Birth name James Ray Cockrell Website www.budcockrell.com Name Bud Cockrell | Occupation(s) Guitarist, singer Role Vocalist Instruments Bass guitar, vocals | |
Born March 28, 1950Greenville, Mississippi, U.S. ( 1950-03-28 ) Associated acts Pablo CruiseIt's a Beautiful Day Albums A Place in the Sun, Pablo Cruise, 20th Century Masters, Lifeline | ||
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James Ray "Bud" Cockrell (March 28, 1950 – March 6, 2010) was an American musician and singer-songwriter, best known as the original bassist and one of the lead vocalists for the San Francisco-based California rock and roll band Pablo Cruise. Cockrell was in the band at its inception in 1973, but left in 1977 before its most successful album, Worlds Away to form a duo with his wife and former It's a Beautiful Day bandmate, Patti Santos, Cockrell & Santos in 1977. He was replaced by bassist Bruce Day, who had previously played in a high school band with Carlos Santana.
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Cockrell previously had a brief stint with the band It's a Beautiful Day with David LaFlamme and Pattie Santos and featured guests included Airto Moreira and his wife Flora Purim of Return To Forever and jazz fusion bassist Jaco Pastorius of Weather Report.
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Biography
He was born James Ray Cockrell in the Mississippi Delta where his father, Corbet Cockrell and his uncle Clint, taught him to play the guitar and bass guitar. Cockrell and his father played in bars throughout the Delta. His mother, Shugg Roncali, and his sisters Dottie, Rita, and Stephanie, still live in the region. Cockrell married Pattie Santos, and left Pablo Cruise to work with her in creating their own album, Cockrell & Santos. Santos was killed in a car crash near Geyserville in Sonoma County, California on December 14, 1989.
Cockrell wrote many of the songs performed by his bands. He was known as the "Rock and Roller" but also played blues and country music.
He spent his last years living in the Delta on dialysis, where he died on March 6, 2010, due to complications of diabetes.