{"id":725,"date":"2013-12-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-26T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2013\/2013\/12\/26\/the-wooten-brothers-light-up-the-egg\/"},"modified":"2013-12-26T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-12-26T00:00:00","slug":"the-wooten-brothers-light-up-the-egg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2013\/2013\/12\/26\/the-wooten-brothers-light-up-the-egg\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wooten Brothers Light Up The Egg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Wooten Brothers are not your average family.\u00a0 They have been playing music together for their entire lives and it shows in the way they perform on stage.\u00a0 Victor, Joseph, Roy \u201cFutureman,\u201d and Regi play with each other with such ease that it seems like they could do it in their sleep.\u00a0 On Sunday, December 15, they brought their latest tour to The Egg and played beautifully for their entire two hour performance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/DSC07713-1-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-28646\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/DSC07713-1-copy-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"DSC07713 (1) copy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The evening started with Joseph coming out alone, joking with the audience about his birthday being that night and bringing the rest of his brothers out for a Sly Stone medley of songs.\u00a0 Once the medley ended the brothers began doing a slew of originals that let each member show how talented they were.\u00a0 Whether it was Joseph on the piano leading R&amp;B ballads, Victor taking the lead on his bass for funkier numbers, or Regi displaying his guitar mastery on the heavier rock songs, each brother proved why they are up on that stage every night.\u00a0 Roy \u201cFutureman\u201d kept the brothers on point with his steady playing all night on the drums.\u00a0 He played a regular drum set all night, which is unusual for him as he has an electronic percussion unit for drumming with him more often than not, but he even played that differently as his bass drum was horizontal so he could play it with his hand instead of his foot.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/DSC07934-1-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-28654\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/DSC07934-1-copy-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"DSC07934 (1) copy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The brothers told stories between their songs and joked with the audience.\u00a0 During a James Brown medley, Joseph began to ask for hitting and quitting just like the godfather of soul used to.\u00a0 His \u201chit is on 52\u201d was very funny and appropriate as it was his 52<sup>nd<\/sup> birthday, and the crowd enjoyed every second of it.\u00a0 The band even paid tribute to their fifth brother, Rudy, who died a few years ago, with the ballad \u201cMake Me Like a Child.\u201d\u00a0 It was a touching moment that clearly showed how much these brothers care about one another. 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