Bud the Spud Bud the Spud "Bud the Spud" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriting Stompin' Tom Connors. The song is an account of a trucker who hauls potatoes from Prince Edward Island, Connors' home province. "Bud the Spud" was released in 1969 on Connors' album "Bud The Spud and Other Favourites". It was written about his truck-driving friend, Bud Roberts. 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. The song was turned into an
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