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Tyler has recorded with music producers [[Kevin Shirley]] ([[Led Zeppelin]]), Jed Leiber ([[Jeff Beck]]) and Roger Alan Nichols.<ref name="fender1"/> Tyler's song "Who I AM" is featured in ''[[Guitar Hero 5]]''. In March 2011, Tyler released his first rock EP, called "My Radio." Tyler and his band will be going into the studio to record a full-length album in May 2011.
Tyler has recorded with music producers [[Kevin Shirley]] ([[Led Zeppelin]]), Jed Leiber ([[Jeff Beck]]) and Roger Alan Nichols.<ref name="fender1"/> Tyler's song "Who I AM" is featured in ''[[Guitar Hero 5]]''. In March 2011, Tyler released his first rock EP, called "My Radio." Tyler and his band will be going into the studio to record a full-length album in May 2011.

Bryant played the Austin City Limits Festival for the first time on September 17,2011.<ref>{{cite web|title=BackstageOL Talks To Guitar Prodigy Tyler Bryant At ACL|url=http://www.backstageol.com/music/tyler-bryant-at-acl/|work=BackstageOL Talks To Guitar Prodigy Tyler Bryant At ACL|publisher=BackstageOL|accessdate=27 September 2011}}</ref>


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Tyler Bryant
Birth nameTyler Dow Bryant
GenresRock, blues-rock, blues, hard rock
Occupation(s)Musician, songwriter
Instrument(s)Vocals, guitar
Years active2004–present
WebsiteOfficial website

Tyler Dow Bryant [1] (born February 24, 1991) is a 20 year old guitar prodigy from Honey Grove,[2] Texas. He is featured, along with Jeff Beck, Carlos Santana and Slash, in the film Rock Prophecies.[3][4]

Tyler got his first guitar at the age of 6.[5] When he was 11, he sold the dirtbike his parents had just given to him for Christmas and bought his first electric guitar, a red Epiphone Les Paul from Hollybond's Music Store in Paris, TX. While still in elementary school, he met Roosevelt Twitty, a 63 year-old bluesman from Paris, Texas.[6] Mr. Twitty taught Tyler how to play the blues.[3] At 13, Tyler and Mr. Twitty started playing shows around Texas. This was the age that Tyler also started writing songs.

At 15, Tyler put together the Tyler Bryant Band. The band toured Texas and the surrounding states. At one point, they played shows in Germany and Prague. In 2006, at 15, he was presented with the Robert Johnson Gibson New Generation Award for aspiring young guitar players.[5][7] In 2007, Eric Clapton invited Tyler to play at Crossroads Guitar Festival in Chicago.[3][4][8][9]

When Tyler entered high school, he started listening to more rock and roll music, such as The Black Crowes and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. This music started influencing the songs that he was writing and playing. Tyler moved to Nashville at 17 to write songs, and in the process met drummer Caleb Crosby and bass player Calvin Webster. Caleb and Calvin joined Tyler's band, which now also includes guitar player Graham Whitford, who is the son of Brad Whitford from Aerosmith.

In 2008, Tyler signed with John Huie at Creative Artists Agency as his booking agent. Tyler has toured with or opened shows for Jeff Beck, Aerosmith, Joe Bonamassa, B.B. King, Pat Benatar, Heart, Smash Mouth, Styx, REO Speedwagon and Vince Gill to name a few. Guitarist Vince Gill has said about Tyler: "To be 18 and play like this kid is the rarest of the rare. Hands down a future guitar god."[4][6] In 2009 Tyler performed at the Grammy Foundation's 11th Annual Music Preservaton Event: "Music in Focus" at the historic Wilshire Ebell Theater in Los Angeles.[4]

Tyler has recorded with music producers Kevin Shirley (Led Zeppelin), Jed Leiber (Jeff Beck) and Roger Alan Nichols.[5] Tyler's song "Who I AM" is featured in Guitar Hero 5. In March 2011, Tyler released his first rock EP, called "My Radio." Tyler and his band will be going into the studio to record a full-length album in May 2011.

Bryant played the Austin City Limits Festival for the first time on September 17,2011.[10]

Reference

  1. ^ theparisnews.com: Topic
  2. ^ Fender® Artists
  3. ^ a b c Americana Music Times - Tyler Bryant
  4. ^ a b c d Tyler Bryant | abc7chicago.com
  5. ^ a b c Fender® News
  6. ^ a b Tyler Bryant |  Channel One Feature – Official Press Release
  7. ^ Bringing Guitar Back: Tyler Bryant Tomorrow Night at 2nd Ave. Live | Nashville Cream
  8. ^ 16-Year Old to Take Stage at Crossroads Festival - Premier Guitar
  9. ^ Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010 - Play Crossroads
  10. ^ "BackstageOL Talks To Guitar Prodigy Tyler Bryant At ACL". BackstageOL Talks To Guitar Prodigy Tyler Bryant At ACL. BackstageOL. Retrieved 27 September 2011.

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