Jersey Budd is a singer from Leicester, England.

Music Career

He released his first album in 2008 called Wonderland, which included the singles "She Came Back" and "Bright Soul". In 2010 he released Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong , nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana....

's "When You're Smiling

When You're Smiling

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" with Leicester City F.C.

Leicester City F.C.

Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester...

, in celebration of the club's success in reaching the Championship Play Offs and he sang the song on the pitch before the 1st leg against Cardiff City at the Walkers Stadium. He re-released the single in 2011 and appeared on ESPN's Talk of the Terrace

Talk of the Terrace

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 in early September of that year. Also in 2011 he announced plans for a second, yet unnamed album of which he released some demo's to on his website. Jersey has supported top acts including Kasabian, James Morrison

James Morrison

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, Amy McDonald and Turin Brakes

Turin Brakes

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. He will play a gig in December 2011 at Leicester's 1,200 capacity o2 academy.

Personal life

As a singer Budd has been compared to legends such as Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...

 and Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen , nicknamed "The Boss," is an American singer-songwriter who records and tours with the E Street Band...

. Due to his Leicester roots, Budd is close friends with Kasabian members Tom Meighan

Tom Meighan

Thomas Peter Meighan is an English musician, best known as the lead vocalist for Indie Rock band Kasabian.-Career:Meighan has been the lead vocalist of Kasabian since the band's inception in Leicester in 1999...

 and Sergio Pizzorno

Sergio Pizzorno

Sergio Lorenzo "Serge" Pizzorno is a British guitarist and songwriter, best known for his work with the indie rock band Kasabian. He became Kasabian's lead song-writer after the departure of Christopher Karloff....

. Budd is a huge Leicester City fan.