Brent Mason

About Brent Mason

Brent Mason is an American country music guitarist, songwriter, and session musician. Guitar World magazine listed Mason as one of the "Top Ten Session Guitarists of All Time."

Discovered and mentored by Chet Atkins, Mason has been named "Guitarist of the Year" 12 times by the Academy of Country Music and was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2019. In addition to releasing two instrumental studio albums, he holds several credits as a songwriter.

He is a Grammy Award winner and a winner of the CMA Award Musician of the Year. A line of "Brent Mason" guitar models has been marketed by two different guitar manufacturers. The "Stories Collection Brent Mason Telecaster" was launched August 11, 2020.

Career Highlights

At the age of five, Mason taught himself to play guitar by ear. After graduating from high school, he moved to Nashville to pursue a career in country music. Early Nashville gigs included a stint with the Don Kelly Band, a cover band that performed at a Murfreesboro Road honky-tonk, The Stagecoach Lounge.

Mason was eventually discovered by guitarist Chet Atkins, who invited him to play on his Stay Tuned album. From there, Mason has gone on to play on well over a thousand albums, including those of George Strait, Alan Jackson, Shania Twain, John Michael Montgomery, David Gates, Brooks & Dunn, Zac Brown Band, Scotty McCreary, Blake Shelton, Holly Dunn, Dude Mowrey, Ronna Reeves, Turner Nichols, Prescott-Brown, Randy Travis, Michelle Wright, Victoria Shaw, Martina McBride, Tim McGraw, Paul Brandt, Matt King, the Kinleys, Tracy Byrd, Trisha Yearwood, Chris Young, Hal Ketchum, Alabama, Reba McEntire, Jessica Andrews, Willie Nelson, Steve Wariner, and Neil Diamond.

Mason also co-wrote McBride & the Ride's "Hurry Sundown." Although Brent works mainly as a studio musician, he has produced several albums for artists, including Erin James, Tommy Dalton, Cindy Kvinlaug, and Evi Tausen. He co-produced an album with Byron Gallimore for Clay Walker, and more.

BENADO Partnership

Brent Mason was one of the first adopters of BENADO products in 2011. He can be seen traveling with his BENADO PB-1 pedalboard, the predecessor to the PRO.