Bernie was my friend he believed in me and encourage me to pursue my music and he was never to busy to call me and see how I was doing.... I'm blessed to have become your friend and you would say No I'm blessed to know you Lady Emerald...I must do what you said and go after it....like you tell me all the time I got that thing I got that thing... I'm going to miss you love you
Everytime I see this it's so enlightening and sad. I met Bernie Worrell when I was 10 backstage at my first P-Funk concert! Year's later I became one of the drummers for P-Funk a dream come true. Through that I became reacquainted with the master himself in 87' while laying tracks down for Otis Day and the Knights on their album at The Legendary United Sound Systems studio in Detroit ground zero for most of George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic's hits offshoot groups etc. After touring with them I branched off to do my own thing. Then one day I got a call to fill in for the drummer of his group The Woo Warriors. I had no time to rehearse because it was a last minute situation and also at The BET Soundstage so I was nervous but it went over well and I became the drummer for his group for the next 5 years. I met all of these folks from working with Bernie. Unfortunately we ( the group) were cut out of most of the footage on the road in this documentary but I can hear us . The crew followed us around for a whole tour! Rest in peace BW thanks for all your lessons!
I believe bernie saw things, felt things, could hear things in dimensions that humans havent learned to vibrate with yet. he was born with multiple frequencies, where as most are hard wired for only one. just like death can not live. life can not die, we are so much more than we understand and we are all only passing through this brief life, bernie is alive and surely has a wonderful audience.
Nicely said noel winslow. George Clinton was very very fortunate to have him in his group. As well as some other musicians. Ed Hazel, Bootsy, Glenn Goins, Tiki Fulwood, Gary Shider. So many. RIP BW
Rest-In-Power to Brother Bernie. Another victim of systemic discrimination & racism that is pervasive throughout every facet of life in AmeriKKKa. As a fellow musician... You'll are (unknowingly) denigrating this man's efforts by calling it PLAYING music. HALT, STOP, & PAUSE. This man was PERFORMING & putting-in-WORK. Please put some RESPECKT ON IT.
It's a damn shame a man has to die before he gets the proper recognition he deserves. Dr. WOO was a under appreciated underrated Musical genius. R.I.P. Dr. WOO 1 love
At some point in time right under our noses Bernie was abducted by aliens & snuck back on the earth. It was more than likely the same ones who visited George & Bootsy that night driving back home. Who knows Bernie may be there now. Fly on BERNIE.
On the contrary. Bernie Worrell was a giant in the musical world and highly respected. However, his accolades did not necessarily bring him monetary reward.
@@alansilverman8500 Brother Alan, I love the music as much as you. Sonny Ra is reaching for the infinity chord. Sometimes Sonny was more dissonant. Yet, he discovered electronic instruments roughly 20 years roughly, before everyone else. There's even a picture of Bernie with members of Sonny's Arkestra. Sonny became experimental with the funk. "Lanquidity" is more of a funk outing. "Space is The Place", became more of a Funk / Hip Hop excursion. If we gonna tell the story, let us be bit more open. Thank you Alan. Peace and wellness. Basheer
He went to "The School of Sun Ra Arkestra!!!" "His mom tried to protect him from the street vibe. She did her best". But swing low, the Mother Ship got him and low and behold he was funkatized and became a Funkadelic!!! Hey hey!!!🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰👍😝🥶😱🤣✨🎇🎆
The genius of George Clinton to relate to the world , universe of Bernie! Truly a person who lived in music notes! I loved it when George said he didn't know notes or how to tell Bernie cords? But would tell him what note is green? And bam!! Bernie is playing the note "green!". You have to listen to the layers of keys played and layerd In the parliament/ funkadalic songs. Bernie was funk, RnB, Rock, classical,blues and a whole world of his own sound! One of or if not the greatest synthesizer influencer of time.
I was with Bernie at his last tribute concert in Nyc we had to pick him up in his wheelchair to get him in the door in the rain I’ll never forget that night his very last show
it is rarely mentioned but Bernie often played piano tracks on funk records....how many artists could make a piano fit in music dominated by electronic instruments (check out Funkentelechy for example).... also rarely mentioned is his use of chromatics in his solos (check out Dr. Funkenstein live off P. Funk Earth Tour).....this man was an amazing artist
Ive been looking for this documentary for YEARS!! THANK YOU FOR POSTING IT! The sad part is that a lot of these musicians who were still booking gigs and making records couldve helped Bernie out with getting him on tour, or on record. I could be wrong but the only people/musicians i am aware of that did in fact get Bernie out there gigging and recording during those hard times were Bill Laswell, Les Claypool, Buckethead, and Warren Haynes..
Very dark film it shows bernie struggling with life as an obscure musician while his sound has been influencrd while he remains way to the point of nonexistence it seems like bernie sold his soul and tje music pocesssed him
He didnt sell shit to no one. Bernie freed himself from the material and focused on the spiritual. The sad truth is that in todays world were being grown to "worship" the material, the music industry became empty and focuses on money instead of the soul and emotion, and that led Bernie to be cast aside. What he and pfunk did does not matter to the music industry anymore because it doesnt generate money. their music is complex and meaningful and today people look for simplicity and shortcuts.
Great descriptions: 4:09 - 4:12 "Hendrix on keyboards" (Bootsy). 6:06 - 6:12 ".. microphone in the universe.." (Will Calhoun). And in his OWN words: 15:18 to 15:47.
The phrase "genius" is bandied about way too much. But if anyone deserves that moniker, it's Bernie. Knew that the first time I heard him on the song 'A Joyful Process'. It's still my favorite composition of his.
As time goes on bernie will ne discovered and people will.see how great he was it took years for hendrix to get accepted by the black.comminity who he tried to reach bernie will be discovered and people will be amazed his creations will live forever
"All the Woo in the World" - criminally underrated solo album. so crazy hardly ANYONE knows about it! "I'll be with you" - that to me is one of the best funk tunes ever. ever. timeless and sounds so fresh today.
@@AlexisEverywhere It's wild that almost every member of p-funk had some kind of side project/solo thing. All the Woo is only second to "game, dames, and guitar thangs" for me (and probably tied with the first Bootsy record). Such a rich universe of cool/incredible musical genius!
@@alangunn3850 I will be checking out "game, dames, and guitar thangs" now... I've been going through the deep cuts of a lot of Funk and WOOOOWW... the Bar-Kays too BAD...Bustin Loose is probably one of the greatest Bridges in music and was only reintroduced largely on the Nelly record, Hot in Herre... sad but glad
After having the pleasure to work very closely with Larry Young (Khaiid Yasin) and Sun Ra, Bernie Worrell was also in the group of keyboard players who changed the world!!
The George Washinton Carver of Galatic Funk music, & free Spiritual communication inovation. Peerless, but close to Billy Preston, and Steve Wonder as noted by some knowledgeable observers. Yet to be fully appreciated, & understood like Jimmy Hendricks, and Miles Davis, just mention a few Avantguard Creators in space, and time.❤😮❤❤
I AM & WILL ALWAYS BE MOST THANKFUL 2 GOD 4 CREATING BERNIE WORRELL & HIS COSMIC KEYBOARD COMPOSITIONS THAT BLASTED US OUT INTO THAT VAST & BEAUTIFUL UNIVERSE!!!!! R.I.P. DR. WORRELL! MUZICIAN!
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God put his favorite, Lucifer, in charge of all the music, and the music drove Lucifer mad. If I had the opportunity, the question for Bernie would have been "Do you think Lucifer went mad because he tried to control the music?".
To create and compose music than find out your royalties and rights been sold and then to hear everything you created and composed sampled and covered by different genres of artists and then realize you ain't gonna never get paid is a living hell on earth Bernie should have been making appearances on talk shows, and going on yo MTV raps and rapcity doing lectures Bernie should have been on TV telling stories about how he helped influenced hip hop
I'm halfway in and really enjoying. Amazing footage. Good indepth interviews/snips with musicians etc. that really know what they're talking about Mos Def, Bad Brains, Byrne.
03:27 - 03:31 you see how he stretches his hand ? Carpal tunel syndrome i think.....because he keeps his hand tense while hitting the keys. Dentists, scupltors and lots more develop this while working intense and for a long period of time
Got the opportunity in the late nineties to open up for Bernie and I sat backstage with him and we talked for over an hour about all kinds of things. He was on another level. I just sat there and listened and took in everything he had to say to me. I will always cherish that evening. Thanks Bernie!
It's like being told there's a ghost, in the room.. and you notice it from then on, but it had always been there, and the room, couldn't be called haunted, without him.. it would just be a room
".......it's not even a note." I remember hearing that tone for the first time as a kid in the 70's and I too said "what is that" with awe and instant love.
Bernie was my friend he believed in me and encourage me to pursue my music and he was never to busy to call me and see how I was doing.... I'm blessed to have become your friend and you would say No I'm blessed to know you Lady Emerald...I must do what you said and go after it....like you tell me all the time I got that thing I got that thing... I'm going to miss you love you
Everytime I see this it's so enlightening and sad. I met Bernie Worrell when I was 10 backstage at my first P-Funk concert! Year's later I became one of the drummers for P-Funk a dream come true. Through that I became reacquainted with the master himself in 87' while laying tracks down for Otis Day and the Knights on their album at The Legendary United Sound Systems studio in Detroit ground zero for most of George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic's hits offshoot groups etc. After touring with them I branched off to do my own thing. Then one day I got a call to fill in for the drummer of his group The Woo Warriors. I had no time to rehearse because it was a last minute situation and also at The BET Soundstage so I was nervous but it went over well and I became the drummer for his group for the next 5 years. I met all of these folks from working with Bernie. Unfortunately we ( the group) were cut out of most of the footage on the road in this documentary but I can hear us . The crew followed us around for a whole tour! Rest in peace BW thanks for all your lessons!
"Its not in a key. Its not a scale. Its not a mode. Its life in the universe."
somebody should make a movie about this man ...simply a amazing human being.
I really think there should be a P-Funk movie
@@joshb8976 BUT WE TRUE NEED A EDDIE HAZEL AND BERNIE WORRELL FILM
@@mthunzimhlongo660 I think there should be a docudrama. Where they do episodes on everyone cause everyone in this band is a literal genius.
What do you think this is?
Exactly I REALLY REALLY WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT....
Maybe that's how he wanted it to be, everyone doesn't want to be a star, some people just want to do what they love
I believe bernie saw things, felt things, could hear things in dimensions that humans havent learned to vibrate with yet. he was born with multiple frequencies, where as most are hard wired for only one. just like death can not live. life can not die, we are so much more than we understand and we are all only passing through this brief life, bernie is alive and surely has a wonderful audience.
Nicely said noel winslow. George Clinton was very very fortunate to have him in his group. As well as some other musicians. Ed Hazel, Bootsy, Glenn Goins, Tiki Fulwood, Gary Shider. So many. RIP BW
@@tilleryjohnson8045 gc had the best musicians ever when bernie left gc took a huge blow
Deep
Rest-In-Power to Brother Bernie. Another victim of systemic discrimination & racism that is pervasive throughout every facet of life in AmeriKKKa.
As a fellow musician... You'll are (unknowingly) denigrating this man's efforts by calling it PLAYING music. HALT, STOP, & PAUSE. This man was PERFORMING & putting-in-WORK. Please put some RESPECKT ON IT.
It's a damn shame a man has to die before he gets the proper recognition he deserves. Dr. WOO was a under appreciated underrated Musical genius. R.I.P. Dr. WOO 1 love
Yes he was!!!!!
He left a whole galaxy of work to explore
At some point in time right under our noses Bernie was abducted by aliens & snuck back on the earth. It was more than likely the same ones who visited George & Bootsy that night driving back home. Who knows Bernie may be there now. Fly on BERNIE.
Aw dam why do folks use the word underrated on UA-cam so darn much
On the contrary. Bernie Worrell was a giant in the musical world and highly respected. However, his accolades did not necessarily bring him monetary reward.
Bernie's as far out as Sun Ra, only more melodic...
Yep!!!! Sun Ra!!!♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
Great analogy.
Only a matter of opinion, my brother. Not necessarily. Perhaps you're not familiar with Sunny's melodicisms.
@@bmuhamad well feel free to share yours...
@@alansilverman8500 Brother Alan, I love the music as much as you. Sonny Ra is reaching for the infinity chord. Sometimes Sonny was more dissonant. Yet, he discovered electronic instruments roughly 20 years roughly, before everyone else. There's even a picture of Bernie with members of Sonny's Arkestra.
Sonny became experimental with the funk. "Lanquidity" is more of a funk outing. "Space is The Place", became more of a Funk / Hip Hop excursion. If we gonna tell the story, let us be bit more open. Thank you Alan. Peace and wellness. Basheer
Dr Dre drives the types of cars u wouldnt believe and Worrell was struggling to pay hospital bills, Hip Hop and the industry owes their elders more.
Absolutely
He went to "The School of Sun Ra Arkestra!!!" "His mom tried to protect him from the street vibe. She did her best". But swing low, the Mother Ship got him and low and behold he was funkatized and became a Funkadelic!!! Hey hey!!!🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰👍😝🥶😱🤣✨🎇🎆
LMFAO! I'm laughing, I love the way you expressed it. So true indeed
The genius of George Clinton to relate to the world , universe of Bernie! Truly a person who lived in music notes! I loved it when George said he didn't know notes or how to tell Bernie cords? But would tell him what note is green? And bam!! Bernie is playing the note "green!". You have to listen to the layers of keys played and layerd In the parliament/ funkadalic songs. Bernie was funk, RnB, Rock, classical,blues and a whole world of his own sound! One of or if not the greatest synthesizer influencer of time.
Bernie Worrell was The God of keyboards.....
I was with Bernie at his last tribute concert in Nyc we had to pick him up in his wheelchair to get him in the door in the rain I’ll never forget that night his very last show
I remember that well. I was the one lifting his wheelchair from behind, trying not to cry.
@@joestuby6699 then once we got in nona had me wait to let the other artist where to go then bootsy came in
He is 'speaking' to Something Else. We are the Witnesses.
Anybody ever mentioned autism or savant? Just speaking from someone who familiar with the signs and maybe he was undiagnosed.
Dr. Woo was amazing...! He freed his mind...and his ass followed...
Ain't we funky now, keeping the funk, promising to keep the funkaparliamentdelic THANG.
Bernie left a whole of a resume snd a while universe of music behind him
@@footballrealist9171 i am funkin with you, but don't get it funked up, i can outfunk you with the sweet nasty that only woo can, wiggle wiggle
No BERNIE no G FUNK
The Beetoven of pfunk...A beautiful man & underated as hell.🎹🎹🎹🎹😎🔥🔥🔥U r loved...U r missed💜💙💞💖💎
it is rarely mentioned but Bernie often played piano tracks on funk records....how many artists could make a piano fit in music dominated by electronic instruments (check out Funkentelechy for example).... also rarely mentioned is his use of chromatics in his solos (check out Dr. Funkenstein live off P. Funk Earth Tour).....this man was an amazing artist
There is nowhere you can turn in modern music that has any relevance that BW hasn't touched
Michael McMullen Bernie done every style there is and was George offered Bernie the chance to be adventurous and really go to space
Yes and yes
Ive been looking for this documentary for YEARS!! THANK YOU FOR POSTING IT!
The sad part is that a lot of these musicians who were still booking gigs and making records couldve helped Bernie out with getting him on tour, or on record. I could be wrong but the only people/musicians i am aware of that did in fact get Bernie out there gigging and recording during those hard times were Bill Laswell, Les Claypool, Buckethead, and Warren Haynes..
All the woo in the world could not describe what this man's existence means to music. Rest In Melody Bernie 🤘🏿🤘🏿🤘🏿🤘🏿🤘🏿
one of the genius' behind george clintons vision.
The first time i heard 🔦 flashlight I was blown away the greatest song ever. P-FUNK uncut funk that's bernie!
Bernie was a master ....no doubt
Miss him so much 🙏🏽💜🎶💥
WAY out in the Universe, He gave us his split Second...Thanks Guys for the documentary...THE HEART OF THE FUNK!!! BW
*Sounds like Bernie shot David Byrne with the bop gun!*
What a beautiful tribute! Thanks for posting this.
from a young age, I was a fan of the "Woo". Still have "All the Woo in the World" on wax....
There will never be another Funkier Brother...Rest in Heavenly (P)eace Mr Bernie Worrell!!! #Fly On 🎹🎹🎹🎹🤘
Very dark film it shows bernie struggling with life as an obscure musician while his sound has been influencrd while he remains way to the point of nonexistence it seems like bernie sold his soul and tje music pocesssed him
He didnt sell shit to no one. Bernie freed himself from the material and focused on the spiritual. The sad truth is that in todays world were being grown to "worship" the material, the music industry became empty and focuses on money instead of the soul and emotion, and that led Bernie to be cast aside. What he and pfunk did does not matter to the music industry anymore because it doesnt generate money. their music is complex and meaningful and today people look for simplicity and shortcuts.
@@ido6377 oh the labels made millions off pfunk and don't even get on how many samples artists used and bernie never got paid
Great descriptions: 4:09 - 4:12 "Hendrix on keyboards" (Bootsy). 6:06 - 6:12 ".. microphone in the universe.." (Will Calhoun). And in his OWN words: 15:18 to 15:47.
The phrase "genius" is bandied about way too much. But if anyone deserves that moniker, it's Bernie. Knew that the first time I heard him on the song 'A Joyful Process'. It's still my favorite composition of his.
He should have been a paid film composer
Shame on the music industry,I was hip to Bernie during the early 70,s
In a Nutshell he got SCREWED by wicked and greedy men who took advantage of him!!! 😡😡😡
Pure genius is often used and abused. RIP Bernie...
As time goes on bernie will ne discovered and people will.see how great he was it took years for hendrix to get accepted by the black.comminity who he tried to reach bernie will be discovered and people will be amazed his creations will live forever
"All the Woo in the World" - criminally underrated solo album. so crazy hardly ANYONE knows about it! "I'll be with you" - that to me is one of the best funk tunes ever. ever. timeless and sounds so fresh today.
I just discovered this album and you’re definitely right it’s seriously authentically funky can’t believe I never heard it until today
I just discovered this song as well and I totally agree..A masterpiece! Along with Hold on ~All the Woo in the World
@@AlexisEverywhere It's wild that almost every member of p-funk had some kind of side project/solo thing. All the Woo is only second to "game, dames, and guitar thangs" for me (and probably tied with the first Bootsy record). Such a rich universe of cool/incredible musical genius!
@@alangunn3850 I will be checking out "game, dames, and guitar thangs" now... I've been going through the deep cuts of a lot of Funk and WOOOOWW... the Bar-Kays too BAD...Bustin Loose is probably one of the greatest Bridges in music and was only reintroduced largely on the Nelly record, Hot in Herre... sad but glad
@@AlexisEverywhere yeah Bernie plays on every song except I want you and California dreaming
Bernie is in the vibe of music as a color or taste or smell..
10:52 "his interpretation of what synthesizers could do, he could do before synthesizers was around" -george clinton
Bernie Is Funkadelic👽💀
Bernie was 'da Miles Davis of the ivory & ebony!!!
After having the pleasure to work very closely with Larry Young (Khaiid Yasin) and Sun Ra, Bernie Worrell was also in the group of
keyboard players who changed the world!!
Wwoww man how did he make those Sounds💥🎶💓🎶💥
THAT MAN WAS A CREATIVE GENIOUS!!
Bugs Bernie - my friend - my mentor - I think of you and joy runs down my face
"QuackQuack" AMEN !!!
WOO!!
WOO!!
WOO!!
The George Washinton Carver of Galatic Funk music, & free Spiritual communication inovation. Peerless, but close to Billy Preston, and Steve Wonder as noted by some knowledgeable observers. Yet to be fully appreciated, & understood like Jimmy Hendricks, and Miles Davis, just mention a few Avantguard Creators in space, and time.❤😮❤❤
If you heard of a band called the hydrellics from boston..man we loved Bernie...his sound was just Incredible ❤❤❤
Really tight. R I P BERNIE
I AM & WILL ALWAYS BE MOST THANKFUL 2 GOD 4 CREATING BERNIE WORRELL & HIS COSMIC KEYBOARD COMPOSITIONS THAT BLASTED US OUT INTO THAT VAST & BEAUTIFUL UNIVERSE!!!!! R.I.P. DR. WORRELL! MUZICIAN!
God put his favorite, Lucifer, in charge of all the music, and the music drove Lucifer mad. If I had the opportunity, the question for Bernie would have been "Do you think Lucifer went mad because he tried to control the music?".
William Mitchell if he was in charge that meant he was in control. Why did he go mad? He didn’t God was the one who went mad
Bernie understood that music, just like anything else God created cannot be controlled...only guided to bring the Creator glorification.
God bless you Bernie
Respect
ONE OF THE BEST PIANIST IN GENERAL! REST IN PEACE LEGEND!
Language of funk!
Bernie Worrell Keyboard Genius!!!🎹💙🙏🏽
To create and compose music than find out your royalties and rights been sold and then to hear everything you created and composed sampled and covered by different genres of artists and then realize you ain't gonna never get paid is a living hell on earth
Bernie should have been making appearances on talk shows, and going on yo MTV raps and rapcity doing lectures
Bernie should have been on TV telling stories about how he helped influenced hip hop
I'm halfway in and really enjoying. Amazing footage. Good indepth interviews/snips with musicians etc. that really know what they're talking about Mos Def, Bad Brains, Byrne.
This is the reason I fuck w algorithms; to be led HERE.
Hip hop and rappers could have showed this man some love.
They do….
@@joshb8976 finnacially how did dre and snoop show bernie real love financially ?
WOO WARRIORS 🎹 🎹🌟💫🌟💫
You Are Riding On The Sweet Chariot Bernie! Among The Greatest! 🎶🎹🤍
I'd love to know where the black and white footage of Bernie used here comes from!
03:27 - 03:31 you see how he stretches his hand ?
Carpal tunel syndrome i think.....because he keeps his hand tense while hitting the keys.
Dentists, scupltors and lots more develop this while working intense and for a long period of time
Love you Bernie!!!!!🎧🎧🎧🎧🎹🎹🎹🎹
i was introduced to him through Les Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains
Cool
Boy was bad
Flashlight > Flashlight > Flashlight
Bernie Worrell
oh wow this documentary is fucking cool as hell. LOVE Bernie.. and R.I.P
Eddie Hazel needs a documentary also.
The first time i've heard Tales Of A Kidd Funkadelic i fell in love with Bernie ❤
I'M 23 AND MR WORRELL CHANGE MY SOUND, LIFE AND LIFESTYLE. NOW I UNDERSTAND WERE TRAVIS SCOTT AND MIKE DEAN FOUND THEIR SOUND.
The key that started the Mothership. The bass powered it out into the great unknown.
🥺 📡
I loved Bernie's sound since "A joyful process"
That's where I first heard him.
Thanks for reminding me of my age.
Okay, help me name the face changers of music rules. James, Jimmy, Bernie, George, Prince, and who?
Sorry forgot Dilla!!!!! RIP
Truly blessed cat !
The Funky Worm!
Thanks for stopping by, Bernie. I understand other parts of the universe want a dose of your spirit.
-Larry Dunn
-Billy Beck
-Walter “Junie” Morrison
-Chris Jasper
-BERNIE WORRELL
Need I Say More 😳😳😳 ?!?!
Got the opportunity in the late nineties to open up for Bernie and I sat backstage with him and we talked for over an hour about all kinds of things. He was on another level. I just sat there and listened and took in everything he had to say to me. I will always cherish that evening. Thanks Bernie!
Wauw 💜🤩🙏🤘🔦🌞🤗💥🌟
A phd patchmeister, a theoretical funk doctor, a multidimensional locksmith, a musical auteur
Bernie is up there with Art Tatum.
Genio !!!! ❤️
RIP, Bernie. You were a great musician and an even greater human being. An example of perfect humility.
I have this video on DVD!
One of my favorite musicians.
Definitely one of the most underrated musicians.
It's like being told there's a ghost, in the room.. and you notice it from then on, but it had always been there, and the room, couldn't be called haunted, without him.. it would just be a room
R.I.P. B W
Icons, masters and legends come from the universe not from 🌎....
Great FiIm
I can't believe I'm just now seeing this!
".......it's not even a note." I remember hearing that tone for the first time as a kid in the 70's and I too said "what is that" with awe and instant love.
Great.
🔥🔥🔥🔥
Worrell is a beast RIP ❤. Love me some Bootsy and Mos Def 🤎🤎🤎
ATTN, anyone!
What is the Source for music that starts at 2:28??
I assure you that he is recognized..............................