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Sep 4, 2020 · Ronald LaPread. (b. September 4 th, 1950). Bass guitarist who came to prominence in the American funk & soul band, The Commodores. Commodores are an American funk/soul band, which was at its peak in the late 1970s through the mid 1980s.
The owner of the boarding house where two people have been found dead was the bassist for funk-soul band the Commodores and counted Michael Jackson as a mentor. Alabama-born Ronald LaPread,...
Commodores, often billed as the Commodores, are an American funk and soul group. The group's most successful period was in the late 1970s and early 1980s when Lionel Richie was the co-lead singer.
On Ronald LaPread of the Commodores: I’ve known Ronald and the Commodores since the group first auditioned for Suzanne De Passe at Lloyd Price’s Crawdaddy Club on Broadway in NYC in 1970. As close as we all were, I had no idea of the details of the sad and poignant love story that Ronald lived through not long after.
When Ronald LaPread came home to Tuskegee recently, he was so warm and gracious it was instantly clear that his legendary status has not changed him. As the bass player for The Commodores, his creative energy produced those opening licks on “Brickhouse,” an R&B classic that was released in 1977, exactly 40 years ago.
Oct 21, 2023 · Featured in TIR Episode 242: (2 parts): Longtime former Commodores bassist and composer Ronald LaPread! From 1970-1986, he set down the rhythmic foundation for one of the greatest and most popular funk, R&B and pop bands of all time.
Mar 10, 2020 · Commodores bassist Ron LaPread's stellar Motown pedigree shines through in this live performance of his song Rock You, surrounded onstage by New Zealand beauty aspirants in the late Eighties.