Jude has been a touring and recording professional musician since 1985 and was moved to the East coast early in his career by a management team to be a full time musician touring the mid west and east coast. He is a classically trained vocalist and is currently studying Jazz Bass and theory. Having recorded in NYC, Canada, Philadelphia, Cleveland, California, Jude has been an on call studio session musician throughout his career and has had the honors of playing at the LA Colosseum, The Cleveland Agora and The Continental and CBGBs in NYC. Jude has played in bands that have opened for The Eurythmics, The Fixx, Cheap Trick, Joan Jett, Stepping Wolf, King Cobra, Ric Emmit of Triumph, and went on tour opening for Southern Culture on the skids while signed to Teen Sound Records out of Europe. Jude has a strong root connection with Motown and considers himself to be a groove player and plays 4–5 string and Frettless Bass, has had sponsorships from Ernie Ball and Hartke Bass amps. A Houston transplant in 2023 playing in multiple Tribute acts covering The Police, Def Leppard, Janes Addiction, Ted Nugent, Tom Petty, Elton John and Billy Joel as well as playing with many variety cover bands. In 2025 Jude shifted his focus to play in more original projects and is lending his Bass and Vocal abilities as a proud member of Ghosts of Winter.