RIP Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner, Lead Singer of the Mighty Ohio Players
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Damn
Dude was a legend I still bump Ohio players tunes
Rip
Me too!
Great singer and performer... Rest In Peace.
I grew up in Dayton isaw these guys on top driving sports cars and saw them on the bottom sugar used to walk up and down salem ave trying to beam up to scotty and saw him get back at it and travel the world playin great music ,real down brother soul music lost a legend he will be missed
source: Dayton Daily News
Ohio Players frontman Leroy ‘Sugarfoot’ Bonner dies
Hamilton native helped make Dayton the ‘Land of Funk.’
Funk legend Leroy “Sugarfoot” Bonner has died, according to friends and musicians.
“He was a great person with a lot of wisdom not just in music, but in life,” said Keith Harrison of the bands FAZE-O and the Dazz Band.
Bonner, 69, who helped make Dayton the Land of Funk, died Saturday following a battle with cancer in Trotwood, according to an “Official Family Annoucement” posted Sunday on his Facebook page. Bonner, whose career spanned 56 years, died just shy of his 70th birthday, according to the post. “While his family, friends, colleagues, and fans mourn his passing they celebrate fondly his memory, music and legacy,” the posting stated.
The Hamilton native was the lead singer and guitarist of the Ohio Players since he joined the band in 1971.
Harrison said he received word of Bonner’s passing from Marshall “Rock” Jones and another Ohio Players band member.
“He was an extraordinary person,” Harrison said of Bonner.
Dayton musician Ronald Frost, a friend of Bonner’s, said that Bonner will be remembered for his kindness and heart.
“He was one of the nicest people I have ever met,” Frost said.
Frost’s father, keyboardist Ronald Nooks , is also a member of the Ohio Players.
“He was a good friend of my dad’s,” Frost said.
Based in Dayton, the Ohio Players rocketed onto the international stage in the 1970s with string of funk hits, including “Fire,” “Skin Tight” and “Love Rollercoaster.”
Funeral arrangements have not yet been announced.
Lead singer for the Ohio Players, Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner performing during day two of the Midtown Music Festival. Despite the marginal weather, large crowds still filled the festival.
Ohio Players frontman Leroy ‘Sugarfoot’ Bonner
Ohio Players frontman Leroy ‘Sugarfoot’ Bonner dies
Hamilton native helped make Dayton the ‘Land of Funk.’
Funk legend Leroy “Sugarfoot” Bonner has died, according to friends and musicians.
“He was a great person with a lot of wisdom not just in music, but in life,” said Keith Harrison of the bands FAZE-O and the Dazz Band.
Bonner, 69, who helped make Dayton the Land of Funk, died Saturday following a battle with cancer in Trotwood, according to an “Official Family Annoucement” posted Sunday on his Facebook page. Bonner, whose career spanned 56 years, died just shy of his 70th birthday, according to the post. “While his family, friends, colleagues, and fans mourn his passing they celebrate fondly his memory, music and legacy,” the posting stated.
The Hamilton native was the lead singer and guitarist of the Ohio Players since he joined the band in 1971.
Harrison said he received word of Bonner’s passing from Marshall “Rock” Jones and another Ohio Players band member.
“He was an extraordinary person,” Harrison said of Bonner.
Dayton musician Ronald Frost, a friend of Bonner’s, said that Bonner will be remembered for his kindness and heart.
“He was one of the nicest people I have ever met,” Frost said.
Frost’s father, keyboardist Ronald Nooks , is also a member of the Ohio Players.
“He was a good friend of my dad’s,” Frost said.
Based in Dayton, the Ohio Players rocketed onto the international stage in the 1970s with string of funk hits, including “Fire,” “Skin Tight” and “Love Rollercoaster.”
Funeral arrangements have not yet been announced.
rip to one of the greats.
a third stroke must've done him in.
his lead vocals defined the group.
his lead vocals defined the group.
Dayton must have been the shit back in the days.
Just heard an Ohio Players tribute on Mike Baisden's show. Great legendary band and musician. Dude and his band were straight up game changers. RIP
The music coming out of Southwestern Ohio during the 1970s/80s was the shit !
Ohio Players
Slave
Bootsy
James Brown recorded there at that time
Steve Arrington
The Deele
Midnight Star
Randy Crawford
Sun
Zapp
Heatwave
Roger Troutman
Lakeside...
Dont forget about the Dazz Band, OJAYS, and the Isleys and the Deele. I dont know about southwest ohio but i know they all from ohio. That state was the motown of the 70s/early 80s
I use to think that you were really cool...
I use to think that you would never be nobodys fool..
Let me tell you baby you....you a Jive Turkey...
(best version I can find...I think it's somebody adlib guitar over it. )
http://video.search.yahoo.com/video...ype=748931&fr=spigot-yhp-sfmac&sigb=132mrdvo3
I use to think that you would never be nobodys fool..
Let me tell you baby you....you a Jive Turkey...
(best version I can find...I think it's somebody adlib guitar over it. )
http://video.search.yahoo.com/video...ype=748931&fr=spigot-yhp-sfmac&sigb=132mrdvo3
The O'Jays and Dazz Band are from Cleveland (Northeast Ohio)
The Isley Brothers are from Cincinnati (southwest Ohio) and I mentioned the Deele. L.A. Reid is from Cincinnati Baby Face is from Indianapolis.
Lots of talented people hale from miid west.
Just last summer?!?!? Him by himself or with the Band?!?!? He was in his 70's or thereabouts! James Brown was! Where the vid @ prizzopz in advance!RIP!!!!!!!
I seen His old ass perform last summer at a concert!!!!!(2012)
I might upload some of the video later!!!!
RIP!!!!!!!!!!
***** Off~topic! Who's the little leggy blonde flasher in the parking lot in your sig? It's da bgol life party with pretty girls? That never die!
My 3 favorite songs were...
Player's Ballin...
Pride and Vanity...
Pain...
Ecstacy was dope too...
This was one of the greatest frontmen & one of the greatest guitarists hands down. Probably for the best, he couldn't play guitar well after a few strokes & probably was sad about that. RIP to Sugarfoot, classic catalog. Anyone heard his opinion on Hip Hop? That man wanted you to know what he thought abou the sampling era. 
That man wanted you to know what he thought abou the sampling era.
This was one of the greatest frontmen & one of the greatest guitarists hands down. Probably for the best, he couldn't play guitar well after a few strokes & probably was sad about that. RIP to Sugarfoot, classic catalog. Anyone heard his opinion on Hip Hop?
From a interview in 1990 w/ drummer James Diamond Williams
Q:
Your songs have been sampled by hip-hop artists many times. How do you feel about that and do you get money and the credit for writing the original song?
Diamond:
No, we don't get any money just like James Brown didn't and a number of other artists haven't. Currently within the court system I guess they're trying to rule on that situation. How much of a tune you can use before you have to pay the artist that originally wrote that tune. But right now we don't get anything, other than the fact that it is for us showing a lot of these kids where the original group came from. It only shows the inibility for them to be able to write a groove, therefor they have to use samples.
Sugar:
They can't play that's why they have to steal! They're not musicians, they're rappers..They can't play an instrument so they have to sample. The original musician isn't credited very often and I think it's theft.
Rest in Peace Holmes
RIP. Thanks for the contribution to black music back when blacks were actually making great music. Heaven just got more soulful and funkier.
R.I.P I loved their horn section..damn.. If you were around in the 70's & loved true FUNK you HAD to rock sum a they ish you and your sound will be missed my brudda
If you were around in the 70's & loved true FUNK you HAD to rock sum a they ish you and your sound will be missed my brudda