Bryan Sutton, born 1973 in Asheville, United States, is a guitarist known for
flatpicking style. He joined Karen Peck and New River in 1991 and moved to
Nashville in 1993. Sutton first gained prominence as lead guitarist for Ricky
Skaggs’ Kentucky Thunder in 1997 before joining Hot Rize in 2002. His solo
discography began with Ready To Go (2000), Into My Own (2014), The More I Learn
(2016), and Live At The Legion (2025). Sutton earned IBMA Guitar Player of the
Year awards from 2000 to 2006 and again from 2011 to 2016, and received a Grammy
Award in 2007 for Best Country Instrumen...