Danny Bryant (born 26 July 1980) is an English blues guitarist and singer. He was born and grew up in Royston, Hertfordshire, England. At the age of 15 he began playing the guitar and became a professional guitar player at the age of 18. Since then he has appeared on bills alongside a number of notable artists such as Buddy Guy, Carlos Santana, Joe Cocker and Mick Taylor.
Danny Bryant's RedEyeBand
Zaterdag 12 juli 2008 - Bospop, Weert (NL)/Fhoto: flickr.com
Guitarist – “Solid, no-bullshit blues-rock, this has tones greasier than a KFC bucket with hard-assed riffing & heartfelt soloing” Mojo Magazine - “His most mature performance yet. The firestorm of guitar is carefully contoured from wistful to impassioned” Joe Bonamassa – “A fantastic guitar player… able to take a Fender Stratocaster and really make it sing…”
Riding high on the European blues scene for over a decade, yet still only 32, Danny has carved a name for himself the old-fashioned way having played over 2000 club and festival shows to his many fans around the world.
Danny was born in Hertfordshire England in July 1980. First hailed as a ‘young guitar prodigy’ he began playing guitar aged 15, turning professional just three years later, and in the last decade has paid his dues clocking up endless miles of traveling and approximately two thousand shows in many countries around the world. After a decade of hard toil he now gets the recognition he so well deserves, being acknowledged by those in the business as one of the cream of the crop of this generation of blues artists, ably backed by his rhythm section of his father Ken on bass and Trevor Barr on drums.
In a career already littered with highlights including many sold out club tours across Europe and numerous major festival appearances that have seen the power trio perform on the same bill as such names as Joe Cocker, Carlos Santana, Buddy Guy and Peter Green to mention a few; Danny and his band have steadily carved a huge and loyal fan base around the world.
So far the band have released eight internationally acclaimed CDs, in 2007 they signed with Rounder Records and released three highly successful albums with this Label all of which topped the iTunes and Amazon blues charts in several countries. In 2009 Danny signed a licensing deal with Virgin/EMI Asia and a track from their 2007 release, ‘Live’, was included on a compilation CD entitled ”The Best Blues Album In The World Ever”. Danny was featured alongside many giants of Blues, including Johnny Winter, Gary Moore, Albert Collins and ZZ Top.
February 2010 saw the release of the bands critically acclaimed studio album “Just As I Am’, hitting Blues charts all across the continent and receiving glowing reviews from the international music press. The album caught the ear of German based label Jazzhaus records leading Danny to ink a deal with the dynamic new label.
The highly anticipated live DVD/CD “Night Life” was released in March 2012. Recorded in The Netherlands it captures the band doing what they do best, “Bryant has the kind of magic fingers that ensure the long solo sections on this live disc keep you teetering on the edge of your seat… Thrilling.” (Classic Rock Mag).
Following the success of “Night Life” has lead Danny to sign a further two album deal with Jazzhaus Records and 2013 will see the release of the bands 7th studio album ‘Hurricane’ in spring 2013.
Danny Bryant/13 April 2013 - Bosuil, Weert (Netherlands)/Fhoto: flickr.com
