Brent Mason: nashville cat blowin' smoke

News:
25-08-2007:
Brent Mason talks with me about how he gets lead guitar tones, how he uses chorus and delays for textures and how he gets his modern country tone. Filmed in Mach 2007.

Brent Mason - official podcast video 4



31-03-2007:
Brent Mason has his own podcast http://feeds.feedburner.com/BrentMason

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latest riff video


14-12-2006:


Brent Masons new CD Smokin Section is now available!

Brent Mason on TNN with the New Nashville Cats


Brent Mason on TNN with the New Nashville Cats part 2


Background:
Brent Mason grew up in a musical family. Brent is a self taught musician – playing the guitar at the age of five. While growing up he listened to a variety of guitars. His influences included Jerry Reed, Merle Haggard, George Benson, Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder and James Taylor. Thus his music became as versatile as his idols. After graduating from High School, he decided to pursue music full time and in 1981 after being laid off from work he moved to Nashville.

If your familiar with country music Brents' name will come as no suprise. Brent Mason is a super session guitarist who was in great demand through much of the '90s, playing on albums by Alan Jackson, David Gates, Brooks & Dunn, George Strait, Neil Diamond and Shania Twain, among many others. He also played on commercials for Budweiser, Miller Brewing Co., Betty Crocker, Sears, Michelob, Ford and Wrangler.

In 1997, Mason released his first instrumental album titled “Hot Wired” aptly named after the scorching hot tunes played on this CD.

In 1999, Brent and four other incredible session players, Eddie Bayers, Paul Franklin, John Hobbs, and Michael Rhodes wrote, recorded and released an album of original tunes that has Brent singing on many of them. This sparked a release of a live video of the band playing these songs which later was aired as a special on TNN.

Check out his web site for more Music | Hotwired CD | The Players CD | Interview