Pete Budd | |
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![]() Budd (right) performing with The Wurzels in 2011 | |
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Birth name | Peter Budd |
Born | Brislington, Bristol, England | 18 July 1940
Occupation(s) | Singer, guitarist |
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Years active | 1950s–present |
Member of | The Wurzels |
Peter Budd (born 18 July 1940) is an English singer who has fronted the Scrumpy and Western band The Wurzels since 1974.[1] He was the vocalist on the number-one hit "The Combine Harvester" and number three hit "I Am a Cider Drinker" in 1976.
In the 1950s, he joined Les Watts and the Rebels. After he started fronting the band, they changed their name to Pete Budd and the Rebels.[2] Budd moved to the group Rainbow People the following decade. During the early 1970s he was part of 'The Eddie King Band.[3]
Budd originally joined the Wurzels as a guitarist and banjo player in 1972. He became the band's singer and frontman following the death of original lead vocalist Adge Cutler in 1974.[4]
In 2015, he and the rest of the Wurzels made a music video to encourage safety of farm workers following a spate of fatal accidents.[5]
Peter Budd was born in the Bristol suburb of Brislington. Budd is a carer for his wife, who has Alzheimer's disease.[1]
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