Nicknamed “Hands of Soul” he is a keyboard and theremin player born to a United States Air Force and musical family. His brothers are the guitarist Regi, the 3 time Grammy Award nominee bass player Victor, the Synthaxe Drumstar player Roy aka “Futureman”, and the saxophonist Rudy. With his brothers they are known as the Wooten Brothers.
While still young he and his brothers would appear with artists such as Curtis Mayfield and War and by the 1970s they performed alongside Stephanie Mills, The Temptations, Maze and many more.
In the 1980s they recorded an album called The Wootens and he would become a keyboard player and bandleader for Kashif who was an R&B artist.
He moved on from there to sing backing vocals for Whitney Houston and tour with Scritti Politti and in 1990 he relocated to Nashville, Tennessee.
In 1993 he became a member of The Steve Miller Band and has performed with them ever since. He has also played keyboards for his brother Victor and led his own band Hands of Soul.
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