Ween Guitarist & Keyboardist Record Parliament Cover As Tribute To Bernie Worrell

Last month the world lost one of its greatest keyboardists when Bernie Worrell died after a battle with cancer. Many musicians were influenced by the P-Funk/Talking Heads keyboardist including Ween guitarist Mickey “Dean Ween” Melchiondo. Mickey has honored Bernie by covering a Parliament classic with his Ween band mate Glenn McClelland.

Dean Ween and Glenn McClelland recorded a cover of Parliament’s funk workout “Liquid Sunshine.” The track comes from Parliament’s 1978 album Motor Booty Affair. “A tribute to the funkiest keyboard player to ever grace this planet, or anywhere in the known universe. I’m not even sure he was from this planet actually, a once in a lifetime master along the lines of Jimi, or Ravi Shankar. This was always my favorite Bernie track—the whole Motor Booty affair record actually. I consider it his P-Funk masterpiece, the whole damn album is the best P-Funk keyboard record to my ears. Rest in P Doctor Woo. Glenn McClelland and Deaner,” reads a note from Deaner and Glenn accompanying the cover.

Check out Deaner and Glenn’s “Liquid Sunshine” cover shared under the Dean Ween Group moniker: