Tyler Bryant

Bryant got his first guitar at the age of 6.{{cite web |url=http://www.fender.com/news/index.php?display_article=316 |title=Music News & Entertainment |website=Fender.com |date= |access-date=2016-02-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324104327/http://www.fender.com/news/index.php?display_article=316 |archive-date=March 24, 2012 |df=mdy-all }} When he was 11, he sold the dirtbike his parents had given to him for Christmas and bought his first electric guitar, a red Epiphone Les Paul from Hollybond's Music Store in Paris, Texas. While still in elementary school, he met Roosevelt Twitty, a blues musician who became Bryant's guitar teacher and mentor. Together Bryant and Twitty formed the Blues Buddies, playing shows around Texas. This was the age that Bryant started writing songs.

At 15, Bryant put together his first band, which performed local shows in and around his hometown. In 2006, he was presented with the Robert Johnson Gibson New Generation Award for aspiring young guitar players.{{cite web|last=Moore |first=Tracy |url=http://www.nashvillescene.com/nashvillecream/archives/2010/06/07/bringing-guitar-back-tyler-bryant-tomorrow-night-at-2nd-ave-live |title=Bringing Guitar Back: Tyler Bryant Tomorrow Night at 2nd Ave. Live | Nashville Cream |publisher=Nashville Scene |date=2010-06-07 |access-date=2016-02-19}} In 2007, Bryant won Ernie Ball's first "Play Crossroads Competition", which got him a spot performing at the Crossroads Guitar Festival in Chicago.{{cite web|url=http://www.premierguitar.com/Magazine/Issue/Daily/News/16_Year_Old_to_Take_Stage_at_Crossroads_Festival.aspx |access-date=January 23, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101231225330/http://www.premierguitar.com/Magazine/Issue/Daily/News/16_Year_Old_to_Take_Stage_at_Crossroads_Festival.aspx |archive-date=December 31, 2010 |title=16-Year Old to Take Stage at Crossroads Festival - Premier Guitar }}{{cite web|url=http://www.crossroadsguitarfestival.com/index.php/play-crossroads |access-date=January 23, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121111540/http://crossroadsguitarfestival.com/index.php/play-crossroads |archive-date=November 21, 2010 |title=Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010 - Play Crossroads }}

As Bryant's career continued, he began to take influence from blues-based rock acts, such as The Black Crowes, The Rolling Stones, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Bryant moved to Nashville at age 17 to pursue a career in songwriting, and in the process he met drummer Caleb Crosby and bass player Calvin Webster. Crosby and Webster joined Bryant's band, named Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown, which now also includes bass guitarist Diego Navaira and guitarist Graham Whitford (the latter being the son of Aerosmith's Brad Whitford).

On October 6, 2019, Bryant married Rebecca Lovell of Larkin Poe.{{Cite web|title=Larkin Poe (@larkinpoe) posted on Instagram: "October 6th, 2019 🖤🖤 A million to one — you're the one, Tyler Dow Bryant. My heart is bursting at the seams with love for all the family &…" • Oct 8, 2019 at 12:41am UTC|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B3VmSKFg2qs/|access-date=2020-10-15|website=Instagram.com|language=en}} In March 2025, they announced they were expecting their first child, a boy.{{cite instagram |user=larkinpoe |postid=DHqzSKgOu4T |title=We got us a baby boy coming late summer — we can’t wait to meet him |date=March 26, 2025}}

In 2008, Bryant signed with John Huie at Creative Artists Agency as his booking agent. Bryant has toured with and opened shows for artists including Jeff Beck, Aerosmith, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Joe Bonamassa, B.B. King, Pat Benatar, Heart, Smash Mouth, Styx, REO Speedwagon, AC/DC, Vince Gill, Guns N' Roses and The Cadillac Three. Guitarist Vince Gill has said about Bryant, "To be 18 and play like this kid is the rarest of the rare. Hands down a future guitar god."{{cite web|url=http://www.tylerbryantmusic.com/press/channel-one-feature-official-press-release/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110104042534/http://www.tylerbryantmusic.com/press/channel-one-feature-official-press-release/|archive-date=January 4, 2011|access-date=January 23, 2011|title=Tyler Bryant | Channel One Feature – Official Press Release }} In 2009, Bryant performed at the Grammy Foundation's 11th Annual Music Preservation Event: "Music in Focus" at the historic Wilshire Ebell Theater in Los Angeles. In 2009, he was featured, along with musicians including Jeff Beck, Carlos Santana and Slash, in the film Rock Prophecies.{{cite web|url=http://www.texasmusictimes.com/articles/0903/tyler-bryant.php |title=Americana Music Times - Tyler Bryant |website=Texasmusictimes.com |date= |access-date=2016-02-19}}{{cite web|url=https://abc7chicago.com/archive/6891802/ |title=Tyler Bryant | abc7chicago.com |website=Abclocal.go.com |date=2009-06-30 |access-date=2016-02-19}} Bryant's song "Who I Am" is featured as downloadable content for Guitar Hero 5. He performed at the 2011 Austin City Limits Music Festival.

In 2011, Bryant formed Dead Cool Dropouts with Lisa Origliasso of the Veronicas.{{cite web|url=http://deadcooldropouts.tumblr.com/|title=Dead Cool Dropouts|publisher=Tumblr|access-date=2015-08-03}} He later contributed to their 2014 self-titled album.{{Cite web|url=https://genius.com/The-veronicas-sanctified-lyrics|title = The Veronicas – Sanctified|website=Genius.com}} He contributed to "Sanctified", "If You Love Someone" and "More Like Me".{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/7127461-The-Veronicas-The-Veronicas|title=The Veronica : The Veronicas|website=Discogs.com|access-date=August 26, 2024}}

Bryant has recorded with record producers Kevin Shirley, Jed Leiber and Roger Alan Nichols. In March 2011, Bryant released his first EP, called My Radio, which was later followed by another EP, From the Sandcastle. Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown released their debut album Wild Child on January 22, 2013. Their song "Loaded Dice & Buried Money" was available for streaming on October 13, 2015, and an EP titled The Wayside was announced with a release date of November 13, 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/hear_tyler_bryant_the_shakedowns_gritty_new_single_loaded_dice_buried_money|title=Hear Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown's gritty new single, "Loaded Dice & Buried Money"|work=Alternative Press|date=October 13, 2015|access-date=2015-10-24}} The present members of the group include Bryant (lead vocals, guitar), Graham Whitford (guitar, backing vocals) and Caleb Crosby (drums).

He released Truth and Lies, his third album, in 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://bluesrockreview.com/2019/06/tyler-bryant-and-the-shakedown-truth-and-lies-review.html|title=Tyler Bryant and the Shakedown: Truth and Lies Review|website=Bluesrockreview.com|date=June 28, 2019}} his third album.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/tyler-bryant-the-shakedown-mn0003055219/discography|title = Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown | Album Discography| website=AllMusic }} Later works include Pressure (2020),{{Cite web|last=Bruttomesso|first=Meijin|date=2020-10-15|title=ALBUM REVIEW: Tyler Bryant and The Shakedown - Pressure|url=https://www.ghostcultmag.com/album-review-tyler-bryant-and-the-shakedown-pressure-snakefarm-records/|access-date=2025-03-26|website=Ghost Cult Magazine|language=en-US}} Shake The Roots (2022),{{cite news |last1=O’Cull |first1=Mike |title=Review: Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown ‘Shake The Roots’ |url=https://www.rockandbluesmuse.com/2022/09/06/review-tyler-bryant-the-shakedown-shake-the-roots/ |access-date=26 March 2025 |work=Rock and Blues Muse}}, Live From ‘79 (2023),{{cite news |last1=Deaux |first1=Jon |title=Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown Releases Anthemic New Album, Electrified |url=https://allabouttherock.co.uk/tyler-bryant-the-shakedown-releases-anthemic-new-album-electrified/ |access-date=26 March 2025 |work=All About The Rock |date=May 10, 2024}} and Electrified (2024).{{cite news |last1=Towler |first1=Breton |title=Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown: Electrified Review |url=https://bluesrockreview.com/2024/05/tyler-bryant-the-shakedown-electrified-review.html |access-date=26 March 2025 |work=Blues Rock Review |date=May 10, 2024}}

Bryant won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album at the 2022 Grammy Awards for his work on Blood Harmony by Larkin Poe. He won again the following year for producing the album “Mileage” by Ruthie Foster.{{cite web |title=Tyler Bryant |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/tyler-bryant/18926 |website=Grammy Awards |access-date=26 March 2025}}

Bryant is known for using a pink Fender Stratocaster nicknamed "Pinky One", which was stolen and therefore replaced with a similar "Pinky 2". The stolen guitar was found and returned after five and a half years.{{Cite web|url=https://www.guitarworld.com/news/tyler-bryant-pinky-one-lost-guitar-played-by-jeff-beck|title=“It was found in the trunk of a car. They had sanded it to make it look like it wasn’t mine”: Tyler Bryant's stolen Pinky One Strat was played by Jeff Beck, inscribed by Steven Tyler – and, miraculously, returned to him five years after it was taken|first=Matt|last=Parker|date=April 8, 2024|website=Guitarworld.com}} Bryant's limited edition Fender Custom Shop signature model is based on Pinky 2.{{Cite web|url=https://guitarplace.de/de/has-gone/9474/fender-custom-shop-stratocaster-tyler-bryant-pinky-strat-ltd|title=#Fender Custom Shop Stratocaster Tyler Bryant Pinky Strat LTD|website=Guitarplace.de}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.fendercustomshop.com/series/limited-edition/limited-edition-tyler-bryant-pinky-stratocaster-relic-rosewood-fingerboard-aged-shell-pink/|title=Limited Edition Tyler Bryant "Pinky" Stratocaster Relic|website=Fendercustomshop.com}}

He also has a signature amp from Supro.

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• [http://www.tylerbryantmusic.com/ Tyler Bryant's website]
• [http://www.rockprophecies.com/ Link to film Rock Prophecies]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20101120191625/http://www.fender.com/artists/artist.php?id=216 Fender Guitar Profile of Tyler Bryant]
• [http://www.nashvillescene.com/nashvillecream/archives/2010/06/07/bringing-guitar-back-tyler-bryant-tomorrow-night-at-2nd-ave-live Article from NashvilleScene.com titled Bringing Guitar Back Tyler Bryant]
• [http://www.texasmusictimes.com/articles/0903/tyler-bryant.php Profile from Texas Music Times]
• [http://www.premierguitar.com/Magazine/Issue/Daily/News/16_Year_Old_to_Take_Stage_at_Crossroads_Festival.aspx Premier Guitar article 16-Year Old to Take Stage at Crossroads Festival]
• [http://www.thewaster.com/interview/tyler-bryant-wild-child/ Interview with Tyler Bryant on TheWaster.com]

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