Instrument(s):  Clarinet 
Hometown:  Tipton, Vermont

President Emeritus and Vice Chairman of the Jefferson Legacy Foundation. Bud plays clarinet with the Hallmark Quartet at Basin Harbor and with Dixieland bands aboard the Spirit of Ethan Allen III on Lake Champlain and in other New England venues during the summer.

He plays with Dixie Spirit and Bud Leeds and Friends in Florida during the winter. He has made guest appearances with the Old James River Jazzband in Virginia, with the Onion River Jazzband, Dr. Jazz, Dixie Six, and PressOn, in Vermont, and with the NRB on cruises and at festivals.