Gig Alert: Bernie Worrell Benefit

Gig Alerts | Apr 4, 2016

ARTIST: Bernie Worrell
EVENT: All-Star Celebration at Webster Hall

Even though George Clinton is regarded as the godfather of funk, lots of Clinton's sound actually came courtesy of Parliament-Funkadelic Bernie Worrell. Bernie's gone on to add funk flavor to everything from Talking Heads albums to the house band in the recent Meryl Streep/Jonathan Demme film, Ricki and The Flash. Bernie recently announced that he has late-stage cancer, so tonight funk bretheren like George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Living Colour and Bill Laswell circle the wagons with friends like Demme and Streep to raise funds. 

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