It is with great sadness that I report to you today of the passing of Rudy Wooten, brother to Victor Wooten and Roy “FutureMan” Wooten, of Bela Fleck and the Flecktones.
Rudy was found in his Nashville apartment last Wednesday afternoon, just prior to the Wooten Brothers schedule weekly show at 3rd and Lindsley Bar and Grill.
With a kind heart, Rudy graced us with his soulful sax in all types of musical settings, such as Funk with his brothers on Wednesday’s and Jazz at a regular Sunday evening gig. There were many, many works with the youth of Nashville from street corner hip hop to workshops with the very young.
A Memorial Scholarship fund will be set up in Rudy’s name at the W.O. Smith School of Music in Nashville, TN.