Dave and Nigel, I REALLy like Victor. Visited with him several times in the Ampeg booth at NAMM, along with Bootsey Collins.

Victor has been through Lexington many times; with Bella Fleck and with other configurations. When he comes through, he sits on the end of the stage and talks bass with anyone who wants to for as long as it takes after the show.

My fondest memory of my long-time friend Ray Brown was at a Louisville three bass concert about two years before Ray died. It was Ray, Victor and Edgar Meyer, a Grammy winning academic from a school in Tennessee. Ray invited me up. Victor was respectful and all three, who had met only hours before, put on a hell of a show. Music collaboration doesn't get any better than that.

Victor is a great person and a fabulous player.


Russ