Victor Wooten and Jeff Coffin trading lines on Big Country from this concert are some of my favourite notes ever played

@Guitargate

3 жыл бұрын

Mmmmm gurl. U should come on and share your other favs

@1010543mf

3 жыл бұрын

For real

@ticidici

3 жыл бұрын

Completely bonkers. How they switch who starts the phrases, how they begin at different parts of the bar and interweave what they're playing, going up until the "continuum" climax. It's like the best part of the record, which is amazing on it's own.

@TheMoose5

3 жыл бұрын

I used to play that over and over and over after I first listened to it. For some reason I always thought that at my funeral I want this to be played lol

@KhalilImani

3 жыл бұрын

Totally. I stoked from the very first time watching it, listening it hundred of times, and still kinda felt sentimental to their trading lines. In fact I teared sometimes thanks to the beauty of the trades.

I often trick myself into thinking that it's weird to enjoy music in such an unadulterated, passionate way. Guys like Cory Wong help remind me that it's totally cool.

@Guitargate

3 жыл бұрын

Totally cool

@peterlance2344

3 жыл бұрын

I like how you put that. Very true. I often feel like an oddball for how excited I get at some music, this Wooten solo among them. Seeing how unashamedly excited Cory Wong gets is inspiring.

@brandonhogsten4826

3 жыл бұрын

Its true! Have you ever had an interest that other friends dont share and you finally meet someone that shares it and you are so happy to have someone to geek out with about it? Cory is so completely in love with it. It brightens my otherwise dim life to live vicariously through someone that gets to do what they absolutely love for a living and because they love it at the same time.

@RobFeldkamp

2 жыл бұрын

yeah :) now that you put it like that.... That petar guy, Jack stratton, Joe Dart..... it all just oozes masses of FUN.

@johnalvarez3604

Жыл бұрын

who cares if its "weird" or not, enjoy it man!! there are plenty of people out there who appreciate true musicianship like yourself, dont forget that

I had the opportunity to see the Flecktones at the Indiana Roof Ballroom a few times in the late-90s. During one show, Victor broke a string at the start of his solo. Mid-solo, asked a roadie to bring his backup to the stage. It was plugged in and out on a stand while…all while he kept his solo going on three strings. Integrated into the solo, he started tuning the fresh bass and ultimately switched instruments while maintaining the groove. When he finished the whole audience erupted in awe and appreciation of what we just saw and heard. It was the most incredible thing I have seen at a concert.

@skahler

3 ай бұрын

Dude that's so sick

Such nice guys... Cory loved Victor and today victor posted: “Thank you Cory Wong and Michael Palmisano. You’re very kind. Cory, thank you for taking the baton and running with it. You’re the leader now. Much love.”

@Guitargate

3 жыл бұрын

Boom. Love you for sharing this brother :)

@omko73

Жыл бұрын

Wow

@joaodibilo

Жыл бұрын

Lá ele

And now Cory and Victor are touring together! How far have things come

Vic gratuitously signed the bass I built from scratch with my dad. It’s my most prized possession because my dad built it and my dad is my hero. But it sure doesn’t hurt that my musical hero signed it too :)

@zatoichiMiyamoto

3 жыл бұрын

As meaningful as Amazing grace, composed by an ex-slavist, that figured out that slavery was wrong during his slave trade journeys.

@ruslankazimov622

2 жыл бұрын

@@zatoichiMiyamoto Slavist sounds someone who knows a lot of about slavic politics / culture.

@hughneutron5303

Жыл бұрын

that thing better be in a bullet proof display case. cherish it. it's got a bit of mojo from 2 of the most important men in your life!

5:57 he slides a harmonic. This has blown my mind for over a decade

@solkvist8668

3 жыл бұрын

If you haven’t tried it, it’s basically doing the harmonic and immediately pushing down softly and dragging whichever way you want to do it. Works much better on heavier strings, such as basses. Super fun to try to implement somewhere though

@MikeKobb

3 жыл бұрын

Check out “Red Right Returning” by Michael Manring. You won’t be sorry.

@mattrobinson4341

3 жыл бұрын

When I first saw it back in my college days I think I played that bit back about 50 times in a row. So good.

@aaronperelmuter8433

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly what is so incredible about sliding a harmonic? It isn’t as if it’s at all technically difficult, original or hard to execute. In fact, it doesn’t actually work or sound correctly due to the frets on Victor’s bass; on a fretless instrument, whether it be a bass guitar, upright string bass, violin, or whatever, the harmonic can only be slid and sounded correctly on a fretless instrument. Classical musicians have been doing it for literally hundreds of years and jazz bassists for at least 50+ years. Just my 2c worth 😊.

@KasbashPlays

2 жыл бұрын

@@aaronperelmuter8433 it sounds cool when Victor does it though. 🤷🏾‍♂️

I JUST saw your video! Vic, Jeff Coffin, Roy Wooten (Futureman) and are friends of mine for over 30 years. I KNOW that you guys think that Vic worked this out for years to do this. But, he can improvise this stuff!!! He used to do 3 hour SOLO BASS gigs at The Slice Of Life, an organic restaurant in Nashville. 3 HOURS!!! And, he was just creating things like this on the fly! Vic, Jeff & Roy are ALL astounding musicians and I'm so honored to be friends with them.

Wow. To see Cory Wong geek out on Victor Wooten's bass playing is awesome, considering how the rest of us geek out on Cory's playing. I used to see the Wooten Brothers play here in Nashville. Victor, Reggie, Joseph and sometimes Bela would join them. Some of the most amazing musicianship, technical playing, fun, and believe it or not, audience interaction. I cannot imagine growing up in that house with all this musical talent.

@davewroberts

3 жыл бұрын

I got to see the Wooten Bros once in Fayetteville, AR...so memorable and fun!! You can't hold no groove if you ain't got no pocket! And JD Blair on that tiny kit was always great!

Cory Wong is the only person I’ve ever seen that acts the way I do when showing someone music.

Two of my favourite guitar/music people react to another favourite! Why did I not find this until now?

Had the honor of seeing Bela Fleck and the Flecktones at the Phillips Center somewhere between 2002-2004. Life changing is right! I was blown away.

I got a dvd copy of that concert from my bass teacher 15 years ago. My mind was BLOWN and i don’t know how many times i’ve watched it but 100 isn’t enough.

This is the EXACT same performance that changed my life too and put me on the road to becoming a bass player.

@brentstutzman

3 жыл бұрын

Same, like Cory, I probably watched the entire show a hundred times. The fact that a dude was soloing on an English horn blew my mind.

@andricvira8982

2 жыл бұрын

Same here...it's because of this performance that got me into playing bass until today.

That solo is legendary.

All we need to know...."Dude,....Dude....yeah, Dude!" Was fortunate enough to grow up and be around these guys, all the Wooten Brothers in High School. Amazing, Humble humans.

@alanwatson3367

2 жыл бұрын

Newport News

💯 Victor Wooten is one of the sweetest people one can ever meet.

victa is not only musician... he have an ORA and magical things.

Victor is a legend. If you don't see him live and in person, I'm super sorry. It is an amazing experience. Also, if you've not see Bela Fleck, with or without Victor, do nothing other than make that your number one priority to see them. Future Man, Bela, Victor. My brother got his bass signed by Victor himself. A treasure. They typically play small venues that make every note more personal than in a large arena. I can't even begin.

@mrwitt121

3 жыл бұрын

I had the pleasure to see chick corea and bela fleck playing in duo, magical

@theglue2849

3 жыл бұрын

@@mrwitt121 WOW, that must've been amazing!

@alanthorpe2022

3 жыл бұрын

@@mrwitt121 : Me too - at The Barbican Centre, London, in 2009 - and 'magical' is a pretty fair assessment. On banjo (and guitar), Bela is a magician.

@KasbashPlays

2 жыл бұрын

Had the rare honour of Victor actually giving us a proper clinic when he came down to play with Prasanna (another master guitarist in his own right). This was in 2010. I carry those lessons with me to this day.

Lost count of how many times I've listened to this and now seen it and I still don't know what's going on. Victor is one of my heroes too.

Got to play with Victor Wooten for a few days down in tennessee back in high school. One of the best experiences of my life

everyone who plays bass on earth had watched this video at least once in their life and I don't know Cory is such a really chill guy

I was 17 when I saw this video for the first time. I picked up a bass for the first time an hr later. Never put it down since...

That "high harmonic" at 6:20 was actually a tap-on with his right hand. He talks about it in his clinics, referring to it as a misdirection. You're looking at his left hand, but his right is doing the work.

@efecan311

Жыл бұрын

thank you. always thought that was the case too.

They play so I can enjoy their divine gift.

Thanks for sharing 🙏

Victor is the best bassist on planet earth in my opinion. The guy is friggin unreal

Man this video. When I was in high school our band director was a huge Flecktones fan and we all got kinda into them. He showed us bootleg shows and we listened to albums all the time. Some kids would talk and discuss the music we were hearing. The first time he brought this live show vhs in and we watched he paused it as this was about to happen he said “guys I want you to pay attention and actually listen to this. I don’t mind you talking but please don’t for this song” we all sat in awe and from then on out we’d request this live show all the time and he never had to ask us to be quiet again. Every single time without fail the whole room would gather and just listen. I love this video and I’m so happy others are getting to see if they’ve not seen it.

Fast forward a year and I'm seeing Cory Wong and Victor Wooten together in Detroit Mar 1. I CANNOT BE MORE EXCITED

I saw the Flecktones in Boston a few days before they recorded Live at the Quick.. that tour was magical. All the stars were aligned. Got a picture with Vic. He was so chill!

Cory i'm the same as you. I watched it everyday minimum twice a day. Love it.

Victor Wooten is a genius and a gentleman. Thanks fellas! 😃

I watched him live at Hal&Mals in Jackson,Ms way back in the day. It was him and his brother..I remember him doing "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" on the Bass. I accidentally opened a door into another room before the show and Vic was there with 3 other people and they all looked at me and I looked at them and said sorry and left.

That last moment he crushed so beautifully. 😁

I own a video on VHS named after one of the earlier CDs called “Flight of the Cosmic Hippo”. It is about the Flecktones and how they came to be, before they even really came to be. Those were the years with Howard Levy and them traveling around on a tour bus from show to show, visiting schools, and all their fun antics together. I went to a show a couple years ago with the original group playing, and as always they stuck around after the concert to talk to all of us who knew they would come out to say hello. They barely remembered doing this VHS video. I was maybe 21 years old at the time, and I would play it over and over every night sitting in complete awe. None of them have changed over the years, they are all still humble, fun, and inventive. And the fact that they hang around each night after the show to talk to the people who support them speaks of their character. This band changed the way I listen to music and who I respect in the music industry. Victor is a huge hero of mine, he drew me towards this unique music and changed everything for me... The ultimate accomplishment of being a musician

Victor Wooten is one of those "he must be an alien" dudes. He really just feels like his mind and body absorbs his instrument. One of the true all time greats.

That is a true spiritual experience.

That video of Victor got me into bass

Wild seeing this two years later, when Vic was just part of Cory's band during his recent tour. "Meeting your heroes", indeed. 😃 Also, I was at that DMB show in Chicago that Cory references. Vic coming out as a special guest was such a total surprise, and I'm so glad the recording was later released so that I could hear that performance.

Cory: Dood! Michael: Doooooood Michael: cmon ... dooood Michael: dude!! Cory: dude! 😂😂 Me: doooooooooooood!!!!

@Keegan3005

2 жыл бұрын

HOT! I repeat, HOT!

Late to the party here, but what you said about being excited to meet Vic just to say thank you is how i feel with Tony Levin. The number of times as a kid that i heard some cool thing on a song that made me think "ooo what kind of guitar was THAT?" I was a kid, i didnt know what a bass was, it was all just guitar. But those songs that stood and made me pay attention and discover "the bass" as an instrument...years later, once i started playing, i realized 90% of those were all Tony Levin. Ugh ❤❤

I'm a 44 yo guitarist and my first time seeing Bela Fleck live was as a teenager with my cousin (who loves bass) back in the mid 90's at a Jazz concert. Me and my cousin were probably 14 or 15 at the time. We wore all black clothes with Metallica t-shirts and were around a crowd of people with dress shirts and slacks while sipping champagne out of plastic glasses. The dudes next to us asked...."Do you guys know where you're at?" Like we were out of place or lost lol. We said, "Yeah, we're here to watch Bela Fleck and Victor Wooten." They said "Who is that?" lmao! After that we smiled and said "Just Watch".......After Victor played this exact solo, they turned and looked at us, not even really understanding what just happened,....We just kind of laughed and said "We told you" :)

I remember the day when I got the DVD "Live at the Quick". Invited some music-friends. Will never forget this.

This makes me love Cory even more. Live at the Quick is in my top 3 all time albums. All the musicians in that band are A1. If you've never listened to the Flecktones do yourself a favor and take in the whole discography.

@jada90

3 жыл бұрын

Seeing them in concert is a religious experience. They're the best band in existence.

Dude nothing got me more pumped than coreys reaction to this. I'm alone cheering in my apt

I think that video of Victor was one of the first videos i ever watched about bass on youtube. such an epic jam.

THESE TWO TOGETHER!!!

Bass Day 98!!!!!!!! You know whats up bro. The Bass Day series was insane. And all of the players from that era are dope AF.

Completely agree. Absolute brilliance.

There was a special on PBS, the Aces of Bass. Introduced me to Ray Brown, Edgar Meyer, and Victor Wooten. Blew my mind and opened my eyes and ears. Just monsters of their craft.

You can absolutely track the musical influence from Bela Fleck + the Flecktones to Vulfpeck. And the throughline? It's SOUL baby!!

Victor Wooten is one of my heroes too.

Cory knows all the best people, and it makes total sense to find him here. My friends and I have obsessed over that video for 10 years, and it never gets old.

Met Victor Wooten after a Flecktones show a few years back, he's the nicest guy. He talked about his philosophy on music, asked us questions, and introduced his family. All in the parking lot outside the venue.

@hamsandwichson

3 жыл бұрын

Saw them a few times. Bela and the whole band were so nice and gave time to anyone who wanted to meet them after the show!

@icultivatebooks

3 жыл бұрын

I had a very similar experience after a free show they did up in my home town, him and future man are awesome too hang with!

@MarkLindell

3 жыл бұрын

Back in 93 or so we hung out after a Flecktones concert and our kids all played together while we chatted about music. Vic is one very nice person and so down to earth.

I've had the privilege of seeing Victor with the Flecktones many times, and with his Soul Circus band a couple of times. He is always amazing. What I want to know is, when are we going to see a Wong/Wooten/Larnell Lewis trio jamming? This needs to happen!

Dude I get chills every time watch that vid

Oh! Oh! Oh! YES! Live at the Quick! Mind melted the first time I watched it. (Damn. Two years old. Oh well, just popped up.) Saw the "original" line up live in Salina at Stiefel Theatre (small venue). Just joy.

i can't listen to that piece without being completely transcended by the end of it. i think he channeled special and i feel the world is lucky to have captured it for replay. i know i am indelibly grateful for this very performance and have continued to return to it (and shed meaningful tears by its affect) for what must now be most of my life.

Unbelievable!!!!

The first track of this DVD resumes why this is the best concert ever. Great music, Coffin playing two saxs...

What makes me even happier watching this is that I was just like Cory Wong is here when I was watching that same video as a teenager and learning bass. And now I get to geek out on Cory and Wooten.

First time I heard this was from the DVD. I had walked into the kitchen - out of sight if the TV - to make breakfast. In my head I visualized two people playing Amazing Grace. Walked back to the TV and saw only Victor. Completely blew my mind. But the best thing about it is that it's not just some sleight-of-hand that you watch just for the "amazement" factor, it's real music .

Vic's exchange with Jeff during Big Country is also a magical moment from this show. Mind blowing! I also HIGHLY recommend to any bassist or musician out there to go to WOOTEN WOODS, I spent the best 6 days of my life at Vic's camp. Bless y'all!

Saw Cory/Victor at the Beacon last night, just so absolutely good. Which brought me here, love love love this exchange - thanks Michael, hope you're keeping well!

Bela Fleck and the Flecktones are a pure musical joy and Live at the Quick really showcases this. Vic's solo is but one of many high points. In fact, if you ask me, the whole damn thing is a high point.

I discovered Wooten when I was first learning bass in high school in the early 2000s. This guy changed how I saw myself as a bassist. I didn't have to just hold down a rhythm (I did for 99% of the stuff I played), I learned a lot from Wooten.

Had the CD and the DVD back in the day. Wore em out. I was in college. Music major on saxophone. And Jeff Coffin came and did a clinic one year. It was awesome. Then a few years later, I bumped into Coffin outside a Susan Tedeschi show. I live in TN, so it's not unheard of to run into a Flecktone. I also saw Sinbad do stand up once and Victor Wooten was also in the audience.

it gives me chills everytime...since 2005!!!

I remember being absolutely floored when I first saw this year's ago. So good

Caught these guys in 1989 the night before their first show. The next night they played the Lonesome Special in Louisville, Ky. It was something totally new even though it was old. Also too,, catch the second appearance two years later with Bradford Marsellus Man those Hippos sure could kick it!!!

Wow, i discovered flecktones, this channel, and now recently vulfpeck all individually. Was actually thinking how vulf reminded me of flecktones and then this video pops up on my front page and puts it all together. Freaking beautiful xD

So cool to see this vid, reaction, and story from Cory about this. I've got a similar story: I went to a Flecktones live show at the Seattle Zoo during this era. It was life changing. Bela solo'd over a Bach etude while walking through the crowd that was sitting on the grass. Futch did his thing and I watched and watched him and I STILL don't understand how the drumitar works. And during Vic's solo, he down-tuned all his strings until they were slack and then basically did a percussion solo on his slack strings and then slowly tuned them back up through different modes until the rest of the Flecktones came back in...and he was RIGHT in tune! It was insane! Those guys are nuts!

I consider myself lucky to have gotten to shake Vic's hand a few times in my life. Got to see the Flecktones in my hometown (Fairbanks, Alaska) Live at the Quick was life changing for me too. I've definitely watched it 500 times. VW is THE MAN. #notallheroswearcapes #bassisnotafish

I love how Cory went from simping for victor, to having him on his show, to now touring with him (just saw them this week, best live show ever)

That bass solo was absolutely unreal. Never heard anything like it.

I saw BF and the Fs at the Quick Center for the Performing Arts with Howard Levy on harp. There was so much musicianship happening that my ears and brain exploded. That was around 1994 or 95.

They took down the original video 😭 I hope someone reuploads it for now I have this which is nice seeing other people nerd out to Victor Wooten jamming 😂

Saw the Flecktones back in the 90's at the Frederick MD County fairgrounds. I was playing bass in a bluegrass band, having fun but it was pretty much root, five, root five on the first and third beat, right? So after a show of bass pyrotechnics, double thumbing, sliding harmonics, two basses at once, the band brings out a guest, bluegrass fiddler Stuart Duncan. He launches into some traditional burner- Fire on the Mountain I think- and what does Wooten do? Root, five, root five on the first and third beat. And it's killing. Big lesson for me. It's what the music asked him for and he delivered.

@bradoliver9324

3 жыл бұрын

That's such an excellent story. I can't say I'm surprised. This is the perspective he has repeated for decades now. What good is it to just go up there and serve yourself. He sees beauty in the world and translates it perfectly into music. Simple things can still be beautiful, and differences between players and styles don't make us worse, they make us special.

@zatoichiMiyamoto

3 жыл бұрын

Víctor always says that it is the task of a great player to make sound other band members good.

@natesacks1874

3 жыл бұрын

That’s a great venue

@BreathEmpowerment

2 жыл бұрын

Check out his books, they will likely bring you new perspectives on music and all its possibilities :)

I’ve been listening Vic for like thousands of times, every time I listen this version amazing grace, I always cry, god bless you all:) peace!

Thank goodness for Viktor Wooten.... for a lot of things. But, especially for letting us all have Cory Wong!!!

saw the original line up of Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, best concert I've ever seen hands down!

Live in Chicago DMB is how I got hip to Vic too! In 2012 i got to sit in with him during one of his shows in MD. It was nerve wracking (because Mike Pope, Lee Pearson and Dennis Chambers were there) but it was fun!

I've seen Bela & the Flecktones a few times but also saw Victor's band with all his brothers in Birmingham, AL at a small venue back in 2000. World class

Dude I've got to tell my story here. So. It happens that Victor Wooten changed my life too. In 2005, I saw my first live show at Sundown in the City in Knoxville, Tennessee, my hometown. It was the Wooten Brothers. I was a trombone player who was absolutely killing the circuit, first chair All State first chair Honor Band of America all this stuff. And I just got super into it in college. I studied jazz at Tennessee and transcribed flecktones stuff. I even did a trombone quintet of Earth Jam and we performed it. In 2009 I was lucky enough to meet Futureman (Roy Wooten) after transferring schools out in Nashville. We worked on a whole project together over the course of a semester and got together all these musicians to play. It was super badass. That summer I went on tour, and went to a bunch of music festivals. My trombone was stolen. That day changed my life. I couldn't afford a new one and at the same time I got this full ride scholarship that I needed to try and use. So lo and behold, I left music behind and studied... you guessed it... Science. After that my life fell apart. I spent so long doing the wrong thing with my life. I went to med school and failed out in 2014. And I was lost for a long time. It took me a really long time to get my career back on track, but eventually I started writing code and enjoying my life again. In 2023, I saved up enough to be okay and went to Bonnaroo for the first time in about a decade. And there I saw... Cory Wong. I didn't know much about him, but I do know that I freaked the absolute bazooka f*** out of my brain when I heard them play. It made me cry inside and it made me experience extreme joys. I couldn't believe what I was feeling and thinking, and all I remembered was that it was the most incredible thing I had ever seen since my first concert with the Wooten Brothers. That day it felt like my life came full circle, and there was just such a tremendous joy to see this spirit continue to move. I'm so incredibly thankful that the heart of music was able to stay alive and revived through that entire time frame where life got hard for me. You all are an inspiration and I am so happy that the spirit has stayed alive.

bela fleck and the flectones live a the quick was up there on my favorites list for years

Watched this hundreds of times in my teens. Changed my world the first time I watched the DVD. Made my day to watch you guys react...thanks!

@kamdenpine1024

3 жыл бұрын

I think Cory and I were watching all the same stuff...No. 42 in Chicago solo is unreal

ooh hell yeah i used to have the dvd, awesome show!

Left of center, left of cool!!....nice reference. How has Michael never seen this!!!???? Where have you been!? And Cory, I'm right there with you man. Graduated and started college in 98' and that was THE time. Changed my life....made me a bass player!

I have owned this concert on dvd for many years and at my first concert ever victor was the opening act for Dave Matthews. When they jammed together live for the second half I was in musical heaven. Victor is the man! You guys rock! So glad you got exposed to this clip and keep on keeping on.

My favourite live album as well!

This has long been a favorite of mine, I was so stoked when I got to see him do it in person a few years ago!

I am so glad that Cory mentioned Victor with DMB #41 live in chicago 1998. That is my absolute favorite song and favorite version of that song ever.

I used to watch this bass solo on repeat back in the day. To this day it still drives so much passion. I'm so pleased Cory was also listening to this when I was

Wow, I appreciate Cory on whole new levels now. I play keys but was so immersed with Vic during 98 era and beyond...and totally bought the Bass Day 98 DVD and watched it over and over and showed everybody. Met Vic myself a number of years later and was able to thank him for the inspiration. Cory I have such similar stories about Vic and Jeff Coffin as well. That Bela album opened up a whole world for me as a teenager and musician . Much much respect. Love your work! Respect. Cheers!

A legendary concert and solo! Also pretty awesome bird shirt Cory

Art is where the difficult merges with the beautiful

Seeing bela fleck twice changed my life as bass player to what was possible. So happy to see Corey playing with him. What a dream come true

I'm happy to see you guys introducing this to a lot of people. Vic is so incredible, and this performance is so emotive. I love seeing new reactions to things so I can re-live some of the first experience feeling again. When Vic hits the end of this performance, descends with the harmonics then leaves the #11 tension, and the showmanship to resolve it with the tuning key, it feels like I have gone to heaven for a brief moment.

Dudes, I have been actively watching this concert and other Bela & the Flectones shows for YEARS!! Those guys are mind boggling!

i set myself to learn this at all costs, so i could do it live. i finally learned it (majority of the amazing grace hymn part to the finish, minus the super speed slap) after 3 years.