Pete Budd

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.

Pete Budd
Budd (right) performing with The Wurzels in 2011
Background information
Birth name	Peter Budd
Born	(1940-07-18) 18 July 1940 (age 85) Brislington, Bristol, England
Occupation(s)	Singer, guitarist
Instruments	Vocals banjo guitar
Years active	1950s–present
Member of	The Wurzels

Career

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]

The Wurzels

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]

Personal life

Peter Budd was born in the Bristol suburb of Brislington. Budd was a carer for his wife, who had Alzheimer's disease, before she died in late 2022.^[1]