Brent Mason (born July 13, 1959) is an American country music guitarist, songwriter and session musician.
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.
[9] 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,[10] 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 (singer) ,Hal Ketchum, Alabama (band), Reba McEntire, Jessica Andrews, Willie Nelson, Steve Wariner and Neil Diamond.
In November 2013, Mason collaborated with online education site JamPlay.com to put together a series of guitar lessons for aspiring guitarists and members of JamPlay.