Tyler Bryant + Gentlemen and Thieves August 12, 2011

Tyler Bryant lives for music. He has pushed the musical limits of guitar, vocals, and performance, and has captured the attention of the music scene with his spectacular talent and rare showmanship.

Tyler Bryant is a guitar prodigy who has shared the stage with Aerosmith, Heart, REO Speedwagon, Paul Simon, BB King, Pat Benatar, The Arc Angels, Vince Gill and many others. At age 15, Tyler won the Robert Johnson Blues Foundation's New Generation Award, which recognized him as one of the most promising new artists on the music scene. He has also performed at Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival in Chicago, and was signed by Creative Artists Agency on the spot, after his first showcase in Nashville.

Tyler, along with Beck, Santana, and Slash, is featured in the award winning film, "Rock Prophecies," which is directed by John Chester, and produced by Tim Kaiser (Seinfeld and Will & Grace). "Rock Prophecies," is now airing nationally on PBS and is available on DVD. Also, this past year, thousands of kid's across the world have been playing Tyler's song, "Who I Am," since its release on Guitar Hero® 5.

"To be 18 and play like this kid is the rarest of the rare. Hands down a future guitar god." -Vince Gill

http://www.tylerbryantmusic.com/

GnT was formed as an off-shoot of local DC band FKBS. Vocalist/guitarist Kyle Wise recruited local bassist and friend Will Jernigan (formerly of Blacksburg's Always Morning), and guitarist Chris Reiner recruited newcomer to the scene Alex Grodin to keep the beat. It was quickly decided to retire FKBS and out of the ashes, Gentlemen and Thieves was born. With the combination of pure rock licks, blues-funk bass lines, a rhythm section that can swing from Travis Barker to Noel Redding, and a vocalist who longs for the simple things one minute and a street fight the next, GnT is out to prove they belong and aren't going anywhere soon.
http://www.myspace.com/gentlemenandthieves

Official Website: http://www.jamminjava.com/