Donnie Budd

PERFORMER	Bud Luckey
DEBUT	1971

Donnie Budd was a hillbilly fiddler who fiddled and sang songs about numbers from 2 through 6. He was voiced by Bud Luckey, who created and animated his segments for season 3 of Sesame Street.

Some of his songs were re-recorded for The Count Counts. On this album, the singer was identified as the Amazing Slim and was voiced by Jim Henson.

He can be seen in the credits of Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration, fiddling while Ernie and Bert dance.

Sketches

Picture	Segment / First Appearance	Description
	Country #2 Episode 0342	Two toucans do a two step. In the song listing on the back cover of The Great Numbers Game, this song is called "Country Two." This song was also featured in the Sesame Street Live show Out of This World, sung by The Count. Video: Learning About Numbers, The Great Numbers Game
	Country #3 Episode 0299	Three boars, Pekingese dogs, and snapping turtles get together on a fat woman's lap. On The Count Counts, the singer was identified as "the Amazing Slim and His Counting Fools, with 'Red' Sales and His Son Seth" and the song was titled "The '3' Song." Audio: The Count Counts, The Count Presents Numbers
	Country #4 Episode 0300	Donnie sings about the number four when he is suddenly visited by four lions. The Count Counts gives the title as "Four Big Lions." Appears in the Shalom Sesame episode "Kibbutz (dubbed in Hebrew)." Video: Learning About Numbers Audio: The Count Counts, The Count Presents Numbers
	Country #5 Episode 0323	Dogs, hens, cats, frogs, and cows make the wrong sounds. Appears in the Shalom Sesame episode "The People of Israel (dubbed in Hebrew)."
	Country #6 Episode 0324	The eponymous half-dozen snails leave silvery trails in their wake. These trails become other things, like nails (the tips of which turn into sails on boats). The Count Counts titles this song "Country Six." Audio: The Count Counts, The Count Presents Numbers