Bud Cockrell

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 of the San Francisco rock band Pablo Cruise. Cockrell was in the band from its inception in 1973 but left before the release of their most successful album, Worlds Away, to form the duo Cockrell & Santos with his wife, Pattie Santos. He was replaced by bassist Bruce Day.