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Ronald Wayne “Ronnie” Laws (born October 3, 1950 in Houston, Texas) is an American jazz, blues and funk saxophonist. He is the younger brother of jazz flautist Hubert Laws.
Laws is the fifth of eight children born to Hubert Laws, Sr. and Miola Luverta Donahue.

Laws attended Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas for two years. In 1972, Laws joined the fledgling group Earth, Wind & Fire, playing saxophone and flute on their album Last Days And Time. He left the band soon afterwards, long before they achieved their huge commercial success.

In 1976, he began his solo career with the album Pressure Sensitive, on which his most famous instrumental song, “Always There”, was included. It became an instant jazz-funk classic, covered by numerous artists.

In 1978 he released an album called Flame under United Artsts (UA) records and from it a 12” single was released called “All for you” with a strong vocal presence and additional tracks entitled “Let’s Keep it Together” and “Nuthin’ ‘bout nuthin” from other previous albums. The 12” single was his first issued in the UK as well as the US and paved the way for this format to be used for promoting artists’ work at the time without the need to own the full LP.

Apart from saxophones, Laws also included vocals into his songs. Notable vocal makings include “Every Generation” (1980), “Stay Awake” (1981, included on the album Solid Ground) and “Mr. Nice Guy” (1983).
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  • rick-roll

    always there

    28 Jul 2011 Reply

  • dardar227

    Loved this guy and all of his music for so long! Gifted musician and a beautiful voice.

    12 Jul 2011 Reply

  • mintonmedia

    Lil' bro did ok for hissef but Hubert is the OG.

    11 Oct 2010 Reply

  • TerrorCrow

    This is the real music!

    16 Jul 2010 Reply

  • doctorjmo

    every night was night flight. happy 2010!!

    15 Feb 2010 Reply

  • Ophiucus

    always there is a sick song. Groovy

    8 Sep 2009 Reply

  • ethanethan

    I found the album Pressure Sensitive randomly a few years ago... and was blown away. Sometimes I feel corny listening to it, but it is always the utmost groove.

    30 Nov 2008 Reply

  • Jazzmaestro

    wonderful tune....seriously

    25 Nov 2008 Reply

  • pozitronios

    this is the shit

    13 Nov 2008 Reply

  • rashad2075

    I'm shocked at least one producer hasn't sampled Friends and Strangers

    11 Sep 2008 Reply

  • Colfire

    Hey Urban i have just done the same thing but my favourites are the uptempo numbers Young Child and O.T.B.A. Law

    5 May 2008 Reply

  • urbantones

    I've always loved the album Every Generation. I just listened the Thoughts & Memories cut for the first time in over 20 years. Thoroughly blown away again...

    5 Apr 2008 Reply

  • Tante_Is

    yeah! coole musik!

    16 Jan 2008 Reply

  • eminator

    Always There - awesome song

    21 Oct 2007 Reply

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