Future Man | |
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 Future Man with the Flecktones at the Woodland Park Zoo in 2007. | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Roy Wilfred Wooten |
| Also known as | Futche |
| Born | October 13, 1957 Hampton, Virginia, United States |
| Genres | Jazz, jazz fusion |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, inventor |
| Instrument(s) | Drumitar, Zendrum, SynthAxe, drums, vocals |
| Labels | |
Roy Wilfred Wooten (born October 13, 1957), also known as RoyEl, best known by his stage name Future Man (also written Futureman and known to fans as Futche[1]), is an American musician, inventor and composer.
He is best known as a member of jazz and bluegrass quartet Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, along with banjoist Béla Fleck, harmonicist Howard Levy, and Roy's brother, bassist Victor Wooten. His primary instrument is the SynthAxeDrumitar, a guitar synthesizer he customized to play drum and percussion, but he sometimes plays a standard drum kit and other conventional percussion.
- ^ Graham, Jefferson (August 6, 2004). "What IS that thing? Futureman explains the Drumitar". USA Today. Deer Valley, Utah: Gannett Company. Retrieved February 15, 2008.