sentences:  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 for the San Francisco-based California rock band Pablo Cruise.Cockrell was in the band at its inception in 1973, but left in 1977 before its most successful album, "Worlds Away", to form a duo (Cockrell & Santos) with his wife and former It's a Beautiful Day bandmate, Pattie Santos.