Featured BUG Jam Videos 21 November 2024 2024 - November BUG Jam VIDEO & SONGBOOK Here's our Bytown Ukulele Group (BUG) Jam recorded on November 20, 2024, at Red Bird Live - a full house of enthusiastic ukers! We're in Ottawa Ontario Canada - join us to strum, sing, and be merry! It's FUN! And you don't need to be any good.
Featured BUG Jams & Events 1 November 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 12/24 1 November 2024 BUG Jam Live @ Red Bird! December 18, 2024 Don your gay apparel and festive hats and join us for an evening of seasonal songs and revelry! Yule enjoy yours-elves! It's FREE and you don’t need to be any good.
Featured BUG Jam 01/25 1 November 2024 BUG Jam Live @ Red Bird! January 15, 2025 Happy New Year! Join us for an evening of ukulele songs and revelry! It's FREE and you don’t need to be any good.
Songs 6 March 2024 Night Pat Murphy Died, The "The Night Pat Murphy Died" is a popular Newfoundland folk song regarding the death of a man and the antics of his friends as they engage in a traditional Irish wake. It is often attributed to Johnny Burke (1851–1930), a popular St. John's balladeer.
Songs 4 March 2024 Ol' Outport Museum "Ol' Outport Museum" is a song with lyrics written by Rob Starkes of La Scie, Newfoundland, in 2022. Music is based on The Great Rock Island Route published 1882 and later know as Wabash Cannonball.
Songs 20 February 2017 Shed Song, The Buddy Wasisname and the Other Fellers is a musical and comedy trio from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, which is composed of Kevin Blackmore ("Buddy Wasisname"), Wayne Chaulk, and Ray Johnson ("The Other Fellers").
Songs 3 November 2016 Seven Old Ladies (Got Stuck In A Lavatory) "What Can the Matter Be?", also known as "Johnny's So Long at the Fair" is a traditional nursery rhyme that can be traced back as far as the 1770s in England. There are several variations on its lyrics.
Songs 5 June 2016 Saltwater Joys Buddy Wasisname and the Other Fellers is the name of a musical and comedy trio from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, which is composed of Kevin Blackmore ("Buddy Wasisname"), Wayne Chaulk, and Ray Johnson ("The Other Fellers").
Songs 1 June 2015 Crawl, The "The Crawl" by Spirit of the West - the quintessential drinking song. This song, from their 1986 album "Tripping Up The Stairs", tells the story of the North Shore Pub Crawl in Vancouver BC. The Crawl was an enduring fan favourite at the band's concerts.
Songs 10 June 2014 Down By The Henry Moore "Down by the Henry Moore" is a single by Canadian artist Murray McLauchlan. Released in 1975, it was the fourth single from his album Sweeping the Spotlight Away. The song reached number one on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada in August 1975.
Songs 2 June 2014 Cousin Mary Fludd was a Canadian rock band in the 1970s, best known for their 1973 hit "Cousin Mary".
Songs 16 March 2013 Lukey's Boat "Lukey's Boat" is a comical song widely sung on the east coast of Newfoundland and collected by Elisabeth Greenleaf in 1929 in Twillingate, Nfld.
Songs 16 March 2013 Squid-Jiggin’ Ground, The "The Squid-Jiggin' Ground" became Newfoundland's first local hit record when it sold 15,000 copies in 1943.
Songs 16 March 2013 Ryans and the Pittmans, The (We’ll Rant And We’ll Roar) "The Ryans and The Pittmans" is a popular Newfoundland folk song. It tells of the romantic entanglements of a sailor named Bob Pittman, and his desire to sail home to finally marry his "sweet Biddy". The song is also known as "We'll Rant and We'll Roar", after the first line of the chorus.
Songs 18 April 2012 Hockey Song, The "The Hockey Song" is a song written and originally performed by Canadian folksinger Stompin' Tom Connors. The song's first release was on Connors' 1973 album, Stompin' Tom and the Hockey Song.
Songs 23 February 2012 I'se the B'y "I'se The B'y" (also I's The Bye) is a traditional Newfoundland folk song/ballad.
Songs 23 February 2012 Kelligrew’s Soiree The Kelligrews Soiree is a popular Newfoundland folk song first published in 1904. It was written by Johnny Burke (1851 – 1930), a popular St. John's balladeer.
Songs 23 February 2012 Mairi’s Wedding Mairi's Wedding (also known as Marie's Wedding, the Lewis Bridal Song, or Mairi Bhan) is a Scottish folk song originally written in Gaelic by John Roderick Bannerman (1865–1938) for Mary C. MacNiven (1905–1997) on the occasion of her winning the gold medal at the National Mòd in 1934.
