RonKat Spearman's Katdelic

RonKat Spearman was not like the other children. At the age of seven, RonKat's father Lester took him to a Jazz club in Grand Rapids, Michigan and asked the legendary guitarist Grant Green to let his son play percussion for a song. Reluctant at first, Green agreed and, go figure, young RonKat stole the show. He was asked to return 'anytime'. That’s about auspicious as it could get for the beginning of a musical career.

RonKat Spearman is a prolific songwriter and Multi-Platinum Artist, Producer, Composer, Grammy and BMI award recipient. Writing for Lenny Kravitz, JADE, Toni Braxton, El Debarge, George Clinton, Prince, Kanye West, Bootsy Collins, Shock G, DJ Quik, Rick James, Erykah Badu, Martika, Scarface, The Mary Jane Girls, Darius McCrary, Tichina Arnold, Klymax, Angelo Moore and many others. One of RonKat’s first records, IMPULSE, a pioneering electronic EP that was on his first independent label, is still sought after by many DJ's and producers. His multi-platinum song, "Don’t Walk Away" by JADE was covered by and made a hit by DIPLO in his song entitled, "Be Right There". 

RonKat is a multi-instrumentalist, playing and recording guitar, bass, keyboards, percussion, drums, harmonica, lead and backup vocals. In addition to his successful writing and producing career, RonKat spent his early years leading and touring with bands based out of Los Angeles. He is a featured musician and vocalist with members of the band The Soul Survivors, which backed up Rick James on the video “Turn It Out.” 

In 1998, RonKat met and wrote with George Clinton and joined Parliament Funkadelic in 2000.  He toured the world playing guitar and bass and singing for P Funk for ten years. During that time, he moved to San Francisco where he formed the side project, Katdelic. In 2010, RonKat left P Funk with George's blessing and has been touring nationally and recording with Katdelic ever since. The band was voted two-time winner of Best of the Bay, in 2017 and 2019. 

Katdelic is a five-piece "party-all-night" band with defined by an infectious groove which is irresistible to anyone within ear range. The music is an electrifying hybrid of funk, soul, rock, EDM, hip hop and jazz. RonKat’s intergalactic guitar work is the cosmic thread that blazes through the richly-layered mix and, along with the pulsing wall of rhythm, whips audiences into a dance frenzy. The band made waves at the High Sierra Music Festival earlier this year and RonKat also was a key contributor to the Sly and the Family Stone tribute set, which was one of the more buzzworthy sets of the festival. He hasn’t been back to the Crazy Horse for many years and we could not be more excited for this reunion.