Victor Wooten & The Wooten Brothers

Victor Lemonte Wooten is an extraordinary human being. The youngest of five brothers, he began learning music at the age of two. By five, he was already performing as the bassist of the family group in nightclubs and theatres. At six, he toured with his brothers, opening concerts for the legendary soul artist Curtis Mayfield.

Shortly afterwards, he was affectionately dubbed the ‘8-year-old bass prodigy’. Before he had even graduated from high school, he and his brothers had shared the stage with artists such as Stephanie Mills, War, Ramsey Lewis, Frankie Beverly and Maze, Dexter Wansel and The Temptations.

But this is only the beginning of the story of this giant from Tennessee.

Now a five-time Grammy Award winner, Wooten became known on the international stage in 1990 as a founding member of the supergroup Béla Fleck and the Flecktones. While pursuing his innovative musical journey with the group, Victor also became widely known for his own solo albums, which earned Grammy Award nominations, as well as for his tours.

He has won every major bassist award, including Bass Player magazine's reader poll Bassist of the Year title three times, a unique achievement as he is the only player to have won the title more than once.

In 2011, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him among the ten greatest bassists of all time. Throughout the 1980s, the Wooten Brothers became fixtures and headline attractions at the park, taking part in shows devoted to German, Italian, country, bluegrass and Americana traditions.

In 1988, Wooten moved to Nashville.