Victor Furtado took to teaching himself clawhammer banjo at age 9, and with a wide array of musical influences and being mainly self taught he came to creating his own unique styles of banjo playing which earned him lots of attention in the banjo community. By age 12 Victor had appeared on the Grand Ole Opry, Woodsongs Oldtime Radio Hour, won many banjo competitions, and self recorded his first solo banjo album. Around age 13 Victor met the Wildmans at Galax fiddlers convention, and after so many visits with them he joined the band. Victor recorded two studio albums thanks to the support of recording engineer Tom Mindte. In 2019 Victor received the Steve Martin prize for excellence in banjo and bluegrass, and soon thereafter Victor and The Wildmans recorded their Debut album with Travianna Records. In Bluegrass Today's words "a young man with an absurdly precocious talent, and a depth of understanding of old time music that is at odds with his age.”