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While the crowd that filled the Orpheum Theatre looked like a combination of displaced Phish followers and graying Deadheads still mourning the death of Jerry, they brought a kind of enthusiasm that is only found in smoke-filled concert halls. As Victor Wooten, legendary bassist for the Flecktones, threaded his way through the masses outside the enterance unnoticed, I began to wonder if anybody knew exactly what they were there for, or if what they were smoking was really that good. Of course, it could have something to do with the fact that Wooten is about 5'4" and just...
...over twenty minutes, everybody's buzz was wearing off. However, when Bela Fleck and the Flecktones finally took the stage, spirits rose anew. The crowd was up on its feet, stomping and clapping with an enthusiasm that didn't ebb until the end of the show. Bela Fleck, Victor Wooten and Roy "Future Man" Wooten have been playing together since 1988, and are pioneers of their art form. They were joined by Jeff Coffin, a phenomenal horn player whose saxophone mastery was right at home on stage with the other three magicians. While making their instruments speak in unheard...
...Victor Wooten's playing was amazing as usual, but the man didn't hog the limelight. The most notable part of Wooten's contribution to the band (besides being the best bass player in the world) is his interplay with band and audience members alike. As he stood out on the thrust of the stage and talked through his instrument in a million ways, it became obvious exactly what the word 'virtuoso' meant. Some have termed Victor's playing "musical masturbation"--whatever it is, it feels good...
...Tito Wooten, who scored on a fumble return in the Giants' upset of the Cowboys at the Meadowlands last season, got two interceptions this year. The first he took 61 yards for a TD in the third quarter...
Friedman's lecture will take place at 5 p.m. in the Sackler Museum's auditorium. Previous lecturers in this series include James Wooten, Peter Jennings, Flora Lewis, Eric Sevareid, Peter Arnett and Harrison Salisbury...