Will Bernard & Motherbug  (a/k/a the 1st "Otherbug" show)
12-2-2000
@ Jupiter, Berkeley CA 
(back patio stage)

Disc 1
Set 1 All:
1.. BUTTERFLY (Herbie Hancock)
2.. CARS AND SHOES (The Coup)
3.. UNKNOWN *
4.. RED CLAY (Freddie Hubbard)

Disc 2
Set 2 All:
1.. MOTHERBUG THEME ->  (Will Bernard)
2.. IN A SILENT WAY** (Miles Davis)
Set 3 All:
3.. ME & JESUS THE PIMP IN A '79 GRANADA LAST NIGHT->  (The Coup)
4.. SULTAN***   (Will Bernard)
5.. THE SHIPMENT ->  (The Coup)
6.. SOFT & WET ->  (Prince)
7.. Drum Solo^


(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.

Will Bernard (guitar, Roland DJ70 keyboard sampler)
Steve Hogan (electric bass)
Mike Auberg (pimped out Fender Rhodes, orchestron)
Jan Jackson (drums)

recording by Darryl Snyder
onstage AKG 391's > AKG B18 power > Sony D7

transfer by Jon Weber from DAT master, April 2003
Panasonic SV3700@48K>Digidesign001>ProtoolsLE>Wav>Shn

extended show notes by Jon Weber:
This is a stellar and unspeakably good show.

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, for what is predominantly
a "dinner-eating" crowd.