Sugarfoot ohio players biography

Remembering Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner.

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Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner, who died in Ohio on 26, January, at the age of 69, was the frontman for the hit-making funk band the Ohio Players. Known for their brassy dance music, catchy lyrics and flaboyant outfits, they topped the charts in the s with hits such as "Love Rollercoaster," ''Fire," ''Skin Tight" and "Funky Worm. Born in Hamilton, Ohio, Bonner teamed up in the s with core members of a group called the Ohio Untouchables to form the Ohio Players.

The band had a string of Top 40 hits in the mids, and continued to perform for years after that. He had remained active in recent years with a spin-off band called Sugarfoot's Ohio Players. Marshall Jones, the bass player and a founding member of the Ohio Players, called his bandmates "a bunch of the most creative people — especially Sugarfoot — that I have ever been around.

I'm still feeling fragile. Jones said after years of playing music, the band's sudden stardom, with No. And like all things like that, it fizzles. Bonner had said he learned about music in Hamilton, where he was the oldest of a large family, playing harmonica, learning guitar and sneaking into bars as an adolescent to play with adult musicians.