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Victor Wooten performs 'Amazing Grace'

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    Grammy-winning bassist on 'Huckabee'

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Five time.

Grammy Award winner is considered by many in the music industry as the best living bass player in the world.

And no I'm not even on that list ladies and gentlemen please welcome Victor wooten Victor what a pleasure.

-- -- -- -- Get.

Mesmerized.

By your bass playing through the years you have.

An uncanny ability to do things of the basically torn at whenever does people always -- -- -- pay you watch you play somebody say base is not a solo instrument and you show up and prove that he can be.

I wanna talk about your music and did -- remarkable new CD that you've got.

But I want you to play first because -- once people hear what you can do with a bass guitar.

I will quit and then I'll come talk to -- okay.

How -- it -- great arrangement of one of my favorite hymns amazing grace ladies and gentlemen.

Victor wooten and has.

-- The okay.

-- -- Yeah.

And.

A.

-- Oh we.

Oh that's simply amazing it's.

-- Talk about before.

Spiritual search can.

-- free music for you music it's not just an artistic expression it is a spiritual experience and tell me what you mean by that well.

It's a loan -- they can go on forever but to me everything is spiritual and a lot of times something that you can't pretend that we touch but you know was there.

You know can sometimes -- convey a whole lot more than what you can see.

And music to me is a perfect example of that especially instrumental music because you can have your own definition of what I just said I can have mine and we can both be right.

Tell us about the new CD it's just you playing like we just heard.

Exactly solo bass for all this time yeah I originally did the CD it's -- a show of hands and actually was.

There's a new version overs in my first -- was called a show -- -- and I re issued at fifteen years later and enhanced version with extra tracks but I just wanted to see if I could do it.

Could I make a statement that someone would listen to with one instrument no -- -- and you know and get someone to listen to a.

Half an -- how many hours a day does it take to be able to play like that.

Well.

That's a good question you really you know get beyond that my campaign.

And I'm and I never -- to be able to play like.

You I don't know that answer really don't you know why is it's a gift from god and you you have such a remarkable gift it's unbelievable.

And I hope people will get the CD of the book it's called and as you know the show of hands the CDs.

Victor wooten dot com.

That's if you go to that you can get all the information you need I just love this guy he's fantastic makes me wanna quit but I'm -- keep trying to -- I'll never play that well.

But I'll I'll just marvel that someone can take that same instrument to do something like that -- that.

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