Will Bernard Projects
and Related Artists
·
2000
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Circadia
San Francisco
CA
Trap Door Spider
Prankster
Tank Top
Pursuit of Happiness
101 Cha Cha's
The Sultan
Get Ready
Baldy Wonderland
Rounders>
Three Toed Sloth
Saving Grace*
Lady Chompers*%
Will Bernard - Guitar
Michael Bluestein - Keys
Keith McArthur - Bass
Jan Jackson - Drums
*w/ Rob Sudduth (tenor sax)
%w/ Eric Lawrence (alto sax)
Blake's On Telegraph
Berkeley
CA
100 Cha Cha's, Close Shave pt.1, Round One, Trap Door Spider, The Sultan, Better Get Ready, Three Toed Sloth, Lady Chompers
Palookaville
Santa Cruz
CA
Prankster, Three-Toed Sloth, 100 Cha Cha's, Pursuit of Happiness, Better Get Ready, Lady Chompers
Opener for Victor Wooten Band
The Black Cat
San Francisco
CA
Tank Top, Trap Door Spider, Baldy Wonderland^, Three Toed Sloth, Prankster
100 Cha Cha's, Better Get Ready, Pursuit of Happiness, Round One, Close Shave pt.1** > Lady Chompers
Saving Grace, The Sultan, Just the Facts, Motherbug Theme*, Medicine Hat**, Jam > 100 Cha Cha's Reprise
Will Bernard (guitar)
Michael Bluestein (keys)
Jan Jackson (drums)
Keith McArthur (bass)
^ - with "Pusherman" teases
* - first time played, originally titled "Method Madness" but was changed a few weeks later
** - with "Third Stone from the Sun" jam
-- Grand Piano was in use at this show.
Jupiter
Berkeley
CA
Tank Top, Trap Door Spider, Baldy Wonderland, Pursuit of Happiness, Better Get Ready
The Sultan, 100 Cha Chas, Rounders, Medicine Hat, Three-Toed Sloth, Method Madness, E: Saving Grace, Prankster >
Lady Chompers
G Street Pub
Davis
CA
The Sultan >, Tank Top, 101 Cha Chas, Baldy Wonderland, Get Ready
Three-Toed Sloth, Just the Facts, Motherbug Theme, Trap Door Spider >, Rounders >, Lady Chompers
Will Bernard (guitar)
Michael Bluestein (keys)
Jan Jackson (drums)
Keith McArthur (bass)
"Nasty Electronics All" @ the Delivery Room
San Francisco
CA
one set (all) - entirely improvised
1.. first piece
2.. second piece
3.. last piece
Nasty Electronics All is :
Will Bernard (electric guitar, prepared guitar, slide guitar)
Len Paterson (electric guitar, MIDI guitar)
David Slusser (homemade analog synth, sax & electronics)
www.willbernard.com
www.lenpaterson.com
www.meridiangallery.org/slusser.htm
Gordon Biersch Brewery
San Jose
CA
Circadia
San Francisco
CA
Last Day Saloon
San Francisco
CA
Prankster
Three Toed Sloth
Better Get Ready
Rounders
100 Cha Cha's >
Pursuit of Happiness
The Sultan
Motherbug >
Lady Chompers
Cocodrie
San Francisco
CA
Trap Door Spider, 101 Cha Cha's >,
Round One, Three Toed Sloth, Baldy Wonderland, The Sultan, Better Get Ready, Pursuit of Happiness, Motherbug Theme >, Prankster >, Lady Chompers
Will Bernard (guitar)
Michael Bluestein (keys)
Jan Jackson (drums)
Keith McArthur (bass)
Palookaville
Santa Cruz
CA
Tank Top, Trap Door Spider, 101 Cha Cha's > Rounders, Motherbug*, Three Toed Sloth, Prankster > Lady Chompers
Opening for "Sex Mob"
* w/ Steven Bernstein from Sex Mob on trumpet
The Black Cat
San Francisco
CA
Get Ready
Prankster->
101 Cha Cha
The Sultan->
Saving Grace
Close Shave pt 1
the Starry Plough
Berkeley
CA
Adjust the Facts, Rounders, Mung Beans and Rice, Baldy Wonderland, Three Toed Sloth, 100 Cha Chas, Pursuit of Happiness, Motherbug Theme, Lady Chompers
Will Bernard (guitar)
Michael Bluestein (keys)
Jan Jackson (drums)
Keith McArthur (bass)
This show was a single set co-bill with Beth Custer Group. This is also the first known show where Will announced the group as "MOTHERBUG"... previously these same members of motherbug had played as "Will Bernard 4tet", but Will eventually decided to change the name to Motherbug. It was a gradual process nevertheless, because many promoters continued to list the gigs as 4tet (into mid/late 2000) when the band really was calling themselves Motherbug.
Cafe Du Nord
San Francisco
CA
Bruno's Cork Club
San Francisco
CA
Tongue & Groove
San Francisco
CA
Three Toed Sloth
Sultan
100 Cha Chas
Elements of Style >
Motherbug Theme
Introductions
Radiohead Jam >
Rounders
Mung Beans & Rice
Close Shave (pt 1) >
Lady Chompers
Jupiter
Berkeley
CA
Set 1: Baldy Wonderland, Trap Door Spider, Prankster, Medicine Hat, Rock Me Baby > Sultan
Set 2: Motherbug, Rounders, Just the Facts, Three Toed Sloth > Drums > Three Toed Sloth > Close Shave Pt 1, Get Ready
Set 3: Pursuit of Happiness, 101 Cha Cha's > Fame (bowie tune) > 101 Cha Chas Cha's > Lady Chompers > Immigrant Song > Chompers, E: Tank Top
-filler: 2.25.99 (III) @ Black Cat - San Fran, CA (same source)
Sportscenter Jam > 101 Cha Cha's reprise, Trap Door Spider, Three Toed Sloth, intros,Medicine Hat (cuts)
Circadia Coffeehouse
San Francisco
CA
Sultan
ether jam >
101 Cha Cha's
Trap Door Spider
Baldy Wonderland
Rounders
Chompers
The Pusuit of Happiness
Will Bernard (guitar)
Michael Bluestein (keys)
Jan Jackson (drums)
Keith McArthur (bass)
Not a full set or show : was re-sequenced for possible live release, which was ultimately nixed.
Mix of sets I&II
Great American Music Hall
San Francisco
CA
Just the Facts*
Get Ready
101 Cha Cha's
Three Toed Sloth >
Rounders
Trap door Spider* >
Motherbug Theme*
The Sultan
Lady Chompers
* - w/ Peter Apfelbaum (tenor sax)
Will Bernard (guitar)
Michael Bluestein (keys)
Jan Jackson (drums)
Keith McArthur (bass)
Embarcadero Center 2
San Francisco
CA
Coffeehouse (CoHo)
Stanford
CA
Adjust the Facts, Mung Beans & Rice, Trap Door Spider, 100 Cha Cha's, Baldy, Three Toed Sloth
Sultan, Medicine Hat, Rounders, Pursuit of Happiness, Motherbug*, Lady Chompers
* - w/ Watermelon Man jam, free show
CoffeeHouse (CoHo)
Stanford
CA
Adjust the Facts, Mung Beans & Rice, Trap Door Spider, 100 Cha Cha's, Baldy, Three Toed Sloth
Sultan, Medicine Hat, Rounders, Pursuit of Happiness, Motherbug*, Chompers
*w/ Watermelon Man jam, free show; Will Bernard & Motherbug: Keith McArthur (bass) Jan Jackson (drums) Michael Bluestein (keys)
Coffeehouse (CoHo)
Stanford
CA
Adjust the Facts, Mung Beans & Rice, Trap Door Spider, 100 Cha Cha's, Baldy, Three Toed Sloth
Sultan, Medicine Hat, Rounders, Pursuit of Happiness, Motherbug*, Chompers
* - w/ Watermelon Man jam, free show
Bruno's Cork Club
San Francisco
CA
Great American Music Hall
San Francisco
CA
100 Cha Cha's
Mung Beans and Rice
Sultan
Rounders
Motherbug Theme
Opening Set for Project Logic
Will Bernard - Guitar
Jan Jackson - Drums
Keith McArthur - Bass
Michael Bluestein - Keyboards
Jupiter
Berkeley
CA
Butterfly (Herbie Hancock), Cars & Shoes (The Coup)> , Jam > Jam, Red Clay (Freddie Hubbard)
Motherbug Theme -> (Will Bernard), In a Silent Way** (Miles Davis)
ME & JESUS THE PIMP IN A 79 Granada LAST NIGHT-> (The Coup), SULTAN*** (Will Bernard), THE SHIPMENT (The Coup)> Soft & Wet (Prince)-> Drum Solo^
(original artist in parenthes where known)
* - this is most likely another song by the Coup
** - this is a jam based on the groove portion
of the Miles epic, this part of the song is known as
"It's About that Time".
*** - this version only based loosely on the song's main theme
^ - stage power was cut due to the band passing curfew, leaving
Jan to finish up with a drum solo.
Jupiter
Berkeley
CA
Butterfly (Herbie Hancock)
Cars & Shoes (The Coup)
Unknown
Red Clay (Freddie Hubbard)
Motherbug Theme ->
In A Silent Way (Miles Davis)
Me & Jesus The Pimp In A 79 Granada Last Night -> (The Coup)
Sultan*
The Shipment (The Coup) ->
Soft & Wet (Prince) ->
Drum Solo^
* this version only based loosely on the song's main theme
^ stage power was cut due to the band passing curfew, leaving
Jan to finish up with a drum solo
Jupiter
Berkeley
CA
Butterfly (herbie Hancock)
Cars And Shoes (the Coup)
Unknown *
Red Clay (freddie Hubbard)
Motherbug Theme -> (will Bernard)
In A Silent Way** (miles Davis)
Me & Jesus The Pimp In A '79 Granada Last Night-> (the Coup)
Sultan*** (will Bernard)
The Shipment -> (the Coup)
Soft & Wet -> (prince)
Drum Solo^
WILL BERNARD AND OTHERBUG
Will Bernard (guitar, Roland DJ70 keyboard sampler)
Steve Hogan (electric bass)
Mike Auberg (pimped out Fender Rhodes, orchestron)
Jan Jackson (drums)
* - this is most likely another song by the Coup
** - this is a jam based on the groove portion of the Miles epic, this part of the song is known as "It's About that Time".
*** - this version only based loosely on the song's main theme
^ - stage power was cut due to the band passing curfew, leaving Jan to finish up with a drum solo.
This night was billed as "Will Bernard & Motherbug" but was more like "Will Bernard & Friends" or "Otherbug". Motherbug's regular bassist and keyboardist were both sick this night, so Will brought in two young guns -- Hogan and Auberg -- at the last minute.
This lineup had never even rehearsed together once.
However, both Will and Mike Auberg have done some recording with the Bay Area hip hop group THE COUP, hence the multitude of Coup covers. (FYI, check out Will on the Coup's "STEAL THIS ALBUM", where he is billed under the pseudonym "Bernard Williams").
This show also marked the debut of Will's short-lived foray into using a keyboard sampler on stage... he had a small Roland keyboard set up which he would occasionally tweak with samples or weird analog synth noises. It had a scratch pad too, to give a DJ effect. Unfortunately this keyboard only showed up at 3 or 4 subsequent Motherbug shows, last rearing its head in Portland OR on 3/17/01.
A final note: this is the very first show where the "OTHERBUG" nickname came about... Will joked that this lineup should be called Otherbug or Anotherbug. In 2002, Will would wind up doing a few short tours of the East Coast with a lineup he called "Otherbug" (it didn't feature any members playing on this recording however).
In case you're wondering why the sets are so short, this venue always has the band play 3 short sets, and has an early curfew.
Bruno's
San Francisco
CA
CD#1 Set I (all)1.jam>Rounders>2.Medicine Hat, 3. Motherbug Theme> 4. 100 Cha Cha's
CD#2 Set II (most) 1. Prankster>2. iDunno*> 3. Prankster, 4. Mung Beans & Rice, 5. Baldy Wonderland, 6. jam> Sultan, 7. Persuit of Happiness CD#3 1. Three Toed Sloth> 2. Lady Chompers
*-provisional title
Seven Streams of Will Bernard
Unknown
Unknown
This is a compilation disc I put together recently of some of my favorite WB jams, spliced with cross-fades into one relatively seamless, long-play headbop session. Track listing is given below.
Sources are obviously varied, but all tracks are from onstage recordings. Rig details are available for those that simply must have them.
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Track List
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1. Close Shave - Motherbug (2.17.00)
2. Shebeen Jam A > * Shebeen Jam B - Motherbug (8.17.01)
3. Jam - Sunship (12.27.02)
4. Sultan - Will Bernard 4tet (8.11.99)
5. Jam - Motherbug Odyssey (12.19.01)
6. 100 Cha Chas - Motherbug (8.16.01)
7. Soul Power Jam - Otherbug (7.20.02)
* additional crossfade splice
Thanks, of course, to Will and co., as well as all the tapers for their stellar efforts!
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Personnel:
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Track 1: Will Bernard (g), Jan Jackson (d), Keitch Macarthur (b), Michael Bluestein (k)
Track 2: see above
Track 3: Will Bernard (g), Alan Hertz (d), Robert Walter (k), Eric Levy (k), Brian Jordan (g), Liam Hanrahan (b); Fareed Haque (g)
Track 4: see Track 1, plus Josh Jones on percussion
Track 5: see Track 1, minus Jan Jackson, plus Reed Mathis (b), Brian Haas (k), Jason Smart (d)
Track 6: see Track 1
Track 7: Will Bernard (g), Joe Russo (d), Marco Benevento (k), Justin Wallace (b), Squantch (trombone), Peter Apfelbaum (sax, congas)
direct all questions, complaints, and angst to rembetis@comcast.net