Bryan Sutton, born 1973, was already working as a guitar player at a local recording studio in North Carolina when he was 17 years old. In 1993, he moved to Nashville and started building a career as a session musician. Bryan joined Ricky Skaggs' band, Kentucky Thunder, in 1995 and continued to develop his bluegrass acoustic guitar style. Since then, Bryan has continued to work in Nashville studios and tour the world with artists such as Taylor Swift, Morgan Wallen, Post Malone, The Chicks, Dolly Parton, Jerry Douglas, Béla Fleck and many others. In June 2011, he launched "Flatpick Guitar with Bryan Sutton" as part of the ArtistWorks Academy of Bluegrass. Bryan has released several solo albums, the most recent, a collaboration with Billy Strings entitled "Live At The Legion" (2025).

Pure sound

Bryan has been voted the International Bluegrass Music Association's "Guitar Player of the Year" ten times. He won a Grammy in 2007. The song, a duet with the legendary Doc Watson, was recorded using three vintage Neumann microphones and a laptop in a Colorado hotel room. As a career session musician, Bryan plays a variety of guitars and styles, but continues to balance his love for teaching and performing the traditional American guitar style known as flatpicking. This style is known for its technical demand and pure acoustic sound. One of his most cherished guitars is a Martin D-28, built in 1948.