These are some of the musicians I listen to most.
They're ALL influences... some are gone, some are still at it,
some are good friends......

Victor Wooten Twin Brother of a Different Mother

Chuck Rainey My Papa Bass

Béla Fleck & The Flecktones	Maynard Ferguson He'll Always be " The Boss"	Miles Davis
Stanley Clarke TALL!!!!	Pat Metheny A HUGE influence since 1980.	Steve Bailey Yet another Brother.
Uncle Will Lee TOTALLY Zany!	Mike Pope TOO funny and a GREAT friend.	Oteil Burbridge Brother #??
Anthony Wellington Yup...another Brother	Gerald Veasley Yeah... another Bro.. well, you get the idea.	Gordon Johnson My first Bass hero.
Peter Erskine THE drummer. Period.	JD Blair Also THE drummer. Period.	Roy "Futureman" Wooten Also THE drummer. Period. (Vic's Brother... so mine, too.)
Adam Nitti Fabulous teacher & great friend... (Oh yeah...and a Brother.)	MC Divinity Sista	Bob Babbitt What a player! What a Guy!
	James Jamerson Taught us ALL how to play.
Jay Leonhart A true gentleman of our instrument.		Tony Levin The funniest man I've never met.
Rufus Reid Author of THE book.	John Clayton	Buster Williams
Alphonso Johnson	Dave Holland	Alain Caron
Jeff Coffin WAAAaaayy beyond crazy!	Frank	Carl Fischer
Michael Manring	Joe Zawinul	Randy Brecker
Damain Erskine A B/NC Bud' & Peter's Nephew	Diana Krall	Stan Kenton
Spyro Gyra	Tower of Power	Yellowjackets

I endorse Fodera Bass Guitars, strings and bass bags.

I also use Reunion Blues Bass Bags and Ultimate Support hardware.
Read my review of the Reunion Blues C2-TEB Bass Bag
on The Bass Gear Review Page .

Visit my friend Kerry Lathon for some very cool cloth....

One of my favorite Nashville hangs...

Check out the Wooten Brothers Band on Wednesday nights!