Roy Wilfred Wooten (born October 13, 1957 in Hampton, Virginia), also known as "RoyEl", best known by his stage name Future Man (also spelled as Futureman), is an inventor, musician, and composer. He is known as Futche to his fans, He is a percussionist and member of the jazz quartet Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, along with banjoist Béla Fleck, saxophonist Jeff Coffin, and Roy's brother, electric bass virtuoso Victor Wooten.
Roy Wooten was raise...
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Roy Wilfred Wooten (born October 13, 1957 in Hampton, Virginia), also known as "RoyEl", best known by his stage name Future Man (also spelled as Futureman), is an inventor, musician, and composer. He is known as Futche to his fans, He is a percussionist and member of the jazz quartet Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, along with banjoist Béla Fleck, saxophonist Jeff Coffin, and Roy's brother, electric bass virtuoso Victor Wooten.
Roy Wooten was raised in a military family and therefore traveled frequently. He is the second of five sons born to Dorothy and Elijah "Pete" Wooten. He graduated from Denbigh High School in Newport News, Virginia in 1975. He briefly attended music classes at Norfolk State University upon graduating from high school, and then embarked on his professional music career. He and his brothers moved to Nashville, Tennessee in the mid-1980s.
All of his brothers are musicians. The oldest, Regi, is a guitarist and much sought-after teacher in Nashville. Roy Wooten, Regi,...
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