Saturday, March 22, 2025

“Funk Insurance (Bootification)” by RonKat Spearman

San Francisco-based music artist RonKat Spearman dropped the sublime groove “Funk Insurance (Bootification)” back in January. The track has a smooth, jazzy flow and is played with style and funky finesse. It features cold guitar licks, a sizzling beat, and some sick bass. Luke Sailor enhances the groove with his stellar keyboard work, and RonKat delivers a soulful lead vocal performance. Funk veteran and trombonist Greg Boyer is responsible for the killer horn arrangement. The horn players on the track are Boyer (trombone), Bennie Cowan (trumpet), and Eric Rohner (saxophone). RonKat wrote and produced the song and played bass, guitar, and drums. And guitarist John Cotto also contributes some nasty licks.

RonKat is a talented songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. He’s co-written hits for noted music acts such as Jade and Klymaxx. He earned a Grammy nomination for co-writing Toni Braxton’s hit “I Belong To You.” The song also garnered him and co-writer Vassal Benford the BMI “Songwriter of the Year” Award. RonKat toured with George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic for 10 years before focusing all his talents and creativity on his band KATDELIC. The band has been thrilling audiences across the Bay Area with its exhilarating amalgam of funk, rock, soul, hip-hop, and EDM. They were voted the two-time winner of “Best of the Bay” band in 2017 and 2019. The members of KATDELIC are Kirk Peterson (bass), Lisa Lynn-Preston (vocals, sax, dancer), John D. Cotto (guitar), Luke Sailor (keyboards), Jadyn Petterson-Rae (vocals, tambourine), Charles Spikes (guitar), and RonKat (guitar, keyboards, drums, bass, harmonica, percussion, lead, and backing vocals).

Ronkat released his fantastic new track “Believer” on March 21. It features an intoxicating groove and a positive message of standing up for what you believe in and living your truth. Visit RonKat’s website to learn more about him and KATDELIC as well as tour dates. 



KATDELIC's performance at UC Berkeley's radio station KALX on March 1. The set included "Funk Insurance (Bootfication)" and "Believer."

Official video for "Believer"

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