2024 Join us for an evening of ukulele songs and revelry! It's FUN! And you don’t need to be any good.
Featured BUG Jam 09/24 1 January 2024 We're On Vacation - No BUG Jam In September But Mark and I will be back before you know it!
Songs 6 November 2016 Red Poppy, The "The Red Poppy" was written by our own BUG member, Charles de Lint in 2004.
Songs 5 November 2016 You Were On My Mind "You Were on My Mind" is a popular song written by Sylvia Fricker in 1962. It was originally performed by Fricker and her then husband-to-be Ian Tyson as the duo Ian & Sylvia and they recorded it for their 1964 album, Northern Journey.
Songs 23 July 2016 Be My Yoko Ono "Be My Yoko Ono" is the 1992 debut single by the Canadian musical group Barenaked Ladies.
Songs 1 June 2016 Mummers’ Dance, The "The Mummers' Dance" is a single from the album The Book of Secrets in 1997. The song was a surprise hit in the United States, reaching #3 in the Adult Top 40, #17 on the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart and #18 on The Billboard Hot 100.
Songs 29 May 2016 Both Sides Now "Both Sides, Now" is a song by Joni Mitchell, and one of her best-known songs. First recorded by Judy Collins in 1967, it subsequently appeared on Mitchell's 1969 album Clouds. She re-recorded the song in a lusher, orchestrated version for her 2000 album Both Sides Now.
Songs 26 May 2016 Wheat Kings “Wheats Kings” was released in 1992 on The Tragically Hip’s “Full Completely” album.
Songs 26 May 2016 French Song, The Lucille Starr (born May 13, 1938) is a Franco-Manitoban / British Columbian singer, songwriter, and yodeler best known for her 1964 hit single, "Quand Le Soleil Dit Bonjour Aux Montagnes" ("The French Song").
Songs 26 May 2016 Home For A Rest "Home for a Rest" is a song by Canadian folk rock band Spirit of the West from their fourth studio album Save This House, released in 1990.
Songs 10 May 2016 Gracefield "Gracefield" is written and performed by Fiftymen, a local Ottawa group, and recorded on their album After Darkfall.
Songs 27 April 2016 Sweet City Woman The Stampeders are a Canadian rock trio, consisting of Rich Dodson, Ronnie King, and Kim Berly. In 1971 they had a hit with "Sweet City Woman," which won Best Single at the Juno Awards, reached #1 on the RPM magazine charts, and #8 in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Songs 27 April 2016 Complicated "Complicated" is the debut single by Canadian singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne, released in 2002 from her debut album, Let Go.
Songs 8 March 2016 Big Yellow Taxi “Big Yellow Taxi” is a song written, composed, and originally recorded by Joni Mitchell in 1970, and originally released on her album Ladies of the Canyon.
Songs 29 February 2016 Last Saskatchewan Pirate, The The Arrogant Worms, a Canadian comedy music group, wrote this popular song about a down-and-out farmer who takes up piracy on the Saskatchewan River, stealing shipments of grain and farm equipment from ships and barges.
Songs 23 October 2015 Gonna “Shine Up My Boots” (Gonna) Shine Up My Boots - Corb Lund & The Hurtin Albertans. From the album "Five Dollar Bill" (2002). Directed by Joel Stewart. Filmed near Didsbury, Alberta.
Songs 23 October 2015 I Wanna Be In The Cavalry Canadian singer-songwriter Corb Lund's 2007 hit "I Wanna Be In The Cavalry" from his 2007 album, Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier!
Songs 2 June 2015 Comes A Time Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young's "Comes A Time" was written in 1977 and released in 1978 on his ninth studio album of the same name.
Songs 2 June 2015 5 Days in May "5 Days In May" is from Blue Rodeo's album "Five Days In July" released in Canada in 1993.
Songs 28 May 2015 First We Take Manhattan "First We Take Manhattan" is a song written by Leonard Cohen. It was originally recorded by Jennifer Warnes on her 1987 album Famous Blue Raincoat, which consisted entirely of songs written or co-written by Cohen.
Songs 28 May 2015 Lovers In A Dangerous Time "Lovers in a Dangerous Time" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn and originally released on his 1984 album Stealing Fire.
Songs 28 May 2015 Black Day in July "Black Day In July" is from Canadian singer/songwriter Gordon Lightfoot's third studio album "Did She Mention My Name? released in 1968 on the United Artists label. The album marked Lightfoot's first use of orchestration.
Songs 27 May 2015 Summer Wages Summer Wages is a song from Ian & Sylvia’s 1967 album, So Much for Dreaming, and Ian Tyson’s 1986 album, Cowboyography.
Songs 11 January 2015 Renaissance DOWNLOAD SONGSHEETRenaissance (WORD) Renaissance (PDF) You can play along with Valdy in GCEA tuning if you put your capo on the 2nd fret! This is
Songs 8 January 2015 Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream This 1950 folk classic "Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream" remains a powerful anti-war favourite. It is the most famous song written by U.S.-born, naturalized Canadian folk singer, Ed McCurdy.
Songs 4 January 2015 Water Bill, The "The Water Bill" is a song from Canadian band Lake Of Stew's 2008 debut album, 'Ain't Tired Of Lovin'.
