Factbites
 Where results make sense
About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   PR   |   Contact us  

Topic: Bernie Worrell


Related Topics

In the News (Sun 22 Nov 09)

  
  Bernie Worrell Tickets - Cheap Bernie Worrell Concert Show Tickets At Onlineseats
Bernie Worrell tickets may be purchased online through our guaranteed safe and secure server.
Bernie Worrell and the WOO Warriors was also formed in the same year.
Bernie Worrell was born on April 19, 1944 at Long Beach, New Jersey.
www.onlineseats.com /bernie-worrell-tickets   (659 words)

  
  Bernie Worrell Information - TextSheet.com
Soon, Worrell, Clinton, The Parliaments and their backing band (Funkadelic) moved to Detroit, Michigan, and became Parliament.
Worrell played the keyboards, and occasionally the organ or other instruments on studio tracks.
P Funk (referring to both bands) stopped touring in the early 1980s, and Worrell released several solo albums and also joined The Talking Heads for most of the 80s, leaving when they broke up in 1992.
www.medbuster.com /encyclopedia/b/be/bernie_worrell.html   (179 words)

  
 Floridian: The best keyboardist you've never heard o
Bernie Worrell might be an unfamiliar name, but his keyboard and synthesizer riffs have been the backbone of hits for Talking Heads, Parliament and more.
Worrell and I first met nearly 10 years ago, just as he was taking the second keyboard position backing Paul Shaffer in David Letterman's Late Show house band when the host first left NBC for CBS in 1993.
Worrell, who often co-produced, co-wrote and arranged P-Funk material, was marginalized as Clinton took the lion's share of credit -- moves that would later limit what the keyboard player, Bootsy Collins and others could earn from publishing royalties, as youngblood rappers built new hits on samples of old Parliament/Funkadelic tunes.
www.sptimes.com /2002/06/28/news_pf/Floridian/The_best_keyboardist_.shtml   (1439 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Bernie Worrell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Bernie Worrell (born April 19, 1944) is originally from Long Beach, New Jersey but grew up in Plainfield, New Jersey.
Though he never officially joined Talking Heads, he was a de facto member of the group for most of the 80s, appearing on most of their albums and tours until they broke up in 1992.
Through the beginning of the 21st century, Bernie has become a visible member of the so-called Jam band scene, performing in many large summer festivals.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Bernie-Worrell   (1125 words)

  
 BERNIE WORRELL FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Bernie Worrell (born April_19, 1944) is originally from Long_Beach,_New_Jersey but grew up in Plainfield,_New_Jersey.
Though he never officially joined Talking_Heads, he was a de_facto member of the group for most of the 80s, appearing on most of their albums and tours until they broke up in 1992.
Through the beginning of the 21st century, Bernie has become a visible member of the so-called Jam_band scene, performing in many large summer festivals.
www.witwib.com /Bernie_Worrell   (291 words)

  
 IndieDisco: an Independent Music Joint   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
He followed Bernie on tour, shot weddings and bar mitzvahs on the side to fund the project, and got over 100 hours of footage that has been carefully assembled and edited into a 40 minute glimpse into the world of a master musician.
We hear how the Bernie "sound" that we all know and love in such a familiar, welcoming way was new, different, and downright weird to others when it was first introduced.
Worrell?" By the end of the film it is easy to erase the question mark at the end of that phrase.
www.indiedisco.com /subpage.php?page_id=55&recnum=1   (824 words)

  
 Things to Do - Music - from TBO.com
Bernie Worrell, sounding very much alive on the telephone from his home in Hampton, N.J., says the Web writer got him confused with another keyboardist who had played with rapper Mos Def, as has Worrell.
And then there's his own group, Bernie Worrell and the Woo Warriors, which is on the road for a string of dates in the South and Midwest.
Worrell has been keeping the funk alive since the early '70s with the guitar-fueled acid-rock of Funkadelic and the trippy cartoon R&B of Parliament.
ae.tbo.com /index.cfm?fuseaction=front_music_detail&musicID=1475   (430 words)

  
 Start making sense / Mountain Xpress / Asheville, NC
After all, it was arguably Bernie Worrell's adventurous presence on the Talking Heads' Speaking in Tongues (Sire, 1980) and in the 1984 concert-umentary Stop Making Sense that put the groove into the band's jagged art rock, giving them their first taste of pop stardom.
Worrell is now one of the most sought-after performers on the thriving jam-band circuit, despite being old enough to be a grandfather to his fellow musicians and their patchouli-scented audiences.
Worrell is also being courted by the hip-hop industry; his Parliament tunes have been sampled by a truckload of stars, notably the West Coast faction fronted by Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre.
www.mountainx.com /ae/2003/0709talkingheads.php   (1263 words)

  
 NXNW   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Last time Bernie was here, he laid us out with classics and new tunes alike.
While many performers may have been content to rest on the laurels of this incredible body of work, Worrell continues to flex his considerable creative and musical muscle.
Worrell collaborated on critically and commercially acclaimed music projects with artists and groups including The Rolling Stones, The Pretenders, Soul Asylum, Jody Watley, Keith Richards.
www.nxnwphl.com /viewevent.asp?cat=Events&id=62   (241 words)

  
 Bernie Worrell
Keyboardist extraordinaire Bernie Worrell went from classical child prodigy to Funkadelic, and has followed his own idiosyncratic course ever since, doing sessions for everyone under the sun and releasing a stream of solo albums.
Bernie co-wrote everything on this George Clinton-directed P-Funk spinoff, but the surprise is that he sings much of the album - virtually his only recorded vocals.
Worrell's solo material comes across better: he does his extended improv thing on "Black Light," and Reuben fills Buckethead's role on the relatively obscure "The Mask." A harmless curio; to hear a better example of Bernie's idiosyncratic live sound, check out his 2004 tour with Col.
www.warr.org /bernie.html   (878 words)

  
 This Friday: Bernie Worrell | with Allfours and DJ Mass Transit
From the tender age of three, when Bernie began tickling the ivories, to his first concert performance at four, to his first concerto composition at age eight, Bernie was duly certified a musical prodigy.
Now Bernie is shooting out in a new direction with his own supergroup, Bernie Worrell and The WOO Warriors, which has been getting rave reviews on the road, both stateside and abroad.
A live album, titled simply Bernie Worrell and The WOO Warriors Live, was released in 1998 and a second live recording, True DAT (recorded in 2002 at The Conduit in Trenton, NJ, the North Star Bar in Philadelphia and various New York venues), was released this year.
www.jambase.com /emails/promoters/TripleDotMAS/021115   (685 words)

  
 Detailed info on Bernie Worrell's _Blacktronic Science_
Bernie is the mastermind behind it all, effortlessly floating from style to style, showing his skill at the most delicate of musical forms, and then funking it up like a maniac.
Bernie's clavinet is truly ultra-funky here, with Bootsy providing guitar flavor, chanking away.
George's singing and vocals are some of his best, slipping in a bit of the unreleased song "Niggerish" in, with the line 'suck my dick and make it puke' amusingly slowed down to unrecognizability.
www.duke.edu /~tmc/motherpage/albums_solo/alb-bernieworrell_blacktronic.html   (499 words)

  
 Bernie Worrell Interview from 1997 (Part 1) :: New Funk Times :: George Clinton | Parliament | Funkadelic | P.Funk ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
BERNIE WORRELL: Okay, how I was exposed to it I believe is through my mother, who was a churchgoer.
BERNIE WORRELL: I met my wife through Maxine; she and Maxine were close.
BERNIE WORRELL: I used to sneak down to the barbershop to get my hair processed (laughs), and in the meantime, George Clinton and the other people from Plainfield had heard that there was this genius in town, this -- wizard, I guess.
www.newfunktimes.com /modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=94&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0   (1697 words)

  
 New Funk Times :: George Clinton | Parliament | Funkadelic | P.Funk All-Stars | Bootsy Portal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Bernie Worrell will be among an all-star group celebrating American inventor Bob Moog at B.B. King Blues Club and Grill in New York City on Tuesday, May 18, 2004.
On the website of John Hickey, the lead guitarist of Bernie Worrell and the WOO Warriors, you can download an MP3 file of Bernie and Co. performing "Undisco Kidd" at Planet Highbridge in New Jersey (2/21/04).
Bernie Worrell continues his long-time collaboration with ex-Cream singer/bassist Jack Bruce: He plays hammond organ on Bruce's latest CD "More Jack Than God" which was released on September 23, 2003.
www.newfunktimes.com /modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=index&catid=&topic=5   (720 words)

  
 Digital Interviews: Bernie Worrell
He performed as a member of Talking Heads, and appears in their unique concert film "Stop Making Sense." Worrell is able to incorporate a wide variety of musical styles and structures within his arrangements.
Worrell is best known as one of the architects of the modern funk genre.
Bernie Worrell: Yes, I was a child prodigy at three-and-a-half years old.
www.digitalinterviews.com /digitalinterviews/views/worrell.shtml   (2040 words)

  
 WMNF 88.5FM - Concert Schedule
Worrell collaborated on critically and commercially acclaimed music projects with artists and groups including The Rolling Stones, The Pretenders, Soul Asylum, Jody Watley, Keith Richards; he provided an influential contribution on the seminal video and album "Stop Making Sense" by Talking Heads.
Worrell continues to be in demand as a featured performer with Bootsy's New Rubber Band Featuring Bernie Worrell, Jack Bruce, and many others.
Rest assured that when Bernie Worrell and the WOO Warriors land their mothership in Ybor City, you will be treated to an awe-inspiring performance of what funk is all about.
www.wmnf.org /events?Action=Detail&ID=38   (552 words)

  
 ROCHESTER GOES OUT | Nightlife
Worrell has known Bruce, the bassist for the '60s British blues-rock legends Cream, for two decades now, and just finished a European tour with him.
Still, as much as three-quarters of a Bernie Worrell and the WOO Warriors show can be drawn from Worrell's time with Clinton.
Worrell apparently got his hands in such deep WOO when he released his first solo album in 1978, after his glorious run with the P-Funk Allstars.
www.rochestergoesout.com /night/1115bernieworrell.html   (658 words)

  
 Bonus Bodies
Buckethead plays on two of Bernie's albums, 'Pieces of Woo: The Other Side' and 'Free Agent: A Spaced Odyssey.' Bernie is also a member of Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains.
Attempts to resurrect the band were unsuccessful, and he has since gone back to recording his own music and touring with other bands.
A supergroup formed in 1992 consisting of Bill Laswell, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell, Brain, and Buckethead.
www.bingeandgrab.com /bonusbodies.html   (3277 words)

  
 CD Baby: JOHN HICKEY: Down With The Ship
From a Guitarist with Bernie Worrell & The WOO Warriors, George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, and the John Hickey Band.
I then caught the Bernie Worrell set that May in Atlanta and was literally mesmerized by the front man, whose lead guitar not only blazed thru several P-funk classic like Red Hot Momma and Cosmic Slop, his flavorful vocal chops cut to the ear hole.
Bernie Worrell’s preposterous bass synth and clavinet squiggle often accompanies these moments of shredded guitar bliss.
www.cdbaby.com /cd/johnhickey   (1624 words)

  
 The P-Funk Tour List: Bernie Worrell & the WOO Warriors - Review 01/28/99
Our top story features electric keyboard wizard Bernie Worrell and The WOO Warriors mixing up a magical sonic brew for a throbbing, dancing, funky crowd, shedding layers of fleece and woolen clothes -- the united rhythms shaking the massive wood and glass structure from roof to foundation.
Bernie Worrell's music is rich and textured, slamming on the beat, flowing through the timbers and beams like an avalanche of Funk.
Bernie Worrell took over, and led a contemporary virtuoso instrumental tour de force called "Entersection." The audience was treated to their first look at the lovely B.J. Nelson, cutting loose on "Red Hot Mamma," the hard-rock Funkadelic classic.
members.tripod.com /~the_mothership/woo012899.html   (535 words)

  
 Les Claypool - Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
on keyboards (of Bernie Worrell and the Woo Warriors, former member of the original Parliament/Funkadelic, Talking Heads, and Praxis).
Les Claypool, along with Buckethead on guitar, Brain on drums, and original Parliament/Funkadelic member Bernie Worrell on keyboards will release their debut album 'The Big Eyeball In The Sky' September 21 on Prawn Song Records.
Bernie Worrell is one of the most influential keyboardists in modern music.
www.lesclaypool.com /c2b3   (892 words)

  
 Funky Stuff Review - Bernie's Comming Jazz/Funk, R&B/Funk/, Rock & Roll/Funk, Dance/Funk, Funk, Funk, Funk,
You have heard the name Bernie Worrell for years He started tickling the ivories at three and a Half, proceeded to give His first concert at four years of age, and wrote His first piano concerto at eight -- a certified prodigy.
We are quite fortunate to have Bernie Worrell one of the "chief chefs" in mixing together the ingredients in the stew that they cooked.
I understand that Bernie Worrell And The Woo Warriors are going to be playing in NYC on New Years Eve......Well since I am stuck in SUNNY Ca.
www.soul-patrol.com /funk/bernie_b.htm   (1787 words)

  
 BERNIE WORRELL & THE WOO WARRIORS at Tramps, NYC (5/10/97)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
BERNIE WORRELL and THE WOO WARRIORS at Tramps, NYC (5/10/97)
Bernie Worrell and The WOO Warriors in NYC - 5/10/97
When Bernie left the stage at 1:40am.....people were chanting "WOO!" at the top of their lungs for 4 minutes before Bernie and the WOO Warriors came out for the encore.
www.pond.com /~dbrooks/woo051097.html   (843 words)

  
 Tipitina's Artist Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
His studies at the New England Conservatory of Music and Julliard School of Music endowed Worrell with an undeniably strong classical foundation, the substructure for the supernatural experimentation that was to come.
Early in his professional life, Worrell was one of the founding members of the supergroup, Parliament- Funkadelic; he co-wrote, co-produced, recorded and performed most of the group's compositions -- classics "Flashlight," "Atomic Dog," "Knee Deep," "Cosmic Slop" and "Red Hot Mama" (to name just a few) -- on its fifty-plus albums and globe-spanning tours.
Bernie Worrell and The Woo Warriors, w/ Jen Durkin and Iris May Tango
www.tipitinas.com /Links/bernie_worrell/bernieworell_050101.htm   (209 words)

  
 Colonel Claypool's Bucket Of Bernie Brains: The Big Eyeball In The Sky
Worrell is best known for his work with Parliament/Funkadelic, Bootsy Collins, Keith Richards, Yoko Ono, Maceo Parker and the Talking Heads.
Buckethead, a mainstay in the underground music scene, has worked with a number of greats including avante garde artist John Zorn, Bill Laswell and was part of the last lineup of Guns N’ Roses, along with Brain, who was the drummer in Primus from 1997-2002.
Claypool’s vocals play over Bernie Worrell’s keyboard leads, as the rest of the band slowly joins in the fun, later finding Claypool laying down a signature bass line and starts chanting “Buckethead”.
www.glidemagazine.com /2/reviews535.html   (591 words)

  
 Great American Music Hall
Les Claypool has assembled a rogues gallery of legends for a couple of exclusive Bay Area club dates featuring Les Claypool on bass, Buckethead on guitar, Brain (drums), and the one and only Bernie Worrell on keyboards (of Bernie Worrell and the Woo Warriors, former member of the original Parliament/Funkadelic, Talking Heads, and Praxis).
In the 80's, he was best known for his recordings and tours in Talking Heads, as well as session work with Bill Laswell's many diverse projects.
Today, he can regularly be seen leading his own Bernie Worrell and the Woo Warriors.
www.musichallsf.com /artist_pages/col_claypool_bucket_091602.html   (640 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Factbites
  About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   Press   |   Contact us  
Copyright © 2005-2007 www.factbites.com Usage implies agreement with terms.