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 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.