Dr. John Hudy left this life in March, 2004. 
We are asking that donations be made is his name to the Sweet Relief Musicians Fund, an organization that provides financial assistance to all types of career musicians who are facing illness, disability, or age-related problems. 
Simply send a check in John Hudy's name to the address below.

DJ (aka “Dr. John”) was a self-taught guitarist, bassist and singer. While his day job was that of a Psychologist, his night jobs were always been much more creative and artistic. He was the bassist and back-up vocalist for the Night Watchmen.
DJ acquired his first guitar from a cousin when he was 13 years old -- for the huge sum of $10.  Two years later he played his first public gig with the group Savage in a battle-of-the-bands contest in Milwaukee, WI.  He also played in the hard rock bands ThunderHead , Griffin, and Canadian Club while living in the land of the cheese-heads.  He has been lucky enough to have had personal mentors from the Midwest music scene that included Ruby Starr (Ruby Starr & Grey Ghost -- Rest in Peace Ruby), Jim “Dandy” Mangrum (Black Oak Arkansas), and Rick Nielson (Cheap Trick). In 1979, DJ moved out of the snow-belt down to Tampa, FL to complete his Ph.D.   While in Florida, he played in the “no-wave” alternative-rock band Twitch.  In 1987 D.J. left the sunshine state to move to the San Francisco Bay Area.In California, DJ became a “studio rat”. 
He learned to play bass at Pure Sound Studios – doing samples and loops for local hip-hop projects -- and by getting pointers from California musician  Michael Kane (from Jesse Colin Young & The Youngbloods).   The studio work finally lead to him join SpunJunket – a popular Marin based funk/hip-hop/fusion band. 
After SpunJunket’s first CD release, he joined Secret Lives – an all-original 80’s style rock band. 
The studio work still continued, and eventually, DJ met Gentry Bronson (the founder of the Night Watchmen) through a close mutual friend – Sterling (the founder of VibeCheck). 
DJ joined the Night Watchmen in 2001.

His influences (in addition to the above bands & musicians) included: