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"My mom always said the world needs more than just good musicians. She said we need good people."

Victor Lemonte Wooten  is a born bassist–literally. Born the youngest of five boys, his four older brothers knew that they would be adding Victor to the family band even before their youngest brother had arrived. Oldest brother Regi gave Victor an instrument to play once the youngest Wooten reached the tender age of two. Victor began performing in nightclubs and theaters as the bassist with the family band at age five and was on tour with his brothers opening shows for legendary soul artist Curtis Mayfield when he was only six years old. Soon after, he was affectionately known as the 8-year-old Bass Ace.

Wooten, now a five-time Grammy winner, hit the worldwide scene in 1990 as a founding member of the super-group Béla Fleck and the Flecktones. Continuing to blaze trails with his own tours and Grammy nominated records, Victor has broadened his horizons by contributing to the world in many different ways.

Currently, Victor has authored two published novels: The Music Lesson-A Spiritual Search for Growth Through Music and The Spirit of Music-The Lesson Continues. Both can be found anywhere books and audiobooks can be purchased.

Among other things, Victor L. Wooten is a loving husband and father of four. He is also a dedicated educator in both music and nature. In 2011, Rolling Stone Magazine voted Victor one of the Top Ten Bassist of ALL TIME. In 2019, The Huffington Post named Victor one of America’s “50 Iconic Black Trailblazers Who Represent Every State in America.” Wooten represented his birth state of Idaho.

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Bass Extremes Release New Album ‘S’Low Down’

Celebrates World-Renowned Bassists Victor Wooten and Steve Bailey’s 30th Anniversary As Collaborative Duo

Today, Bass Extremes — acclaimed bassists Victor Wooten and Steve Bailey —release S’Low Down , their third album and first in two decades; link/buy here .

In support of the album, and in celebration of their 30th anniversary, Bass Extremes is on the road with longtime touring mate Derico Watson locking down the trio. The national tour continues through November 20; a complete list of dates is below, and tickets are on sale here .

Leading up to the album’s release, the duo shared videos for two tracks: “ Home Bass” featuring Ron Carter, Marcus Miller, and John Patitucci; and “Just-in Time” , a massive, gnarly groove that’s a study in tone, attitude and note durations and features Tool’s Justin Chancellor.

The 10-track album features a variety of legendary musicians, including Ron Carter, Bootsy Collins, Marcus Miller, Oteil Burbridge, Justin Chancellor, Linda Oh, Edgar Meyer, John Patitucci, Billy Sheehan, Joe Dart, and more. It also includes some unexpected collaborations, including banjoist Béla Fleck on bass banjo, jazz guitarist Mike Stern on 6-string bass, Howard Levy on bass harmonica, and Jeff Coffin (Dave Matthews Band) on both bass clarinet and bass flute.

Recorded over 18 months between their Myrtle Beach, Nashville, and Boston studios, in typical Bass Extremes fashion, the music was composed with Bailey and Wooten each functioning as bassist, composer, sound engineer, and producer. The duo utilized conventional and unorthodox approaches, which included spontaneous improvisations as well as melodies and harmonies inspired from Gregg Bissonette’s solo rhythm tracks, conjured by the confidence garnered from his 30-year partnership with the duo.

A key to the record’s concept lies in the album’s title. The first of dual meanings is clear, this album is about the ‘Low Down of the bass, while the “S’Low Down” offers deeper implications. “As you get older and wiser you learn how to say more with less,” explains Wooten. “We tell our students that a lot, ‘slow down.’” Bailey concurs adding, “For most musicians, myself included, you spend the first part of your career proving what you can play and trying to innovate and get it out there. What this album typifies for me is, been there, done that. Now it’s about what’s the least amount we can bring to the music and still make it work. How we can move slower and actually go faster.”

Formed in 1992, Bass Extremes was an unprecedented morph of a musical album, instructional method, and concert video, all rolled into one. Pushing the “extremes” of what can be done on a 4-string fretted, and 6-string fretless bass, this cutting-edge project changed the trajectory of bass and its community with the idea that two bass players and a drummer IS the band.

With two ground-breaking albums— CookBook (1998) and Just Add Water (2001) – to their credit, their original Bass Extremes became one of the best-selling bass instructional products of all time that launched a cottage industry allowing the two to double as performers and educators at shows, industry events, clinics, universities, concerts worldwide, and the creation of their popular and perpetual ‘Bass Camps”, along with the innovative learning web experience, thebassvault.com . As Chair of the Bass Department (Bailey) and Performance Scholar in Residence (Wooten, they helped take Berklee College of Music to new Highs, and unprecedented Lows.

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August 26 – The Warehouse – Fairfield, CT

August 27 – Sony Hall – New York, NY

August 28 – The Egg – Lewis A. Sawyer Theatre – Albany, NY

August 30 – State Theatre of State College – State College, PA

August 31 – Center for the Arts of Homer – Homer, NY

September 1 – Sherman Theater – Stroudsburg, PA

September 2 – Flying Monkey – Plymouth, NH

September 3 – Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club – Portsmouth, NH

September 4 – Higher Ground Ballroom – South Burlington, VT

September 6 – Woodlands Tavern – Columbus, OH

September 30 – Hillberry Music Festival – Eureka Springs, AR

October 1 – The Grandel – St. Louis, MO

October 3 – Mars Music Hall – Huntsville, AL

October 4 – Miller Theater – Augusta, GA

October 5 – Ponte Verda Concert Hall – Ponte Vedra, FL

October 6 – The Key West Theater – Key West, FL

October 7 – Culture Room – Fort Lauderdale, FL

October 8 – Circle Theater – Sebring, FL

October 9 – Capitol Theatre – Clearwater, FL

October 11 – Hargray Capitol Theatre – Macon, GA

October 13 – Last Concert Café – Houston, TX

October 14 – Granada Theater – Dallas, TX

October 15 – UTOPIAfest 2022 – Burnet, TX

October 16 – House of Blues – New Orleans, LA

November 9 – City Winery – Boston, MA

November 11 – Waldo Theatre – Waldoboro, ME

November 12 – BOMBYX Center for Arts & Equity – Northampton, MA

November 17 – Armory Event Center – Fort Collins, CO

November 18 –Lulu’s Downstairs – Manitou Springs, CO

November 19 – Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom – Denver, CO

November 20 – Boulder Theater – Boulder, CO

S’Low Down Tracklisting with Special Guests

1.Ready, Set , Slow (Bootsy Collins)

2. Home Bass (Marcus Miller, Ron Carter, John Patitucci)

3.The Chrome Addict (Susan Hagen, Oteil Burbridge, Howard Levy, Béla Fleck, Jeff Coffin)

4. Mess That Up? (Matt White, Mike Stern)

5. Ping Pong (Edgar Meyer)

6. Oh Tell Billy (Linda Oh, Oteil Burbridge, Billy Sheehan)

7. Patchwork (John Patitucci)

8. Silent Night In Tunisia (John Patitucci, Joe Dart, Whit Browne, Mike Pope)

9. Just-in Time (Justin Chancellor)

10. S’Low Down

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The 10-track album, their third and first in two decades, once again expands the trio’s format, featuring an array of top bassists and musicians, including Ron Carter, Bootsy Collins, Marcus Miller, Oteil Burbridge, Justin Chancellor, Linda Oh, Edgar Meyer, John Patitucci, Billy Sheehan, Joe Dart, and more. It also includes some unexpected collaborations, including banjoist Béla Fleck on bass banjo, jazz guitarist Mike Stern on 6-string bass, Howard Levy on bass harmonica, and Jeff Coffin on both bass clarinet and bass flute.

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VICTOR WOOTEN / STEVE BAILEY BASS EXTREMES

March 4, 2022.

Doors: 7:30 PM / Show: 8:00 PM

Doors: 9:45 PM / Show: 10:00 PM

March 5, 2022

Doors: 7:00 PM / Show: 7:30 PM

Doors: 9:15 PM / Show: 9:30 PM

March 6, 2022

Doors: 6:30 PM / Show: 7:00 PM

Victor Wooten is a 5-time Grammy Award winner and a founding member of the supergroup Béla Fleck and the Flecktones. He has been called the most influential bassist of the last 2 decades and was listed as one of the Top Ten Bassists of All Time by Rolling Stone Magazine. Wooten was also the winner of Bass Player Magazine's reader poll 3 times and remains the only person to have won it more than once. Having released multiple solo recordings, he is also the author of the widely read novel The Music Lesson: A Spiritual Search for Growth Through Music.

Steve Bailey is a pioneer of the six string fretless bass whose techniques are studied around the world. Steve, an avid recording artist with two solo recordings under his belt, currently holds the position of Chair of the Bass Department at the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston. Bailey has played and recorded with Dizzy Gillespie, The Rippingtons, Jethro Tull, Paquito D’rivera, Larry Carlton, and Willie Nelson, to name just a few. Bass Player Magazine wrote: "Steve Bailey is to the 6 string fretless bass what Columbus is to America."

Together, they formed Bass Extremes in 1992, releasing their self-titled debut which remains one of the top selling musical/instructional bass products of all time. Subsequent DVD and CD releases followed as they toured the world performing clinics and concerts. They are also known and respected as the dynamic teaching duo who continue to teach together at events, colleges, and universities around the world. They were also instrumental in introducing the original "Bass Camp" idea when they ran their first Bass/Nature Camp in Tennessee in the year 2000 and Bass at the Beach in South Carolina a few years later- both intensive camps which attract students from all over the world.

Gregg Bisonette is a Sabian artist and a member of Ringo Starr’s All Star Band. He has recorded extensively for TV, films and album projects in LA as well as giving Drum clinics all over the world. He returns for his third stint as the drummer for Bass Extremes.

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The Ponte Vedra Concert Hall presents bassists Victor Wooten and Steve Bailey, as Bass Extremes on Wednesday, October 5, 2022, at 7:00 p.m. Rolling Stone Magazine...

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1050 A1A North Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32082

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The Ponte Vedra Concert Hall presents bassists Victor Wooten and Steve Bailey, as Bass Extremes on Wednesday, October 5, 2022, at 7:00 p.m.

Rolling Stone Magazine declared Victor Wooten to be one of the top ten bass guitar players of all time. He is a founding member of Béla Fleck and the Flecktones and has won 5 Grammy Awards. Steve Bailey, who plays a fretless, six-string bass, is a recording artist with two solo releases, and serves at Berklee College of Music as the Chair of the Bass Department. His skill in playing his unusual bass is studied around the world.

Wooten and Bailey formed Bass Extremes in 1992. They will be joined by drummer Derico Watson for the concert in Ponte Vedra.

Admission: Tickets range from $28.50 to $74.50. Tickets can be purchased on line or at the Amphitheater Box Office on Anastasia Island, which is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursdays and Fridays, and from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Saturdays.

When: Wednesday, October 5, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. Doors open at 6:00 p.m.

Where: The Ponte Vedra Concert Hall,1050 A1A N, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida 32082

Parking Information: Free parking will be available onsite. For events not produced by the St. Johns County Cultural Events Division, parking fees will be at the discretion of the event producer.

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ASC Presents Victor Wooten featuring Steve Bailey & Derico Watson BASS EXTREMES

Victor Wooten is a 5-time Grammy Award winner and a founding member of the supergroup Béla Fleck and the Flecktones. He has been called the most influential bassist of the last 2 decades and was listed as one of the Top Ten Bassists of All Time by Rolling Stone Magazine. Wooten was also the winner of Bass Player Magazine’s reader poll 3 times and remains the only person to have won it more than once. Having released multiple solo recordings, he is also the author of the widely read novel The Music Lesson: A Spiritual Search for Growth Through Music.

Steve Bailey is a pioneer of the six-string fretless bass whose techniques are studied around the world. Steve, an avid recording artist with two solo recordings under his belt, currently holds the position of Chair of the Bass Department at the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston. Bailey has played and recorded with Dizzy Gillespie, The Rippingtons, Jethro Tull, Paquito D’rivera, Larry Carlton, and Willie Nelson, to name just a few. Bass Player Magazine wrote: “Steve Bailey is to the 6-string fretless bass what Columbus is to America.”

Together, they formed Bass Extremes in 1992, releasing their self-titled debut which remains one of the top-selling musical/instructional bass products of all time. Subsequent DVD and CD releases followed as they toured the world performing clinics and concerts. They are also known and respected as the dynamic teaching duo who continue to teach together at events, colleges, and universities around the world. They were also instrumental in introducing the original “Bass Camp” idea when they ran their first Bass/Nature Camp in Tennessee in the year 2000 and Bass at the Beach in South Carolina a few years later- both intensive camps which attract students from all over the world.

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Victor Wooten is a 5-time Grammy Award winner and a founding member of the supergroup Béla Fleck and the Flecktones. He has been called the most influential bassist of the last 2 decades and was listed as one of the Top Ten Bassists of All Time by Rolling Stone Magazine. Wooten was also the winner of Bass Player Magazine’s reader poll 3 times and remains the only person to have won it more than once. Having released multiple solo recordings, he is also the author of the widely read novel The Music Lesson: A Spiritual Search for Growth Through Music.

Steve Bailey is a pioneer of the six string fretless bass whose techniques are studied around the world. Steve, an avid recording artist with two solo recordings under his belt, currently holds the position of Chair of the Bass Department at the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston. Bailey has played and recorded with Dizzy Gillespie, The Rippingtons, Jethro Tull, Paquito D’rivera, Larry Carlton, and Willie Nelson, to name just a few. Bass Player Magazine wrote: “Steve Bailey is to the 6 string fretless bass what Columbus is to America.”

Together, they formed Bass Extremes in 1992, releasing their self-titled debut which remains one of the top selling musical/instructional bass products of all time. Subsequent DVD and CD releases followed as they toured the world performing clinics and concerts. They are also known and respected as the dynamic teaching duo who continue to teach together at events, colleges, and universities around the world. They were also instrumental in introducing the original “Bass Camp” idea when they ran their first Bass/Nature Camp in Tennessee in the year 2000 and Bass at the Beach in South Carolina a few years later- both intensive camps which attract students from all over the world.

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Victor Wooten to Join Cory Wong on “Power Station” Tour

Victor Wooten is gearing up for a run of Bass Extremes tour dates with Steve Bailey and Derico Watson this month, but he’s also just dropped another big announcement.

“We can’t keep it quiet any longer! I am honored and excited to be heading out on the road with Cory Wong on his Power Station Tour!” he wrote on Facebook .

Wooten was featured on the song “Direct Flyte” from Power Station , with Sonny T. handling the rest of the bass duties. Similarly, the former Prince bassist will be holding down the low end on the fall tour dates, which will feature guest mandolinist Sierra Hull.

Wooten will join Wong for a string of dates from February to March that will focus on the Midwest and East Coast. Things kick off February 16th at The Pageant in St. Louis, Missouri and will go as far south as Atlanta, Georgia and as north as Portland, Maine. Things wrap up on March 4th in St. Paul, Minnesota.

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# w/Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats

† THE POWER STATION TOUR Featuring Sierra Hull and Robbie Wulfsohn (of Ripe)

^ THE POWER STATION TOUR Featuring Victor Wooten and Special Guests Trousdale

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