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Who is Victor Lemonte Wooten? "Who am I? Now, that's a good question."Victor Lemonte Wooten is a unique human being. Born the youngest of five boys, he began learning to play music at the tender age of two. He started performing in nightclubs and theaters as the bassist with the family band at age five, and at age si, was on tour with his brothers opening shows for legendary soul artist !urtis "ayfield. #oon after, he was affectionately $nown as the %&year&old Bass 'ce, and before graduating high school, he and his brothers had shared the stage with artists such as #tephanie "ills, War, (amsey Lewis, )ran$ie Beverly and "a*e, +eter Wansel, and ,he ,emptations. But, this only begins to tell the tale of this ,ennessee titan.Wooten, now a five&time -rammy winner, hit the worldwide scene in .//0 as a founding member of the super&group Bela )lec$ and the )lec$tones. !ontinuing to bla*e a musical trail with the band, Victor has also become widely $nown for his own -rammy nominated solo recordings and tours.'mong other things, he is a loving husband and father of four, a s$illed naturalist and teacher, a published author, a magician and acrobat, and has won every ma1or award given to a bass guitarist including being voted Bassist of the 2ear inBass 3layer "aga*ine4s readers poll three times 5the only person to win it more than once.6 7n 80.., (olling #tone "aga*ine voted Victor one of the ,op ,en Bassist of 'LL ,7"9."I was born at the right place and the right time to a wonderful family."Victor Lemonte Wooten was born #eptember .., ./:; to military parents on an air force base outside of Boise, 7daho. #oon after, the family pac$ed up and moved on as military families often do. 7t was during the years stationed in Hawaii that the brothers began performing as a five&piece band. With (egi on guitar, (oy on drums, (udy on sa,