Will Bernard
Will Bernard is a guitarist and band leader. He has led the Will Bernard Band, Will Bernard Trio, Will Bernard 4-tet, and Motherbug. Career In the 1980s Bernard was a member of the Hieroglyphics Ensemble led by Peter Apfelbaum. In the 1990s he formed the band T. J. Kirk in San Francisco with Charlie Hunter and John Schott. The band's name "James T. Kirk" was taken from James Brown, Thelonious Monk, and Rahsaan Roland Kirk. Palmetto released his debut solo album, Blue Plate Special, in 2008. He has also worked with The Coup, John Ellis, John Medeski, Stanton Moore, and Jai Uttal. Awards and honors Grammy Award nomination, If Four Was One, 1997 Discography As leader Medicine Hat (Antilles, 1998) Motherbug (Dreck to Disk, 2000) Directions to My House (Dreck to Disk, 2005) Party Hats (Palmetto, 2007) Blue Plate Special (Palmetto, 2008) Night for Day (Bju, 2008) Outdoor Living (Dreck to Disk, 2012) Just Like Downtown (Posi-Tone, 2013) Out and About (Posi-Tone, 2016) Freelance Subversives (Ropeadope, 2020) Ancient Grains (Posi-Tone, 2021) Pond Life (Posi-Tone, 2022) With T.J. Kirk T.J. Kirk (Warner Bros., 1995) If Four Was One (Warner Bros., 1996) Talking Only Makes It Worse (Ropeadope, 2003) As sideman With