Bud Cockrell
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Bud Cockrell was a bassist and vocalist for the California
based rock and roll
band Pablo Cruise
. Cockrell was member of the band at its conception in 1973, but left the band in 1977 before they recorded their most successful album, Worlds Away. He was replaced by former Santana
bassist Bruce Day
.
Bud previously had a brief stint with the band It's a Beautiful Day
with David LaFlamme
& Pattie Santos. Featured guests included Airto Moreira
and Flora Purim
(Return To Forever), and Jaco Pastorius
Bud married Pattie. He left Pablo Cruise to work with her in creating their own album Cockrell & Santos.
Bud, born James Ray Cockrell, was born in the Mississippi Delta where his father, Corbert Cockrell taught him to play the guitar and bass guitar. He really loved the bass guitar. He and his father played in many of the bars throughout the Mississippi Delta. His father had a great passion for his son and was very proud of him. Corbert's death was very hard on his son. Bud's mother Shugg Roncali and his sisters Dottie, Rita and Stephanie still live in the Mississippi Delta today.
Bud was a true artist writing many of the songs he and his groups sang. He was known as the "Rock and Roller" but his heart was also deep into blues and country music. He expressed his heart and soul in all that he did as an entertainer and was well known for it.
Bud's heart lead him back to his roots in the Mississippi Delta where he spent his remaining years on dialysis, where he died on March 6, 2010 due to complications with diabetes.
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
based rock and roll
Rock and roll
Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African American blues, country, jazz, and gospel music...
band Pablo Cruise
Pablo Cruise
Pablo Cruise is a pop/rock band currently composed of David Jenkins , Cory Lerios , Steve Price and Larry Antonino . Formed in 1973, the band released eight studio albums over the next decade, during which time four singles reached the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart...
. Cockrell was member of the band at its conception in 1973, but left the band in 1977 before they recorded their most successful album, Worlds Away. He was replaced by former Santana
Santana (band)
Santana is a rock band based around guitarist Carlos Santana and founded in the late 1960s. It first came to public attention after their performing the song "Soul Sacrifice" at the Woodstock Festival in 1969, when their Latin rock provided a contrast to other acts on the bill...
bassist Bruce Day
Bruce Day
Bruce Day was a bass guitarist and vocalist for the California smooth rock band Pablo Cruise and previously for Santana. Day replaced bassist Bud Cockrell of Pablo Cruise in 1977, and stayed with the band until 1981 before the Reflector album was recorded. He died on 30 June 1999.-References:...
.
Bud previously had a brief stint with the band It's a Beautiful Day
It's a Beautiful Day
It's a Beautiful Day is a band formed in San Francisco, California in 1967, the brainchild of violinist David LaFlamme.LaFlamme, a former soloist with the Utah Symphony Orchestra, had previously been in the band Orkustra, and unusually, played a five-string violin...
with David LaFlamme
David LaFlamme
David LaFlamme is a virtuoso violinist in both classical and rock music.David's mother was from a Mormon family in Salt Lake City, and when he was eight years old, the family moved there to be near her family...
& Pattie Santos. Featured guests included Airto Moreira
Airto Moreira
Airto Moreira is a Brazilian jazz drummer and percussionist. Airto is married to jazz singer Flora Purim, and their daughter Diana Moreira is also a singer. He currently resides in Los Angeles.-Biography:...
and Flora Purim
Flora Purim
Flora Purim is a Brazilian jazz singer known primarily for her work in the jazz fusion style. She became prominent for her part in Chick Corea's landmark album Return to Forever...
(Return To Forever), and Jaco Pastorius
Jaco Pastorius
John Francis Anthony Pastorius III , known as Jaco Pastorius, was an American jazz musician and composer widely acknowledged as a virtuoso electric bass player....
Bud married Pattie. He left Pablo Cruise to work with her in creating their own album Cockrell & Santos.
Bud, born James Ray Cockrell, was born in the Mississippi Delta where his father, Corbert Cockrell taught him to play the guitar and bass guitar. He really loved the bass guitar. He and his father played in many of the bars throughout the Mississippi Delta. His father had a great passion for his son and was very proud of him. Corbert's death was very hard on his son. Bud's mother Shugg Roncali and his sisters Dottie, Rita and Stephanie still live in the Mississippi Delta today.
Bud was a true artist writing many of the songs he and his groups sang. He was known as the "Rock and Roller" but his heart was also deep into blues and country music. He expressed his heart and soul in all that he did as an entertainer and was well known for it.
Bud's heart lead him back to his roots in the Mississippi Delta where he spent his remaining years on dialysis, where he died on March 6, 2010 due to complications with diabetes.
Discography
- "It's A Beautiful Day"-today (vocals/bass) 1973 (Columbia Records)
- Pablo CruisePablo Cruise (album)Pablo Cruise is the debut album by the California soft rock group Pablo Cruise. Released in 1975, the album met with little success. However, it was critically acclaimed.-Track listing:#"Island Woman" - 5:02...
(Pablo Cruise's debut album) - Lifeline (2nd album)
- A Place In The SunA Place in the Sun (Pablo Cruise album)A Place in the Sun is the third album by the California soft rock group Pablo Cruise. The album marked an entrance into the mainstream for the band, and the first single from the album, "Whatcha Gonna Do?" reached number 6 on the Pop Singles charts...
(3rd album) - A New Beginning - Cockrell & Santos' only album, on A&M (1978)