Kind Bud is a guitarist and singer/songwriter from Vermont, performing over 1,000 shows across the United States. Throughout his career, Bud has shared the stage with Oteil Burbridge (Dead & Company/Allman Brothers) David Gans, Michael Falzarano and other members of the New Riders of the Purple Sage and for 12 years, with his twin brother “Budd”,as The Kind Buds.

Bud has performed at music festivals such as the Gathering of the Vibes and the Oregon Country Fair and at venues that include Sweetwater, Fairfield Theatre Company, and Mexicali Live. During the Grateful Dead Fare Thee Well Shows, The Kind Buds performed 3 pre-shows at the Hyatt Regency Chicago. As a soloist, Kind Bud is the poolside musician for Island Gigs, a music destination resort in Jamaica and during the winter, one might find Bud playing an apres ski event at Sugarbush, Stowe, Killington, Jay Peak; Whaleback; Okeemo; Bromley Mountain.  Readers may have seen Nug performing on a full kit as the first drummer of Double You or leading the Blizzard Boogie this past winter at Sugarbush Resort.