TylerGrant & ArtistWorks

Photo by Jessie Bell Photography/Adrift Dinosaur Background Tyler Grant has been a name familiar to flatpicking guitar players since he emerged onto the acoustic music scene in the early 2000s performing with bands like Adrienne Young, the Two-Stringers (with Christopher and Casey Henry), Canadian fiddler April Verch, old-time banjo player Abigail Washburn, and the Drew Emmitt Band. In addition to his contributions to these recording and touring bands, Tyler turned heads in the contest world by winning the flatpicking guitar contests at Rockygrass in 2003, the Wayne Henderson festival in 2005, the prestigious National Flatpicking Championship at the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, Kansas in 2008, and the Doc Watson Guitar Contest at Merlefest in 2009. Tyler’s life in music was first influenced by his father, Michael, who played the guitar and sang songs from Sun Records recording artists such as Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Roy Orbison. A native of the San Diego area of