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Berkeley, CA
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03/04/2000
Will Bernard 4tet
Set 1Tank Top, Trap Door Spider, Baldy Wonderland, Pursuit of Happiness, Better Get Ready

Set 2The Sultan, 100 Cha Chas, Rounders, Medicine Hat, Three-Toed Sloth, Method Madness, E: Saving Grace, Prankster >
Lady Chompers
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06/23/2000
Will Bernard 4tet
Set 1Set 1: Baldy Wonderland, Trap Door Spider, Prankster, Medicine Hat, Rock Me Baby > Sultan

Set 2Set 2: Motherbug, Rounders, Just the Facts, Three Toed Sloth > Drums > Three Toed Sloth > Close Shave Pt 1, Get Ready
Set 3Set 3: Pursuit of Happiness, 101 Cha Cha's > Fame (bowie tune) > 101 Cha Chas Cha's > Lady Chompers > Immigrant Song > Chompers, E: Tank Top
-filler: 2.25.99 (III) @ Black Cat - San Fran, CA (same source)
Sportscenter Jam > 101 Cha Cha's reprise, Trap Door Spider, Three Toed Sloth, intros,Medicine Hat (cuts)
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12/02/2000
Will Bernard & Motherbug
Set 1Butterfly (Herbie Hancock), Cars & Shoes (The Coup)> , Jam > Jam, Red Clay (Freddie Hubbard)


Set 2Motherbug Theme -> (Will Bernard), In a Silent Way** (Miles Davis)
Set 3ME & JESUS THE PIMP IN A 79 Granada LAST NIGHT-> (The Coup), SULTAN*** (Will Bernard), THE SHIPMENT (The Coup)> Soft & Wet (Prince)-> Drum Solo^
Comment(original artist in parenthes where known)
* - 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.
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12/02/2000
Will Bernard & Otherbug
Set 1Butterfly (Herbie Hancock)
Cars & Shoes (The Coup)
Unknown
Red Clay (Freddie Hubbard)
Set 2Motherbug Theme ->
In A Silent Way (Miles Davis)
Set 3Me & Jesus The Pimp In A 79 Granada Last Night -> (The Coup)
Sultan*
The Shipment (The Coup) ->
Soft & Wet (Prince) ->
Drum Solo^
Comment* 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
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12/02/2000
Will Bernard Projects
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Set 1Butterfly (herbie Hancock)
Cars And Shoes (the Coup)
Unknown *
Red Clay (freddie Hubbard)
Set 2Motherbug Theme -> (will Bernard)
In A Silent Way** (miles Davis)
Set 3Me & Jesus The Pimp In A '79 Granada Last Night-> (the Coup)
Sultan*** (will Bernard)
The Shipment -> (the Coup)
Soft & Wet -> (prince)
Drum Solo^
CommentWILL 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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12/01/2001
Will Bernard Trio
Set 1Cha Chas Jam
Trap Door Spider >
Improv #1
Set 2Improv #2 >
Sultan
Low And Behold >
Improv #3
Set 3Afro Sheen*
Rounders**
Comment* - includes drum solo, DJ breakdown and "Ripple Soul" jam
** - without DJ Turtle, includes "Within You Without You" (Beatles) tease by Will in honor of recently-passed George Harrison.
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