6/27/16- The music world lost another icon this weekend. Funk keyboardist Bernie Worrell passed Friday after battling stage four cancer. He not only played with the legendary funk bands but toured with rock acts and more. Listen to the Tom Joyner Morning Show honor the career of Bernie Worrell.

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Bernie Worrell, an influential keyboardist who forged his sound while playing with George Clinton’s Parliament and Funkadelic bands, passed last Friday after battling stage four cancer. Mr. Worrell not only played with the legendary funk bands but toured with rock acts and more. Worrell was born April 19, 1944 in Long Branch, New Jersey. A […]

The man often referred to as ‘the Jimi Hendrix of the keyboards’ is dead. Bernie Worrell died at the age of 71 Friday. His skilled keyboard playing for Parliament-Funkadelic in the 70s and 80s influenced generations of musicians from various genres–funk, rock, hip-hop and more. His wife Judie announced on his Facebook page that Worrell […]