Major Works
- It’s A Beautiful Day (1973)
- Pablo Cruise
- Lifeline
- A Place in the Sun
- A New Beginning (1978)
Biography of Bud Cockrell
Bud Cockrell, from Greenville, Mississippi, has 4 gold records. He was a singer and bass guitar player with Pablo Cruise in the 70’s. He left the band for joint project with then wife Pattie Santos (vocal on “White Bird” from the “It’s a Beautiful Day” band out of San Francisco in the early 70’s). They formed The Cockrell-Santos Band. Cockrell wrote many of the songs performed by the bands. He died in 2010 due to complications resulting from diabetes.