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The Wooten Brothers Preview First Album In Decades With “Sweat” [Video]

September 28, 2023

Victor Wooten and The Wooten Brothers have shared a video for their new single, “Sweat”, the title track from their upcoming first album in decades, and it’s just as funky as you’d expect. The single arrives ahead of the brothers highly anticipated reunion tour, which kicks off tonight in Chattanooga, TN.

Led by world-renowned bassist and educator Victor Wooten, The Wooten Brothers combine the talents of keyboardist Joseph Wooten, a.k.a. the “Hands of Soul,” Roy “Futureman” Wooten, known for his trademark inventions the “Drumitar” and the “RoyEI” keyboard, and Regi Wooten, known worldwide as “The Teacha”. The brothers started playing together as children but have each gone on to pursue their own careers in music. Now they are reuniting for their first collaborative album and tour in many years, and for the first time since the passing of their sax-playing brother Rudy Wooten in 2010.

“Being in a band with my brothers is the best thing for me,” Victor Wooten said when the reunion tour was announce earlier this year. “It’s like a family reunion every time we get together to play. They are my teachers and I feel most at home with them.

“The music we are working on at the moment is a collection of new and old,” he added. “We have songs that were recorded decades ago that have never been heard by anyone. We also have newer music that was recorded over the last year. It will be a nice collection of old and new. With the older music, we want to introduce the world to Rudy, our saxophone playing brother who passed away in 2010. Be prepared to have your mind blown.”

Listen to “Sweat” by The Wooten Brothers below. The song will debuted by the band at the tour opener in Chattanooga and will be available on streaming platforms on Friday, September 29th. Sweat the album is due for release in 2024.

After opening the tour in Tennessee, The Wooten Brothers will make stops throughout the South and Northeast. Click below for a full list of tour dates, and for more information and ticketing details, head here.

Victor Wooten and The Wooten Brothers Tour Dates:

09/28 – Chattanooga, TN – The Barrelhouse Ballroom^
09/29 – Charlotte, NC – Neighborhood Theatre^
09/30 – Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse^
10/01 – Asheville, NC – The Outpost^
10/03 – Troy, NY – Troy Savings Bank Music Hall^
10/04 – Philadelphia, PA – Brooklyn Bowl^
10/05 – Silver Springs, MD – The Fillmore^
10/06 – Baltimore, MD – Rams Head Live^
10/07 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel^
10/08 – Portland, ME – State Theatre^
10/10 – South Burlington, VT – Higher Ground^
10/11 – Boston, MA – Citizens House of Blues^
10/12 – Wilkes-Barre, PA – FM Kirby Center^
10/13 – Roanoke, VA – Jefferson Center
10/14 – Buffalo, NY – CMC International Jazz Festival
11/01 – Saint Louis, MO – Delmar Hall
11/02 – Nashville, TN – Riverside Revival
11/03 – Germantown, TN – GPAC
11/04 – Indianapolis, IN – The Vogue
11/06 – Ann Arbor, MI – The Ark
11/07 – Cincinnati, OH – Hamilton Memorial Hall
11/08 – Madison, WI – Majestic Theatre
11/09 – Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line
11/10 – Evanston, IL – SPACE
11/11 – Elgin, IL – ECC Arts Center
01/11 – Denver, CO – Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom
01/12 – Salt Lake City, UT – The State Room
01/13 – Hamilton, MT – Bitterroot Performing Arts Council
01/14 – Bozeman, MT – The Elm
01/16 – Seattle, WA – The Crocodile
01/17 – Portland, OR – Revolution Hall
01/18 – Eugene, OR – The John G. Shedd Institute For The Arts
01/19 – Chico, CA – The Big Room at Sierra Nevada Brewery
01/20 – Berkeley, CA – The UC Theatre
01/21 – Santa Cruz, CA – Rio Theatre
01/23 – Solana Beach, CA – Belly Up Tavern
01/25 – West Hollywood, CA – Troubadour