biography

“….played with a degree of passion and enthusiasm that you just don’t see….with feeling and artistry…. was a lot more than the same old same old.” A.E. Hamberg

"They call that bone music where I come from. That’s what’s left when you strip away all the crap. All the fluff gets blown away- the bone’s what’s left. Bud’s the real deal man Lots of people try to make music. Bud is music." L Schuiteman

"voice sounds like he woke up with a hangover, and now he's chain smoking and telling his tale to a friend" P Richmond

"Always standing tall- even when he's sitting down"- S Koritta

"this is a true master at work!" - B Campbell

Bud Summers
"The Guitarist"

His fingers pass across the strings likes lightning falling from the sky.
There's nowhere you will see the strike only the music of the strings.
Bud Summers strums picks and bends the guitar strings; he is alright
a music legend starting his flight. Turn around and look up into the sky
you will see his name in neon lights. The Guitarist is playing tonight.

by
Patrick S. Phillips

Enfolds, transcends and reiterates the genres of blues, jazz and rock with masterful guitar performances and smooth, jagged vocals. Bud Summers has been imbued with a musical heritage. His dad played upright bass and had his own eight piece orchestra that performed swing, jazz and pop standards. His mother was a music educator and instilled in her children an appreciation for opera and musicals as well as classics by the masters.

Bud’s formal music education began with violin lessons at the age of five, piano at seven and he gravitated to guitar by age fourteen. He was soon thereafter performing in clubs with his father, accompanying singing at church, and playing gigs at block parties and the like with a rock band.

He earned a B.A. in music performance (classical guitar) from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville and also played in the college jazz band. He performs mostly in the St. Louis area, but has traveled to play in fourteen states as a solo act, and as part of duos, trios and larger combos. He’s been a featured instrumentalist on nine records and has had two of his songs recorded by other artists.

His first full-length solo project "Golden" was released in May of 2008 and his 2nd album "Eons" was released on March 6, 2010.