
At a certain point in our conversation, Victor Wooten, considered by many one of the greatest bass players of all time, said he'd probably still would have been a musician, playing for free, even if hadn't a very successful career.
He was born into a musical family, the youngest of five brothers, and they told him from the start he'd be playing bass in the family band. But talk about making the most of it - winner of five Grammys, a guest faculty member at Berklee College of Music, founder of Bela Fleck and The Flecktones, running a nature camp for budding musicians and guest starring with a cavalcade of jazz stars.