Pete Budd (born 18 July 1940) is an English singer who has fronted the

Scrumpy and Western 200px, Fred Wedlock Scrumpy and Western refers humorously to music from England's West Country that fuses comical folk-style songs, often full of double entendre, with affectionate parodies of more mainstream musical genres, all delivered in ...

band

The Wurzels The Wurzels are an English Scrumpy and Western band from Somerset, England, best known for their number one hit " The Combine Harvester" and number three hit "I Am a Cider Drinker" in 1976. They are known for using British West Country phrases ...

since 1974. He was the vocalist on the number-one hit " The Combine Harvester" and number three hit "I Am a Cider Drinker" in 1976.

Life and career

Peter Budd was born in the

Bristol Bristol () is a city, ceremonial county and unitary authority in England. Situated on the River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south. Bristol is the most populous city in ...

suburb of

Brislington Brislington is an area in the south east of the city of Bristol, England. It is on the edge of Bristol and from Bath. Brislington Brook runs through the area in the woodlands of Nightingale Valley and St Anne's Wood. Brislington formerly hou ...

. In the 1950s he fronted the band ''Pete Budd and the Rebels'' before moving to the ''Rainbow People'' the following decade. During the early 1970s he was part of 'The Eddie King Band''. 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 Alan John "Adge" Cutler (19 November 1930 – 5 May 1974) was an English singer best known as the frontman of the comic folk band the Wurzels. Cutler was known for his songs, but also his dry, West Country humour, and gained the unofficial ...

in 1974. 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. Budd is a carer for his wife, who has

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References

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