Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown

Tyler Bryant put together his first band at the age of 15, which performed local shows in and around his hometown of Paris, Texas. In 2008, Bryant moved to Nashville to pursue a music career. It was there that he first met Caleb Crosby and Calvin Webster, a bassist. The three formed Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown, and began performing in the clubs and bars of Nashville's music scene. Jason Stoltzfus later joined the group on rhythm guitar, but lost interest within a few months of his involvement for reasons uncertain. The group did not initially have a manager, and Bryant would contact music venues pretending to be the group's manager in order to appear more professional.[1]

Tyler Bryant performing at Graspop Metal Meeting in Dessel, Belgium.

In March 2011, Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown released their debut EP, titled My Radio. It was also around this time that Bryant did a radio interview in New York City, where he was introduced to Graham Whitford, son of Aerosmith's Brad Whitford, as the man who would "put him out of a job". Bryant invited him to Nashville to join the Shakedown on second guitar.[2] The group then toured with Jeff Beck for his Emotion & Commotion tour, before performing at Austin City Limits Music Festival in September 2011. That same month, the group released their second EP, From the Sandcastle. The EP gained wider attention, and was featured in iTunes's "Rock on the Rise" section for eight weeks, with the song "Shackles" being featured as a discovery download. The song "Say a Prayer" was also featured in the trailer for the CBS show Vegas.[3]

Calvin Webster left the group in May 2012 and was replaced by Noah Denney. This lineup performed on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on November 9, 2012. By this point, the group had signed to Carved Records, where they released their first full-length album, Wild Child. Recorded in a 13-day period on all-analog tape at Sputnik Sound Studios in Nashville by engineer Vance Powell,[4] the album was officially released on January 22, 2013. The record was met with great praise, being featured in Rolling Stone[5] and Interview.[6] Blues Rock Review gave the album a perfect score of 10/10.[7] One track on the album, "House on Fire", was featured on the episode of the FX series of Sons of Anarchy "The Mad King", which aired on October 8, 2013. The group also appeared at South by Southwest festival in Austin in March 2013.

A notable incident involving the group took place on the night of May 26, 2013, following a show in Indianapolis. After a lengthy phone call, Bryant returned to his and Crosby's hotel room to find an intruder looming over Crosby as he slept. Fearing the man would harm Crosby, Bryant attacked the intruder, strangling him while calling for help. After Crosby awoke, the man escaped Bryant's grasp and fled. According to Bryant and Crosby, the man was never heard from again.

Graham Whitford at Exit 111 Festival.

Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown toured again with Jeff Beck and ZZ Top in August 2014, before signing with Republic Records, which had initially offered to record a full album with the group. Once the album was completed, however, Republic would not release it. According to Bryant, this was because the label did not see any commercial potential in them.[1] Nonetheless, six out of the thirteen songs recorded for the album were re-recorded and featured on the group's EP The Wayside, which was released by the independent label John Varvatos Records on November 13, 2015. One track off the EP, "Loaded Dice & Buried Money", received a positive review from Loudwire[8] and spent three weeks on the Billboard Mainstream Rock charts, peaking at #37.[9] To date, it is the only instance that Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown have appeared on the Billboard charts. The group then toured with AC/DC as the opening act for the last three legs of their Rock or Bust world tour, which included a string of performances in both the United States and Europe. It was during this tour that Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown performed at the Rock Werchter festival in Werchter, Belgium on May 16, 2016.

Caleb Crosby.

After being kicked off of Republic, Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown began taking their career in a less commercially-focused direction. On June 11, 2017 they appeared at Download Festival in Castle Donington, England. They also signed to Snakefarm Records, a subsidiary of Finnish record label Spinefarm, where they released their self-titled album in November 2017. Recorded and produced by the band at Tyler’s home studio, The Bombay Palace, and mixed by John Fields, it was the first full album to be released by Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown since 2013's Wild Child. Classic Rock praised the album, claiming that "there's plenty of life left in rock 'n' roll yet".[1] To promote the album, a music video for the track "Backfire" was produced and released on the group's YouTube channel on February 17, 2018. During this time, the group made a string of performances opening for Guns & Roses during their long-running Not in This Lifetime... Tour. The Shakedown's performances on the tour included an appearance Graspop Metal Meeting in Dessel, as well as a performance in Oslo, where they shared the stage with Ghost.

Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown toured with Clutch and Sevendust in fall of 2018. They then began work on their third full album, Truth and Lies, which was released on June 28, 2019. The album was recorded in January 2019 at Studio G in Brooklyn and was produced by Joel Hamilton. Various music videos were produced to promote the album, with videos produced for the tracks "Shock & Awe", "Ride", and "Out There". In addition, a live music video for the tracks "Drive Me Mad", "Ride", and "Eye to Eye" was produced by Fender. Truth and Lies received a positive review from UDiscover Music, who claimed the album showed that "Rock is Alive and Well".[10] The group further promoted the album with a tour headlining with The Temperance Movement and Thomas Wynn and The Believers. On October 13, 2019 they made one last opening performance for Guns & Roses at Exit 111 Festival in Manchester, Tennessee.

The group had planned to tour with Nickelback and Stone Temple Pilots in the summer of 2020, but the sudden COVID-19 pandemic that year prevented them from doing so. On March 26, 2020, it was announced that Noah Denney had left the group. Afterward, Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown began work on their fourth album, Pressure. Due to the pandemic, the album was recorded mostly at Bryant's home, though it featured guest musicians such as Bryant's wife Rebecca Lovell of Larkin Poe, as well as Blackberry Smoke member Charlie Starr. Though Ryan Fitzgerald, who had joined the group on bass following Denney's departure, recorded with the group for the album, he did not participate in any promotional material for the album leading up to its release, with his addition to the group not being revealed until the album's release on October 16, 2020.

• Tyler Bryant - guitar, lead vocals (2009–present)
• Caleb Crosby - drums (2009–present)
• Graham Whiftord - guitar, backing vocals (2010–present)
• Ryan Fitzgerald - bass, backing vocals (2020–present)

• Jason Stoltzfus - guitar (2010-2010)
• Calvin Webster - bass (2009-2012)
• Noah Denney - bass (2012-2020)