Great Speckled Bird was a country rock group formed in 1969 by the Canadian musical duo Ian & Sylvia.
They were named after the song, "The Great Speckled Bird", as recorded by Roy Acuff (1936).
A performance of the Dylan/Manuel song "Tears of Rage", without the aforementioned accompaniment, is included in the extra features of the DVD release.
In 1970, the group became the house band for the television show Nashville North, produced by the CTV network and filmed at the CFTO-TV studios in Toronto, which, after one season, became the Ian Tyson Show.
The group backed Ian & Sylvia until the duo parted ways in 1975.