MARTIN: Professor Brown said Sugarfoot redefined funk by bringing a country-blues sensibility. BROWN: Sugar has that understanding of tone. He has a tone that, you know that's Sugarfoot when he sings.

While the title Sugarfoot was borrowed from a 1951 Randolph Scott movie, the show actually took its story from a lesser-known 1954 film called The Boy from Oklahoma.That film starred Will Rogers ...

It has been my pleasure to judge many major U.S. barbecue competitions, including Memphis in May, Kansas City’s American Royal and The Jack Daniel’s World Invitational Barbecue, enjoying some ...

Sugarfoot — often called “Sugar” or just “Foot” — Bonner was the lead singer of The Ohio Players. He died on Jan. 25. In many ways Sugar was the symbol and the sound of the funk music ...

CINCINNATI — Leroy “Sugarfoot” Bonner, frontman for the hit-making funk music band the Ohio Players, has died in southwest Ohio. He was 69. The Ohio Players, known for their brassy dance ...

Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner, frontman for the 1970s R&B and funk group Ohio Players, has died, as Sugarfoot's Facebook page announces (via Vintage Vinyl News). He was 69. Vintage Vinyl News reports ...

(KSNF & KODE) — ‘Sugarfoot’ star and prominent circus ringleader Will Hutchins has died at the age of 94, The Hollywood Reporter confirms. Dental board seeks to revoke Joplin dentist’s license ...

A public memorial for Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, at House of Joy Christian Ministries, 5912 Hamilton Ave., in Cincinnati, according to Bonner's granddaughter ...

Will Hutchins, the eccentric actor who portrayed the wholesome sharpshooter and frontier lawyer Tom Brewster on the 1957-61 ABC Western Sugarfoot, has died. He was 94. Hutchins died Monday of ...

Will Hutchins, who had a comically genteel starring role during the craze for television westerns in the 1950s, playing a sheriff who favored cherry soda over whiskey on “Sugarfoot,” died on ...