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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

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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

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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.

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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. --------------- Track List --------------- 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! ---------------- Personnel: ---------------- 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

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