Hod Pharis

Musician
Best known for Songwriter

Hod Pharis was a Canadian country songwriter from British Columbia who wrote “I Heard the Bluebirds Sing,” the bluegrass standard introduced by Hank Snow in 1949 and since cut by the Osborne Brothers, the Country Gentlemen, the Bluegrass Album Band, and a long line of touring bluegrass acts.

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  • Worked the British Columbia country and old-time scene through the 1940s.
  • Wrote “I Heard the Bluebirds Sing.”
  • Hank Snow recorded the song for RCA Victor in 1949.
  • The Osborne Brothers, the Country Gentlemen, the Bluegrass Album Band, and many other bluegrass acts have since recorded it.

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