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 previously had a brief stint with the band It's a Beautiful Day with Pattie Santos and featured guests included Airto Moreira and his wife Flora Purim of Return To Forever and jazz fusion bassist Jaco Pastorius of Weather Report.
His mother, Shugg Roncali, and his sisters Dottie, Rita, and Stephanie, still live in the region.
Santos was killed in a car crash near Geyserville in Sonoma County, California[2] on December 14, 1989.
He spent his last years living in the Delta on dialysis, where he died on March 6, 2010, due to complications of diabetes.