With stopping points in such landmark bands as The Allman Brothers and Dead & Company, and cult ensembles like Col. Bruce Hampton and the Aquarium Rescue Unit and Tedeschi Trucks Band, Oteil Burbridge has had the platforms to showcase his highly innovative style as a groove god, chordal master, fearless improvisor, and straight-to-the-heart communicator on 6-string bass. Not to mention his gifts as a composer, arranger, vocalist, bandleader, and solo artist. Bass Magazine's Chris Jisi sat down with Oteil at the rehearsal for The Brothers, the Allman Brothers sold-out, two-night reunion at Madison Square Garden to discuss his career and playing style, past, present, and future.