 | Deep Breathing – Jeff Bird Released 2001 1. One 11:08 2. Two 9:26 3. Three 7:12 4. On a Ground 11:03 Jeff Bird, Witold Grabowiecki, Jaro Czerwinec Recorded live by Nik Tjelios in Chalmer’s United Church as part of the Guelph Arts Festival October 17, 1999 |
  | Oak Lake – Tannis Slimmon Released 2001 A former member of The Bird Sisters (see below), this is Tannis’ first solo effort. For more information visit www.tannis.ca Jeff Bird played here on the following tracks: 2. Maisy Go Round: harmonica, tambourine, acoustic bass 7. A Miracle: hammer bass |
 | Love and Gold – Gwen Swick Released 2001 A former member of Tamarack, Gwen Swick has another solo record from 1995 called A Pebble of Mercy Jeff Bird played here on the following tracks: 3. All things can change: Octave mandolin, percussion, keyboard 11. Middle of a hurricane: 8-string bass, electric mandolin, percussion |
 | The World is Only Air – Mike Stevens Released 2001 10. Grumbling Old Man, Grumbling Old Woman (On Vacation in Jamaica) traditional, Arr. Mike Stevens & Jeff Bird Bass, B3: Jeff Bird Produced by: Jeff Bird and Mike Stevens |
 | Work Songs – Various Artists Released 2001 3 Cd’s: Disc C, Track 3 Push the Cursor Button on the Right Jeff Bird – vocals, keys, percussion, bass, overtone, bass |
 | Yesterday Motel – Dave Teichroeb Released 2001 Jeff Bird plays bass, harmonica & fiddle. Also features Lewis Melville and Tannis Slimmon Cover painting by Greg Denton DROG 072 |
 | Gypsy Wild and the Open Road- Brian denHertog Released 2001 Jeff Bird plays electric bass and upright bass, this CD also features Willie P. Bennett |
 | the detour Home- Scott Merritt Released 2001 Jeff Bird played various instruments on this CD. Scott has been a fixture in local music for years, generally behinds the scenes as a producer, but here Scott takes charge of his own music. |
 | I Scare Myself – Dark Monkey Released 2000 or later Recorded live at Carden Street Cafe and Riverview in 2000 (Guelph, ON) Featuring Jeff Bird, Riki Gee, Randall Coryell and Tony Quarrington |
 | November Moon – Nick Craine Released 2000 Nick is a member of Black Cabbage (look down the list) and this is his first (and so far only) solo effort. Jeff Bird: Mandolin, hammer bass, percussion, door opening, rythm stick & triangle Also featuring Lewis Melville & Tannis Slimmon |
 | DROG Canadian Recordings 1996-99 – Various Artists Released 2000 Track 16: Little Hooves from Jeff’s CD Everything is Coming Clear This CD also contains songs by Lewis Melville and Riki Gee. DROG-0057 |
 | Emily Songs – Ben Rudnick & Friends Released 2000 A CD of children’s songs featuring Jeff Bird on Harmonica, cymbal, tambourine, shakers, bells, wood blocks, cowbells, jaw harp, guiro, key chime, glockenspiel, bird chirps, handclaps, triangle, assorted chaos For more information or to order a CD |
 | Notes From Home – Doreen Smith Released Fall 1999 Jeff Bird plays bass on most of the tracks. Doreen Smith handles all vocals, Tony Quarrington played guitar, wrote or co-wrote song of the songs and produced the CD. Cover art by Doreen Smith |
 | Illegally – Corduroy Leda Released 1999 Featuring Jeff Bird on Theremin (track 2 – 80 Bucks) Bass (track 7 – Shut Down) and Harmonica (track 10 – Shortest Distance) Corduroy Leda are: Tammy Grime, Jenn Scott, Jen Curtis, JP Bertuola, Amy Bourns and Tany Hobbs Swan Music 2195-00901-2 |
 | 50-Odd Dollars – Fred Eaglesmith Released 1999 Featuring Jeff Bird on Fiddle (track 1 – Blue Tick Hound) and Theremin (track 8 – Steel Guitar) Produced by Scott Merritt, this CD also features Kim Deschamps on various guitars and Richard Bell on Hammond Organ. |
 | Music for Peace – Various Artists Released 1999 CD 1 (Volume 1) Track 6. Bird/Grabowiecke/Czerwinec – My Heart Bleeds for You Kosovo 34 new songs about peace on 2 CD’s written and recorded by over 100 musicians during May of 1999. Other songs include those by Tannis Slimmon, James Gordon and Lewis Melville. |
 | Live at the Oasis Lounge – Jeff Bird Released 1998 1. Things Ain’t What They Used To Be (Duke Ellington) 2. Beautiful Love (Victory Young) 3. Flamenco Sketches (Miles Davis) 4. Autumn Leaves (Kosma/Mercer) 5. Angel Eyes (Dennis/Brent) 6. Night and Day (Cole Porter) Recorded live at the oasis lounge Waterloo, Ontario, February 21, 1998 Witold Grabowiecki: piano Randall Coryell: drums Jeff Bird: Double Bass |
 | Dog Tales – Dave Teichroeb Released 1998 Jeff plays bass on this record. Also featuring Lewis Melville, Dave Clark, Tannis Slimmon and Riki Gee DROG 056 |
 | Blankets of Snow – Tamarack Released 1998 5. Shave The Bear (Jeff Bird 1988) 14. Unto Us a Boy Is Born (from Piae Cantiones, 1582) arr. Jeff Bird Jeff plays the following on the CD: mandolin, octave mandolin, violin, electric and double bass, glockenspiel, jingle bells Recorded live in concert at The River Run Centre, Guelph, Ontario on December 4, 5 & 6, 1997 Manufactured by SGB Productions SGB31 |
 | Hiding Out in Limbo – Dennis Gomo Release Date Unlisted Produced by Dennis Gomo and Jeff Bird, the players on the CD are: Dennis Gomo: guitar, vocals, rack-harmonica, dobro Chirs Dahmer: accordian Vince Maccarone: congas, djembe, percussion Jeff Bird: percussion Art Direction and Painting by Dennis Gomo, Dennis is from Guelph, Ontario |
  | Heartstrings – Willie P. Bennett Released 1998 Jeff plays on the following tracks: 2. High Park Feeders – double bass 3. One Vessell – jaw harp 7. Restless Wind – sleigh bells 12. Caney Fork River – jaw harp 14. Heartstrings – bowed psaltery Produced by Tony Quarrington Also featuring Bruce Cockburn, Tannis Slimmon, David Wilcox, Stephen Fearing and Melanie Doane. |
 | Deeper Down Below – Black Cabbage Released 1998 Produced by Jeff Bird, mixed by Jeff Bird & Jeff Wolpert, Jeff also played bass on a few of the tracks Dave’s Records of Guelph DROG 051 |
 | Everything is Coming Clear – Jeff Bird VHS Release 1997 Jeff Bird: “For the release of my second album I decided to dive into my vast photo collection of more than 20 years of touring through all kinds of weather and topography, all over North America, Europe and Japan. I carefully sequenced the images to the music of everything is coming clear and plain to my understanding. |
 | Everything is Coming Clear – Jeff Bird CD Released 1997 1. O Auctrix Vitae 2. Lament Di Tristano 3. Borealis Angst 4. Just Like Driving 5. Mr Hicks 6. Leave Us a Loan 7. Everything Is Coming Clear and Plain To My Understanding 8. Little Hooves 9. Ramblin Man Michael Timmins plays guitar on Tracks 6 & 7 DROG 035 |
 | Stuart McLean At the Vinyl Cafe The Christmas Concert Released 1997 Recorded Friday, December 13, 1996 in Glenn Gould Studio at the CBC Center in Toronto For this show the Vinyl Cafe Orchestra was: Ian Bell, Rick Avery, Jeff Bird, Judy Grennhill, Anne Lederman, Kate Murphy and Olvier Schroer. Jeff played bass on a number of Christmas songs. |
 | Lipstick, Lies & Gasoline – Fred Eaglesmith Released 1997 4.Bell features Jeff Bird on Bass This CD also features Kim Deschamps and was produced by Scott Merritt. |
 | Welcome to Planet DROG – Various Artists Released 1997 Track 5 Monkey from Jeff’s self-titled CD This CD also features music from Black Cabbage, The Bird Sisters, Lewis Melville and The Rheostatics. DROG 0030 |
 | Truck Songs – Various Artists Released 1996 Disc 2, track 12: Jeff Bird – Just Like Drivin’ 6.18 Composer: Jeff Bird, Tony Quarrington Jeff Bird: bass, sound design, percussion Tony Quarrington: guitar Jane Ellenton – saxophone Randall Coryell – drums Sue Smith – voice Sue reads the poem “Stuck” in the middle of the song “Stuck” from Arkansas stories by S. Smith Also featured on these 2 Cd’s are: Tannis Slimmon, Black Cabbage, Riki Gee and Lewis Melville who plays on just about everything. DROG-029 |
 | Lonely City Cowboy – Riki Gee Released 1996 Jeff Bird plays bass on this CD. The autographs on this CD in order from top to bottom are: Lewis Melville, Nonie Crete, Jeff Bird, Tony Quarrington & Randall Coryell (all of whom play on the CD). Also appearing on the CD are Willie P. Bennett and of course Riki Gee. Dave’s Records of Guelph DROG 031 |
 | Jeff Bird – Jeff Bird Released 1995 This is Jeff’s debut solo effort. 1. Take the Needles and the Knives 3:57 2. Monkey 2:31 3. New Shoes 4:50 4. One of us cannot be wrong 4:24 5. Room at the Top of the Stairs 3:26 6. Back for more 4:56 7. Beat for the boneman 3:28 8. Drivin’ live 6:18 |
 | Leaving Inverarden – Tamarack Released 1995 At this point Tamarack consisted of: James Gordon, Molly Kurvink and Alex Sinclair. Jeff Bird plays on: 1. Leaving Inverarden – harmonica 10. A River Runs Through Lytton – mandolin This CD also features Tony Quarrington on guitar and dobro Folk Era Records FE1432D |
 | She & She & She – Bird Sisters Released 1995 The Bird Sisters were Susan Smith, Jude Vadala, and Tannis Slimmon. Once a purely a cappella outfit, they eventually rounded out their sound with acoustic guitars and bass. Jeff Bird plays on: 3. Thousand Ages – violin, bodhran & tambourine 8. Met Hime on a Train – acoustic bass 13. Play All Your Aces – mandolin This CD also features Lewis Melville, art direction by David Houghton and an inside photo by Ben Rudnick. DROG BS 003 |
 | Black Cabbage – Black Cabbage Released 1995 Jeff Bird plays on: 14. Save Yourself – harmonica Dave’s Records of Guelph DROG 009 |
 | Dim Lights Small City – James Gordon Released 1995 Jeff Bird plays Mandolin, Harmonica, Percussion Design: Open Circle Design Art Direction: David Houghton This CD also features Tony Quarrington SGB-28 |
 | On The Grand – Tamarack Released 1994 Jeff did not play on this CD, he is credited with Engineering the first 8 songs which were recorded at Ty Tyrfu, Guelph. These songs were commissioned by The Elora Festival, to celebrate the naming of the Grand River as a Canadian Heritage River. Cover Art: Sketch of Part of the Town of Guelph, Canada West by David Johnston Kennedy, courtesy University of Guelph Folk Era FE1421D |
 | Spirit Jewels – Charlie Sohmer Released 1994 Jeff plays bass, harmonica, mandolin, percussion, lord knows All songs written by Charlie Sohmer, recorded at happy rock studios, Ottawa cover painting: ‘tree ears’ by doug bernhardt Snowy River Records SRR – S33 |
 | Angel on a cliff – Robert Atyeo and the Friendly Giants Released 1994 Jeff plays Bass Guitar on the first track ‘The Floor is Closer Than You Think’, and he also had a hand in engineering the CD. This CD features Tony Quarrington, Tannis Slimmon, Sue Smith, Willie P. Bennett among others. |
 | Frobisher Bay – Tamarack Released 1993 Jeff Bird was a founding member of Tamarack. After leaving to play with the Cowboy Junkies Jeff has continued to work on a number of projects as a solo artist and as a producer. Jeff Bird: Percussion, mandolin, bass, violin, guitar, harmonica, keyboards Produced and Engineered by Jeff Bird, Cover art: Iqaluit by Janice Rahn-Bailey At this point Tamarack consisted of: Gwen Swick, Alex Sinclair and James Gordon |
 | Different Stories- The Bird Sisters Released 1992 The Bird Sisters are: Tannis Slimmon, Sue Smith and Jude Vadala Jeff Bird plays on: 2. Slips Through The Crack – mandolin 6. Back To the Desert – bass 9. Falling for You – mandolin Art Direction by David Houghton, Some songs written or co-written by Lewis Melville, one song arranged by Tony Quarrington TBS 002 Released 1992 |
 | The Dark Monkey is laughing- Riki Gee & Jeff Bird Cassette Release 1992 Produced by Jeff Bird and Riki Gee Recorded by Jeff Bird at Ty Tyrfu in 1992 The Year of the Monkey |
 | FLO – The Bird Sisters Released 1990 Cassette Only FLO was recorded live to two-track during November and December 1989 in the Church of St. John the Evangelist, Elora, Ontario FLO was produced and engineered by Jeff Bird This debut effort includes original material, traditional songs and covers of Joni Mitchell’s Woodstock and Townes Van Zandt’s If I Needed You. TBS 001 |
 | Christmas – Carillon Released 1987 Carillon is: Jeff Bird: guitar, mandolin, basses, keyboards, recorder, carillon, percussion Lance Anderson: piano, keyboards William Mather: keyboards Guest Artists: Jane Ellenton: sax, David Houghton: percussion Special thanks to St. George’s Anglican Church, Guelph, Ontario for the use of their carillon Attic Records LAT 1243 |
 | Ontario 200 Musical Years- Tamarack Cassette Only Release 1984 Live performances honouring Ontario’s Historical Roots Produced by Tamarack (Jeff Bird, James Gordon, Randy Sutherland, Alex Sinclair) Side One – Battle of Windmill/ When You and I Were Young/ Some Of These Days/ Saturday Night/ Rockin The Blues/ Pocketful Of Quarters Side Two – Iroquois Chant/ Scarborough Settler/ Moravian Dance/ Cobalt/ Seems Like Old Times SBG5 |
  | A Pleasant Gale – Tamarack Released 1983 A collection of traditional songs recorded at Elora Sound Studios, Elora, Ontario in June 1983 Cover art Woodcut: Sunset by Wilma Foley Songs included Mining For Gold, which was recorded for The Trinity Sessions and The Coast of Peru which was performed by the Cowboy Junkies live, usually as an introduction to Mariner’s Song. At this point Tamarack consisted of: Jeff Bird, James Gordon and Randy Sutherland Photo from the back of the album, Jeff is on the left. |
   | Music of Canada – Tamarack Released 1981 This is the debut album from Tamarack, the following is taken from the back of the album: The first side of this album was recorded in the studio bringing the latest in recording technology to bear on ancient songs. The second side was recorded in concert with Maple Sugar (of whom Sutherland, Gordon and Bird form the nucleus), drawing on the enthusiasm and energy of an audience to help bring the songs to life. These songs represent but one facet of Sutherland, Gordon and Bird, who, drawn to all forms of traditional music, have added an eclectic blending of blues, jazz and country traditions, often in original compositions, to the Celtic songs featured |
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