18-year old guitarist Tyler Bryant was recently featured in a story on Fender.com. Bryant opened for Joe Bonamassa here in Nashville last year and while the sound for his set was very poor you could still tell that he was an excellent guitarist. Since that show, he’s been writing and performing all across the country. I suspect the future is bright for Bryant, who has recently moved from a blues-based sound to more of a rock sound:
Although steeped in blues, a concert steered him toward rock ‘n’ roll. “I started out very heavy into blues,” Bryant said. “Because that’s what hit me when I was younger—I was drawn to the soul of it. As I got older, I didn’t cut my hair for a long time and automatically got into rock ‘n’ roll (laughs). I heard the Black Crowes live—I was at a concert with a couple of my friends, and the Black Crowes walked out onstage. From that point on, I wanted to play rock.”