He’s been paying his dues, which these days has as much to do with hitting the social networks as it does hitting the clubs.

Texas blues guitar player Tyler Bryant, by all accounts, is the real deal impressing live audiences and YouTube nation…a double whammy marketing effort building his brand before his first album is due out this summer. His “Living Room Jams” have hit it big with YouTube audiences as he builds his reputation and chops.

It certainly doesn’t hurt to have the likes of Eric Clapton and Vince Gill in your corner not to mention stints opening for Jeff Beck and playing with Aerosmith.

Learning lessons from the likes of BB King who takes an active interest in all of today’s blues greats making sure they focus on their music and not get wrapped up in the destructive lifestyle that seems to take so many from us too early…not a bad lesson for 21-year old that is about to make it big.

Here are a few videos that show Bryant’s considerable talent…if you’ve had the chance to see him live, leave us a comment and let us know what you thought.

The first one is an acoustic slide called Lipstick Woman – shows some good potential on the slide, my own advice would be to slow things down a notch, amp up the feeling and put more into each note instead of trying to dazzle with the max number of notes.  Stevie Ray always had Jimmie (his brother) to balance his amazing energy and speed with gut-wrenching feeling.

Now, an electric blues (sweet Gibson) through a Fender Amp called Shackles where the slide playing is a little tastier…

Finally, a shot from his opening slot with Jeff Beck..how amazing would this be to jam with Mr Beck?

All-in-all, at 21 he has so much blues guitar playing in front of him…let’s see where he takes it.