Brandon Scott Sellner
Guitarist Brandon Scott Sellner’s stinging licks may sound like he grew up in the nightclubs and after-hours juke joints of Austin, TX, but the fast-fingered performer originally hails from a small town of less than 5,000 called Sleepy Eye, MN.
This Minnesotan plays a polished, blues-infused brand of electric guitar, heavily influenced by guys like Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jimi Hendrix. Sellner himself is more in the vein of John Mayer and Jonny Lang, with his catchy vocal hooks and sometimes-sensitive lyrics.
Sellner, 25, has been sharpening his strong electric chops for about seven years now; in that time, he’s opened for Black Oak Arkansas, Walter Trout, Lamont Cranston, Susan Tedeschi, Corey Stevens, Bernard Allison, Tinsley Ellis, Los Lonely Boys, Robert Cray, Arc Angels, and more.
Shows in 2008 included his debut at the Prairie Dog Blues Festival in Prairie du Chien, WI and the Bayfront Blues Festival in Duluth, MN, where he out sold every other act (even the headliners) in CD sales. 2009 will include the Boundary Waters Blues Festival, Fargo Blues Festival, Jackpot Junction Blues Festival, Famous Dave’s Blues Fest, Snowbird Rock & Blues Fest, Blues Under The Bridge in Colorado Springs, CO, the MN Zoo with Los Lonely Boys, Hambone Blues Jam, Rib America Ribfest and Bayfront Blues Festival ’09, among others.Rib America Ribfest and Bayfront Blues Festival ’09, among others.
