[atlantaprog] Re: Victor Wooten, Variety, July 16

Wheat, I saw Victor Wooten et al the previous time his band was at VP.  It was 
great, but not my cup of tea by the end of the night.  Too relentlessly funky 
for too long without a break or too flashy or something.  It was also *very* 
crowded and hot.  FWIW I prefer Victor's bass playing in his other band, Bela 
Fleck and the Flecktones (I hope Beth has heard of him in that context.)  I'm 
glad to hear they did an RTF cover and Kashmir.

I guess I was spoiled as a kid by repeatedly seeing funk bands that would rock 
out and play other styles just as well as they played funk and soul.  If I'd 
known Futureman and Steve Bailey were going to sit in with the family band, I 
would have made more effort to get there this time.

They are a fun surprise to spring on the uninitiated.  It's not what most folks 
would expect if you told them you were taking them to see a band mostly 
composed of siblings that grew up pickin'n'grinnin' together in Nashville. 
heheh.

Nick

>I have to chastise all of you for not beeing at the Victor Wooten  
>Band show at the Variety Playhouse last night.
>
>You might say, "It's funk. What's prog about that?" but you would be  
>missing the point. The musicianship was staggering. The show included  
>a guest sit-in by Steve Bailey, and a very rare reunion of all five  
>Wooten Brothers (whose history is too deep to relate here) on a  
>Return to Forever cover that I can't quite remember the name of. In  
>addition to Victor's usual band, which is stunningly tight.

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