Brian Delaney was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan and studied classical piano at an early age. At age 12, he took up guitar and has been playing ever since. Simultaneously, he began a long study on guitar construction and repair. To the surprise and amazement of his parents, he began building and selling electric guitars at the ripe old age of 13. Brian's curiosity and love for the guitar has led him all over the world, working as a tech with various acts and playing a variety of styles of music on the instrument. Somewhere along the way, he discovered the music of Django Reinhardt and the Hot Club of France. This led to an interest in early jazz and the formation in the late '90's of the gypsy-style jazz trio, Summers, Delaney & Sharp. After SDS, Brian asked Mike Karoub and Tom Bogardus to join him in the Royal Garden Trio. Since then, his focus has been on recording and instruction as well as his own continuing study of traditional and gypsy jazz. Brian finds inspiration in the likes of guitar pioneers Eddie Lang, Carl Kress and other musicians from the dawn of jazz guitar. Brian lives in Ann Arbor with his wife, Meg and cat, Harold.
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