As a professional guitarist, Brent Mason demonstrated his virtuosity on sessions with a number of country and pop stars, including George Strait, Shania Twain, Aaron Neville, Trisha Yearwood, Randy Travis and Neil Diamond, but he never had a chance to demonstrate the full range of his talents until his 1997 debut album, Hot Wired. To be sure, Mason tackles country on the all-instrumental record, but he also stretches out, wandering into some jazzy territory here and there. While there are a couple of slow spots -- some of the songwriting is a little undistinguished -- Mason continually shines, proving that he's a guitarist's guitarist. ~ Thom Owens, All Music Guide
All Music Guide Review
Hot Wired Track Listing
Credits of Hot Wired
- Brent Mason
- Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Producer, Main Performer
- Terry McMillan
- Harmonica, Percussion
- Michael Rhodes
- Bass
- Tom Roady
- Percussion
- Keith Stegall
- Executive Producer
- Lonnie Wilson
- Drums
- Glenn Worf
- Bass
- Jim Kemp
- Art Direction
- Matthew Barnes
- Photography
- Carl Meadows
- Assistant Engineer
- Griffin Norman
- Art Direction, Design
- Debra Wingo
- Make-Up, Hair Stylist
- Paula Montondo
- Assistant Engineer
- Hank Williams
- Mastering
- Susan Bessire
- Stylist
- Brady Barnett
- Assistant Engineer
- Eddie Bayers
- Drums
- Stuart Duncan
- Fiddle
- Paul Franklin
- Guitar (Steel)
- John Hobbs
- Organ (Hammond)
- Paul Hollowell
- Organ (Hammond)
- Ken Hutton
- Assistant Engineer
- John Kelton
- Producer, Mixing, Engineer
- Steve Lowery
- Assistant Engineer
- Chet Atkins
- Guitar
- Matt Rollings
- Piano, Organ (Hammond), Piano (Electric)
- Jerry Douglas
- Dobro











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