If you go
› What: Victor Wooten Trio with Dennis Chambers and Bob Franceschini› Where: Songbirds Guitar Museum, 35 Station St.› When: 7 p.m., Friday, Nov. 3› Admission: Sold out› Phone: 423-531-2473
Victor Wooten will perform a sold-out show Friday at Songbirds Guitar Museum.As the youngest of five boys, Victor Wooten got not only the well-practiced wisdom of his parents, he had examples of how those teachings should be lived out through his siblings.
The basic message of the lessons constantly emphasized by his parents was simple but far-reaching in scope.
“They were not so concerned with what we did, but they were concerned with who we were as people,” Wooten said. “If what we are and what we did didn’t make us or the people around us better people, they questioned what we were doing.”
Wooten said in a telephone interview that he has lived by those words every day of his life. It informs everything he does from the time he wakes up until the time he goes to sleep every single day.