Bud Cockrell

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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

Cockrell previously had a brief stint with the band

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^[2] on December 14, 1989.^[3]

Cockrell also did a brief stint as the singer with Sons of Champlin from 1977 to 1978 in between his work with Cockrell & Santos.

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.^[4]

Discography

• It's A Beautiful Day…Today (It's a Beautiful Day, Columbia Records, 1973)
• Pablo Cruise (Pablo Cruise's debut album, 1975)
• Lifeline (Pablo Cruise's second album, 1976)
• A Place In The Sun (Pablo Cruise's third album, 1977)
• A New Beginning (Cockrell & Santos' only album, A&M, 1978)

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