Category: Tom Disher

Bud E. Luv

It was a mere 35 years ago this past Valentine’s Day that singer/showman Bobby Vickers decided to inhabit an alter ego he fittingly dubbed Bud E. Luv. “Mr. Luv,” as he’s known to the always deferential members of his ensemble, modestly named The Bud E. Luv Orchestra. Now, at the behest of Tom Donald, founder of San Francisco’s hiTrecords, Bud E. Luv has recorded “Music

Featured Artist: The Soul Bros

The boys in this band are a diverse bunch. There’s an acclaimed funk/hip-hop drummer, a power pop guitarist, a flights-of-fancy saxophonist, another guitarist prone to taking songs where no man or woman has ever been. And then there’s me. Bass, mostly, occasional keyboards. And usually, the writer and producer. We’ve been at it, off but mostly on, for about two years now. Our latest, “High