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Mia Dia from Scratch for Cinco de Mayo
Mi Diaf from Scratch invites guests to revel in the vibrant spirit of Cinco de Mayo with an unforgettable fiesta at their Grapevine, Flower Mound, and Plano locations. As a destination renowned for its fusion of traditional Mexico City recipes … Continue reading
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Miriam Cocina Latina Celebrates 5 de Mayo with Mariachis and Specials
Miriam Cocina Latina, the popular eatery on Klyde Warren Park in the Dallas Arts District kicks-off summer and celebrates Cinco de Mayo all weekend long with live DJ, mariachis and food/drink specials. All weekend long, Miriam features a boozy Cinco de … Continue reading
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Taste Addison Adds New Experiences
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The Moth for Mother’s Day
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Treat Mom to Mother’s Day Brunch Buffet & Boat Bar at José
José invites moms craving their Mexican food fix to join them for Mother’s Day Brunch on Sunday, May 12. Celebrate the special woman in your life with a relaxing brunch on the patio, letting the José team do the heavy lifting for the day. … Continue reading
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- Bernie Worrell first came to prominence as a founding member and Musical Director of Parliament/Funkadelic. While this massively influential supergroup was radically altering the course of music, Bernie was radically charting the course of emerging keyboard technology during the golden age of analog synthesis. Among the key ingredients in his sonic stew were perfect pitch and a well-honed facility with the classical canon.
A child prodigy who began studying piano at the tender age of three and gave his first public performance just a year later, Worrell wrote his first concerto at age eight and performed with the Washington Symphony Orchestra at ten. His classical studies would continue throughout his adolescence, including private lessons at the Julliard School of Music, before he entered the New England Conservatory of Music. Upon leaving the Conservatory, Worrell served for several years as Musical Director for Maxine Brown before joining George Clinton's Parliament/Funkadelic crew. Worrell then proceeded to provide this freewheeling collective with a structural foundation which, while occasionally implied, was ever present. At the same time, he explored and expanded his own musical ideas in every conceivable direction with a brazenness which was both revolutionary and evolutionary. From fanciful forays on clavinet which leaped without warning from guttural gulps to squiggly squeals to liquid Minimoog bass lines which herded listeners to the dance floor, it all represented new musical language. All the while, his rapid advancements of the synthesizer's potential were actually traceable to his classical foundation.
The hits were many: "Flashlight," "Atomic Dog," "Aqua Boogie," "Cosmic Slop" and "Red Hot Mama" are only a few of the Parliament/Funkadelic classics which Worrell co-wrote, played and co-produced on literally dozens of albums -- not to mention his years of wild P-Funk performances, which quickly became the stuff of lore.
After departing Parliament/Funkadelic, Worrell resurfaced with the revamped Talking Heads lineup for several albums, including The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads, Speaking In Tongues and Jonathan Demme's dazzling concert film, Stop Making Sense. Worrell's ominous colorings, this time delivered via new digital keyboards such as the Prophet 5, were central to the recasting of group leader David Byrne's musical ideas through African rhythms.
In the years since he left Talking Heads, Worrell has been a phenomenally prolific studio musician, serving as a primary change-agent in the many experimental works of producer Bill Laswell while contributing his singular flair to projects by the likes of Keith Richards, the Pretenders, Jack Bruce, Deee-Lite and Bootsy's New Rubber Band. At the same time, he has been among the most sampled musicians ever, with Digital Underground, De La Soul, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, DMX and countless others having acknowledged his timeless grooves by building their tunes around his signature riffs.
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Bernie’s gift to his biggest fans, an all-instrumental collection of favorites from “Joyfull Process” to “Flashlight” is now available on Double-LP at your local record shop. In California If you live in the LA Area – check for “Retrospectives” at Amoeba Records, Freak Beat, and Burger Records. San Diego – check out M-Theory and Spin […]Bernie Worrell's Videos
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Wow Bernie,just listened to your tracks from straight head to funk. You haven't lost a beat....still awesome!!!
Hello Bernie, thanks for the friend connection here!!