In Memory
Transition Home to the Great Spirit
Date: June 24, 2016 - 11:54am
~ A special message from a good friend and brother ~
The following is a special montage of Bernie's music put together by a dear family friend. Enjoy.
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Niles Chandler
wrote on July 3, 2016
Bernie, rest in P for eternity. A most generous and gracious man.
GC may have been the conceptual wizard of P.Funk, but Bernie was the MUSICAL wizard, par excellence. Listen closely to the albums on headfones and find all the layers he put in there-- electric pianos, organ, melodica, grand piano, TOY piano. The long violin solo on Funkadelic's 'Adolescent Funk' is actually Bernie-- on synths!
Let's all hip the younger generations to his music so his artistry will be appreciated forever.
GC may have been the conceptual wizard of P.Funk, but Bernie was the MUSICAL wizard, par excellence. Listen closely to the albums on headfones and find all the layers he put in there-- electric pianos, organ, melodica, grand piano, TOY piano. The long violin solo on Funkadelic's 'Adolescent Funk' is actually Bernie-- on synths!
Let's all hip the younger generations to his music so his artistry will be appreciated forever.
p g whitfield
from
sunnyvale, ca
wrote on July 3, 2016
Bernie,
Loved the grove. Genius.
-pgw
Loved the grove. Genius.
-pgw
It's a real shame that one the greatest musicians this planet has ever seen died over a week ago and I just recognized that today. Where's the big outcry at the social media platforms like in case of David Bowie, Prince or Lemmy. This man was KING OF KINGS!!!
REST IN PEACE BERNIE WORRELL
(19.04.1944 - 24.06.2016)
Thanks for sharing your spirit and your funk!!!
REST IN PEACE BERNIE WORRELL
(19.04.1944 - 24.06.2016)
Thanks for sharing your spirit and your funk!!!
Funky Voltage
from
Hannover Germany
wrote on July 3, 2016
Bernie !
You and the FLASHLIGHT Bassline on a Moog !!!!
I will never forget!
Groove in Peace
You and the FLASHLIGHT Bassline on a Moog !!!!
I will never forget!
Groove in Peace
Eliot
from
Birmingham, UK
wrote on July 3, 2016
Rest in Funk, Bernie. See you on the other side.
Todd F Sawasky
from
Mebane
wrote on July 3, 2016
You will be sorely missed by all Bernie. May you keep funking it up for all eternity.
Joseph Braswell
from
San Bernardino
wrote on July 3, 2016
Thank you Mr woo r.i.p
Antony Montebello
from
Biella
wrote on July 2, 2016
Thank you for making us partakers of part of your heart
Chuck Kearns
from
Storrs, CT
wrote on July 2, 2016
Rest in Peace, Funkbrother ! Keep on playing music in the Great Beyond for all eternity !!!
Kevin Haas
from
NYC, USA
wrote on July 2, 2016
Thank you for the music Bernie!
Botaling
wrote on July 1, 2016
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Merci Mr Worrell, thank you for lettin us love synthesizers, for expanding music boundaries. Thank you for the kind words you sent to me once in an email about a funk jam I made, thank you for givin us da funk. May you Rest In Peace, and love and power to your widow. PJ
Jennifer Durki
wrote on July 1, 2016
Bernie's music and friendship has changed my life profoundly will always remember the two years I spent on tour with Bernie as the best of my life will be sorely missed always and remembered with great love and respect
LeBaronP
from
Lausanne
wrote on July 1, 2016
Welcome back to the Universe.
Philippe
from
Kyoto, Japan
wrote on July 1, 2016
Rest in peace Bernie, truly the one and only. Thank you so much for all those years of incredible music. Rock the sky and funk the heaven like only you can!
Droppin' a three hour tribute to Bernie tonight on the radio.
Rest in Peace Brother!
~Diablo
Rest in Peace Brother!
~Diablo
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Deron Isaac
from
Boston
wrote on July 1, 2016
Bernie's music gives joy and laughter to my silent witness and a voice to both my healing transcendent vibrations and my nasty funky cacophonies. His music made me aware of what I already knew in my soul and his sonic power blew the cobwebs out my mind. Blessings to all family, friends, and fans.
Sidney
from
Paris France
wrote on July 1, 2016
Bernie, i met you IN France IN 1984 with h hancock and ma y friends from material. Your Music will still stay for eternity You was à guide for all the funkateers in This worlds ! RIP Bernie. Sidney the funkyfrench
Dennis Felton
from
Tulsa
wrote on June 30, 2016
PFunk is a true American original creation that changed the world and is more than a musical genre, but a way of life. Most things build in incremental steps - but not PFunk. PFunk came out of nowhere, breaking all the rules and blowing up everything that had come before it. It also blew my mind and funked me up. I wasn't the only one. Far from it. None of this could have happened without the geniius, imagination and fearlessness of Bernie. Thank you Bernie and RIP.
Mitch Devine
from
Rancho Santa Margarita
wrote on June 30, 2016
I loved Bernie's work with both Parliament/Funkadelic and Talking Heads. And what a privilege it was to meet him in person at the NAMM show a few years ago! Rest in peace, Bernie, your memory and music live on.