Victor Wooten Age, Family, Career, Salary, and Net Worth

Who is Victor Wooten?

Victor Lemonte Wooten is an eminent American songwriter, bassist, and record producer. He has been the bassist for Bela Fleck and the Flecktones since the group’s formation in 1988 and a member of the band SMV with two other bassists, Stanely Clarke, and Marcus Miller. He recorded as the bassist for the metal band Nitro from 2017 to 2019.

Victor owns Vix Records which releases his albums. He wrote the novel The Music Lesson: A Spiritual Search for Growth Through Music. Later on February 2, 2021, he released the book’s sequel, The Spirit of Music: The Lesson Continues. He is the recipient of five Grammy Awards. Three times he won the Bass Player of the Year award from Bass Player magazine and is the first person to win the award more than once. In 2011, he was ranked No. 10 in the Top 10 Bassists of All Time by Rolling Stone magazine.
In 2018-2019, he was diagnosed with a rare neurological condition called focal dystonia in his hands and upper body. This has been limiting his ability to play in previous years but has since abated somewhat.

How Old Is Victor Wooten?

He is 58 years old as of March 2023, having been born on September 11, 1964, in Mountain Home, Idaho, U.S. Victor Wooten shares his birthdate with celebrities such as; Jc Caylen, Vivi-Anne Stein, BigNik, Tyler Hoechlin, Taraji P. Henson, and many more.

Victor Wooten Family

Who are Victor Wooten’s Parents?

He was born to Elijah Pete Wooten (Father) and Dorothy Wooten (Mother).

Does Victor Wooten have Siblings?

He is the youngest of five Wooten brothers. Thus he has four elder brothers by the names of Regi Wooten, Roy Wilfred Wooten (best known as Future Man, born in 1957, is an American musician, investor, and composer), Rudy Wooten, and Joseph Wooten (born in 1961, an American keyboardist, singer, songwriter, author, and philanthropist).

Victor Wooten Education

He received his education at Denbigh High School where he graduated in 1982.

Victor Wooten’s Marital Status

He is married to the love of his life Holly Wooten. However, when and how they met is not mentioned on the internet, and also their marriage date is not mentioned.

Victor Wooten Kids

He and his wife have four kids. His kids’ names are; Adam Wooten, Kaila Wooten, and Arianna Wooten. However, her last-born kid is not mentioned on the internet.

Victor Wooten Career

When Victor was two, his brother Regi taught him to play bass and by the age of six, he was performing with his brothers in their family band, The Wooten Brothers Band. While in high school, he and his brothers played in the country music venue at Busch Gardens theme park in Williamsburg, Virginia. In 1987, he traveled to Nashville, Tennessee to visit friends that he made at the theme park. One of his friends then introduced him to Bela Fleck with whom he has often collaborated.

In 2000, he created a music program called Bass/Nature camp that was expanded into Victor Wooten’s Centre for Music and Nature and includes all instruments. He co-leads the “Victor Wooten/Berklee Summer Bass Workshop” at Berklee College of Music in Boston. At Berklee and his own camps, he collaborates with Berklee Bass Department chair, Steve Bailey. And the two have been teaching together since the early 1990s. Victor was featured on the May/June 2014 cover of Making Music Magazine to discuss the camps.

As a solo artist, he has released 10 solo albums. Which are; A Show of Hands (Compass, 1996),
What Did He Say? (Compass, 1997),
Yin-Yang (Compass, 1999),
Live in America (Compass, 2001),
Soul Circus (Vanguard, 2005),
Palmystery (Heads Up, 2008),
The Music Lesson (Vix, 2011),
Words & Tones (Vix, 2012), Sword & Stone (Vix, 2012), and
Trypnotyx (Vix, 2017).

Victor Wooten Height and Measurements

Adding up to his well-built body is a height of 5ft 8 inches (1.73m) and a weight of 65kg (143 lbs).

Victor Wooten’s Salary and Net Worth

His salary is not mentioned on the internet and has a net worth of $5 million.

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