Bernie Worrell

Dr. George Bernard "Bernie" Worrell, Jr. (April 19, 1944 – June 24, 2016) was an American keyboardist and composer best known as a founding member of Parliament-Funkadelic and for his work with Talking Heads. He was a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997 with fifteen other members of Parliament-Funkadelic. Worrell was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, and grew up in Plainfield, New Jersey. A musical prodigy, he began formal piano lessons by age three and wrote a concerto at age eight.

Influenced by: Parliament-Funkadelic, Talking Heads, Herbie Hancock, Sun Ra

Active:

1970-2016

Scene:

New Jersey/NYC

Side projects

• Bootsy's Rubber Band
• The Golden Gate Quartet
• Art of Noise

• Dan WhitlamTue, Nov 10
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• Your Trusted OfficialsSat, Aug 15
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• Victor Wooten and The Wooten BrothersMon, Sep 14
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• Virginia CoalitionWed, Nov 25
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• John CaffertySat, Sep 5
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• Washingtonian's Best of WashingtonThu, Jul 23
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• Spirit WorldWed, Jul 22
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• Boney JamesThu, Oct 29
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