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Tyler Dow Bryant (born February 24, 1991) is a 20 year old guitar prodigy from Honey Grove, Texas.
Tyler got his first guitar at the age of 6. 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.Mr. Twitty taught Tyler how to play the blues. 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. In 2007, Eric Clapton invited Tyler to play at Crossroads Guitar Festival in Chicago.

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.