ladies and gentlemen, please welcome victor wooten. victor, what a pleasure is. the honor is mine.e been messmerized by your bass playing throughout the years. you have an ability to do things with a bass guitar that no one ever does. i want to talk about your music and the remarkable new cd that you got but i want you to play first. once people hear what you can do with a bass guitar i will quit and then i will come talk to you. a great arrangement of one of my favorite hymns, "amazing grace." ladies and gentlemen, victor wooten and "amazing grace." ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ applause ] >> mike: that is simply amazing. >> thank you. >> mike: i want to talk about the book you have written called the music lesson. a spiritual search for growth through music. for you music is a spiritual experience. tell me what you mean by that. >> it can go on forever. to me, everything is spiritual. a lot of things something that you can't touch but you you know is there. sometimes that can convey more than what you can see. and music to me is the perfect example of that. >> mike: tell us about the new cd. you

victor wooten right there.for being here, buddy. >> all right, thank you. >> jimmy: hey, i also wanted to say good luck and congrats to the roots. they're up for a couple grammys. [ cheers and applause ] party down! ♪ what other late night band can say that? i love those guys. we have a great show tonight. this guy is the best. a legendary wwe superstar, also a gigantic movie star, dwayne johnson is here tonight! [ cheers and applause ] we love that guy. he's just solid. from nbc's big new musical drama series "smash," the beautiful katharine mcphee is dropping by! [ cheers and applause ] got a hit, that show. >> steve: yeah, hit. >> jimmy: she's great. >> steve: she's a delight. >> jimmy: and he's a great comedian and friend of our show, neal brennan is here! doing a little standup. [ cheers and applause ] i mean, that guy just kills me. i follow him on twitter. he's a funny guy all around. you guys, today's friday. that's usually when i catch up on some personal stuff. i check my inbox. return some e-mails, a