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The Musical World Has Lost Another Giant
Maximum respect to the life and art of Bernie Worrell and most sincere condolences to his wife, Judie, and to his close family and friends. Many know of Bernie's decades-long brilliance on electronic keyboards of all types, producing sound which both defined and altered the course of funk, soul and pop music generally. Perhaps fewer people understand how completely immersed he was in a musical world of his own creation, even when there was no keyboard instrument at hand. Some few years ago Bernie was spotted at a popular area restaurant one evening in Anaheim after a long day at the NAMM show. Anonymously seated alone at the end of bar while surrounded by a hectic cacophony of other NAMM attendees who were completely oblivious to his presence, there was Bernie, furiously fingering basslines on the bartop for half an hour while waiting for his food to arrive. The man literally lived and breathed music every moment of his life and his inspiration and example will be greatly missed by the music world at large.
bun fyah weh fyah fi bun
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Re: The Musical World Has Lost Another Giant
Holy s***, that's one hell of a band up there.
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Re: The Musical World Has Lost Another Giant
Very sad! pablomastodon: Thank you for this nice litte story about Bernie.
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