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Will Bernard and Motherbug
2001-01-13
Palookaville - Santa Cruz, CA

Will Bernard (guitar)
Michael Bluestein (keys)
Jan Jackson (drums)
Keith McArthur (bass)

Source: SBD > 7-pin digi custome cable > Sony D-7

Transfer: Sony D7 (DAT Master) > 7-pin digi out custome cable > Marantz CDR630 (spdif in) > CDR > EAC > WAV > MKW > SHN

One Set

Disc 1:

1.  Prankster 
2.  jam > 
3.  Rounders 
4.  100 Cha Chas 
5.  Mung Beans & Rice
 

Disc 2:

1.  Baldy Wonderland >  
2.  G. Lush* > 
3.  Three Toed Sloth** 
4.  Motherbug Theme

* - provisional title, only second time played
** - w/ many James Brown teases and reggae breakdown jam teases and reggae breakdown jam 

Will Bernard & Motherbug
2-2-2001 @ Bruno's, San Francisco, CA

disc 1 = set 1 all

1.. intro/crowd
2.. Mung Beans and Rice
3.. Baldy Wonderland
4.. 100 Cha Chas
5.. Rounders
6.. Motherbug Theme


disc 2 = set 2 all

1.. Prankster ->
2.. Ripple Sole
3.. Elements of Style ->
4.. Three Toed Sloth
5.. Pursuit of Happiness
6.. Tank Top
7.. Trap Door Spider ->
8.. Lady Chompers

recorded by Darryl Snyder 
onstage AKG 391's xy > AKG B18 > Sony D7

transfer by Jon Weber
(Master DAT)>Sony R500>HHB 800>CDR>EAC>FLAC16

there is <1 sec. cable-jostling static at the beginning of set 2 (D2T1), just before the music starts.  the master dat is no longer available so it's the best we've got. sorry i didn't notice it before finalizing the flacs, probably could've just faded in. -JW

Will Bernard (electric guitar)
Michael Bluestein (organ, rhodes, nord lead2)
Keith McArthur (electric bass)
Jan Jackson (drums)

www.willbernard.com
www.michaelbluestein.com

Will Bernard & Motherbug
March 17, 2001
Mount Tabor Pub
Portland, OR

onstage Schoeps MK4's [ORTF] > VMS > SBM1 > DAP1
	
	-> mixdown 2/27/2003 <-


1.. Ripple Sole >		16:11
2.. Avatar >			11:40
3.. Sultan			09:22
4.. Pursuit of Happiness	06:27
5.. Three Toed Sloth		11:10
6.. 100 Cha Chas		16:12
7.. Lady Chompers		07:53
				_____

	- total -		78:57


Will Bernard (guitar, sampler keyboard*)
Michael Bluestein (keyboards)
Jan Jackson (drums)
Keith McArthur (bass)

* - Roland DJ-70 synthesizer and DJ Sampling device...
played only at a rare few shows between 12/00 and 3/01
...disappeared completely after this show. 



Will Bernard Trio @ Gordon's House of Fine Eats
June 15, 2001
San Francisco, CA


Will Bernard (guitar)
Jim Kassis (drums)
Nick Cudahy (upright bass)

2 discs audio

Set One all :

d1t1.. Alone Together [Dizzy Gillespie]
d1t2.. Off Minor [Thelonius Monk]
d1t3.. Goodbye Porkpie Hat [Charles Mingus]
d1t4.. Zona Rosa
d1t5.. Poincianna [Glenn Miller]
d1t6.. Back at the Chicken Shack [Jimmy Smith]

Set Two all :

d1t7.. intro
d1t8.. Not Necessarily Beautiful But Stoned* [Will Bernard]
d1t9.. From Russia With Love
d2t1.. Seven Steps to Heaven [Miles Davis]
d2t2.. Don't Talk
d2t3.. Bryant's Bounce [Speedy West]
d2t4.. Girl [Lennon/McCartney]

Set Three all :
d2t5.. Agua di Beber [A.C. Jobim]
d2t6.. Angel [Jimi Hendrix]
d2t7.. Not Necessarily Beautiful But Stoned (Reprise) [Will Bernard]

* - first time played.. it appeared that Will composed it at setbreak (writing it out on staff paper during dinner).

recorded by Jon Weber
onstage Sonic Studio DSM6's (pseudo-ortf) > D7, ~5 feet from Will's amp

recording note
The band was playing on a cramped elevated platform above a stairway to the 2nd level of the restaurant.  I taped the SS capsules in pseudo-ortf fashion to the railing  directly in front of Will's amp @ amp level, which was centered between the bassist (left) and drummer (right).  

FLAC Transfer by Jon Weber april 2004 - master dat no longer available hence EAC step
"master" cdrs > eac (secure/offset) > wav > Flac



Motherbug
Shebeen
San Francisco, CA
08-17-01 

Source: Schoeps CCM4s ORTF>Lunatec V2>Sonic AD2K+ (24/44.1)Digigram VXPocket>Sony Vaio HD using SoundForge 5.0

Transfer: Wavelab 4.0 (normalized with Waves L2, dithered to 16-bit using Apogee UV22HR)>CDWav>Flac Frontend>.flac (no DAE)
Recorded, transferred and seeded by Steve Brown

Disc 1:
01. Tuning		 2:01.87
02. Medicine Hat>	 7:57.00
03. Shebeen Jam #1	25:02.29
04. Elements Of Style	 8:48.59
05. Brand New Afro	10:52.63
Total time: 54:42.37

Disc 2:
01. Shebeen Jam #2>	12:17.99
02. Three Toed Sloth>	 7:31.53
03. Drums>		 1:40.00
04. Avatar		 9:36.11
05. Prankster (bridge)	 0:31.53
06. Ripple Sole		16:56.49
07. Mung Beans & Rice	13:55.97
Total time: 62:29.63


For the details on FLAC and the software needed to decompress these files go to:
http://wiki.etree.org/index.php?page=FLAC
 


Will Bernard Trio
August 21, 2001
@ Shebeen Buzz Nine,
San Francisco, CA

======================================
Will Bernard (guitar; piano on D2T2, see notes)
Ches Smith (drums)
Keith McArthur (electric bass)
=======================================

DISC ONE (Set 1 All + Encore)

1.. Improv One			(08:23)
2.. Afro Sheen			(12:17)
3.. Apfelbaum Tune^ >		(05:07)
4.. Sultan			(14:51)
5.. Pursuit of Happiness#	(10:55)
6.. (encore): Elements of Style*(09.01)

# - w/ "3rd Stone from the Sun" tease ending
* - w/ "Tequila" jam


DISC TWO (Set 2 All)
	
1.. Intro			(00:30)
2.. Improv Two**		(24:51)
3.. Ripple Sole			(20:46)
4.. I Don't Live Today^^	(16:50)
5.. Money, Money, Money^^	(05.18)
6.. Hey Good Lookin'^^		(04:52)

encore is on disc 1


^ - Will commonly precedes "Sultan" with this jam based on a
Peter Apfelbaum composition; just not sure of the name.

** - Will had amp problems at the beginning of the 2nd set; there
was some intermittent crunchiness.  At one point (around 18 min),
in protest he put down his guitar and sat down at the upright piano
that was sitting unused in the corner.  Although the piano wasn't
mic'ed in the PA system, you can still hear a lot of the keyboard
action from this onstage recording.

^^ - Extremely loose improv's based on these classic rock/traditional
themes (I Don't Live Today is by Jimi Hendrix, unsure of others).


 onstage Schoeps CCM4's ORTF > V2 > AD2K+ > DAP1 > D7 by Steve Brown
transfer by Jon Weber Panasonic SV3700>spdif out>Digi001>Protools LE>WAV>Shorten>SHN

Will Bernard & Motherbug
October 5, 2001 @ the Fillmore
San Francisco, CA

one set (all) - opening set for Charlie Hunter Quartet

1.. intro / Prankster >
2.. Ripple Soul
3.. Rounders
4.. Elements of Style
5.. Sultan
6.. Mung Beans and Rice*
7.. Afro Sheen**


* - w/ John Ellis on tenor sax
** - w/ Chris Lovejoy on percussion and Charlie Hunter on pandero tambourine


Will Bernard (guitar)
Keith McArthur (bass)
Michael Bluestein (keys)
Jan Jackson (drums)


www.willbernard.com


recording by Darryl Snyder
source : AKG 391's > Sony D7, from taper section next to sbd

transfer by Jon Weber
cd's from Darryl > EAC > wav > flac





Will Bernard & Motherbug
11-16-2001
@ Bruno's, San Francisco, CA

recorded by Steve Brown
source : onstage Schoeps CCM4's (ortf) > V2 > AD2K+ > Vaio (@ 48K)
transfer by Jon Weber
source : CDR from SB > EAC (secure/offset) > WAV > FLAC16

	
Disc 1=Set 1 all 		(58:18)

d1t1.. Rounders			10:48
d1t2.. Close Shave		15:54
d1t3.. Mung Beans and Rice	11:30
d1t4.. Elements of Style >	08:44
d1t5.. Motherbug Theme 		11:20

Disc 2=Set 2 start 		(48:20)

d2t1.. Afro Sheen*		16:08
d2t2.. Sultan			11:10
d2t3.. Brand New Mullett^ >	07:37
d2t4.. Three Toed Sloth	>	06:18
d2t5.. Pursuit of Happiness	07:06

Disc 3=Set 2 end/encore 	(49:47)

d3t1.. Ripple Soul*		11:14
d3t2.. Fried Banana Leaves*^	08:24
d3t3.. 100 Cha Chas*		21:39
encore
d3t4.. Low and Behold >			04:59
d3t5.. I'll Be Loving You Always^#	03:30

--> filler included with original FLAC bt seed :
d3t6.. Interview w/ Will (12/14/01 KUSF Radio, SF -- FM>CDR source)

Will Bernard (electric guitar)
Keith McArthur (electric bass)
Jan Jackson (drums)
Michael Bluestein (organ, rhodes, nord lead2)


* - w/ Avi Bortnick (John Scofield Band) on electric guitar [far right in stereo field]
^ - first time played
# - Stevie Wonder tune

100 Cha Chas features an extended intro with blues riffing from Will.

"Mullett" and "F.B. Leaves" are provisional titles voted on by the motherbug discussion list, since Will never got around to naming them -- they were basically riffed that never evolved into proper songs -- and they sort of died out of the rotation within a few months.  It is possible they could return with a new name at some point in the future...Will is notoriously fickle with his song title-ing and shelving.

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Will Bernard & Motherbug
December 14, 2001 @ Cafe Cocomo,
San Francisco, CA


one set (all):

1.. band intro > 
2.. Motherbug Theme
3.. Rounders
4.. Low and Behold >
5.. Ripple Soul
6.. Sultan
7.. Elements of Style
8.. Afro Sheen
9.. Mung Beans and Rice
10. outro > --Brass Monkey Band invades crowd--


opening set for Fred Wesley/Melvin Sparks & the Wizards of Jazz


Will Bernard (Guitar)
Michael Bluestein (Organ, Synthesizer)
Keith McArthur (Bass, "Hype Man")
Jan Jackson (Drums)



recording source : DSBD
transfer from cdr via EAC





SHNID	Artist	Date	Venue	City	State
68198	Will Bernard & Motherbug	2001-01-13	Palookaville	Santa Cruz	CA
SBD > 7-pin digi custome cable > Sony D-7 > Sony D7 (DAT Master) > 7-pin digi out custome cable > Marantz CDR630 (spdif in) > CDR > EAC > WAV > MKW > SHN
68206	Will Bernard & Motherbug	2001-02-02	Bruno's	San Francisco	CA
{onstage} AKG 391's (XY) > AKG B18 > Sony D7 > Sony R500 (master) > HHB 800 > CDR > EAC > FLAC16
43156	Will Bernard & Motherbug	2001-03-17	Mount Tabor Pub	Portland	OR
onstage Schoeps MK4's [ORTF] > VMS > SBM1 > DAP1
68221	Will Bernard Projects	2001-06-15	Gordon's House of Fine Eats	San Francisco	CA
onstageSonic Studio DSM6's (pseudo-ortf) > D7, ~5 feet from Will's amp > "master" cdrs > eac (secure/offset) > wav > Flac
68216	Will Bernard & Motherbug	2001-08-17	Shebeen	San Francisco	CA
Schoeps CCM4s ORTF>Lunatec V2>Sonic AD2K+ (24/44.1)Digigram VXPocket>Sony Vaio HD using SoundForge 5.0 > Wavelab 4.0 (normalized with Waves L2, dithered to 16-bit using Apogee UV22HR)>CDWav>Flac Frontend>.flac (no DAE)
68218	Will Bernard Projects	2001-08-21	Shebeen Buzz Nine	San Francisco	CA
{onstage} Schoeps CCM4's ORTF > V2 > AD2K+ > DAP1 > D7 > Panasonic SV3700 > spdif out > Digi001 > Protools LE > WAV > SHN
68213	Will Bernard & Motherbug	2001-10-05	The Fillmore	San Francisco	CA
Source : AKG 391's > Sony D7, from taper section next to sbd > cd's from darryl > eac (secure and offset) > wav > flac
68207	Will Bernard & Motherbug	2001-11-16	Bruno's Cork Lounge	San Francisco	CA
onstage Schoeps CCM4's (ortf) > V2 > AD2K+ > Vaio (@ 48K) > CDR from SB > EAC (secure/offset) > WAV > FLAC16
68212	Will Bernard & Motherbug	2001-12-14	Cafe Cocomo	San Francisco	CA
DSBD > CD's > EAC secure/offset > WAV > FLAC

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