Quist started playing guitar at age 6‚ moving to London in his teens to study at the then UK version of Musicians Institute (G.I.T), where he was awarded the title ‘Outstanding Guitarist of the Year’ – after which he landed a scholarship to study at the Royal Academy of Music. At the Academy, Quist studied under John Ashton Thomas (X-men, Ice Age, Kung Fu Panda, Night at the Museum), amongst others.
Having his recording debut for Sony Music Denmark whilst still studying, Quist has since had more than 30 of his tracks featured on Radio, TV and Film. He keeps a steady output of new music, with increasing emphasis on his love of music for moving pictures. Quist currently plays lead guitar for British rock legend Bryan Ferry. He currently also spends his time writing, producing and collaborating with other artists and songwriters in Los Angeles. He remains an active session guitarist, having appeared across the world at major festivals like Coachella and Glastonbury, venues like Royal Albert Hall and Abbey Road, on TV shows like Jools Holland, Jonathan Ross, BBC Breakfast and Le Grand Journal (in France) – working for labels like BMG, Decca, Polydor, Warner, Sony, Mercury, Universal, Ninja Tunes and Brownswood.
Quist is maintaining a steady output of original music and ‘Jam Tracks’ for his increasingly popular and fast-growing youtube channel QuistJam (over 95 million views) – as well as attending to ongoing session guitar duties for a host of UK, US and International artists & studios.
Richard Nielsen is the lead guitarist, backing vocalist, and primary songwriter of the rock band Cheap Trick. He is well known for his numerous custom-made guitars from Hamer Guitars, including his famous five-neck guitar.
Rico Thomas is a Nashville-based guitarist, producer and multi-instrumentalist working in the CCM industry. He’s recorded and toured with pop star Michael Damian. Rico has also worked with Grammy nominated CCM group, NewSong — who are also the founders of The Winter Jam Tour and the “This is Winter Jam” film. Rico has backed artists such as Michael W. Smith, CeCe Winans, DC Talk, Natalie Grant, Zack Williams, Chris August, Point of Grace and Chynna Phillips. He’s also worked with American Idol artists Mandisa, Jordan Feliz, Jordin Sparks, Kimberley Locke, Jason Castro, Danny Gokey, Chris Sligh.
Ron Sayer Jr. is the consummate ‘Guitarist’s guitarist’. As a trained music teacher having influenced the learning curves of the likes of Oli Brown, Sol Philcox and many more… He’s now a mainstay on the UK blues circuit. He was nominated for no less than four awards in the British Blues Awards in 2013 in the album ‘Better Side’, band, song ‘Don’t Make Me Stay’ and guitarist categories walking away with runner-up in band of the year, he also co-wrote Oli Brown’s third album ‘Here I Am’ and won another British Blues Award for co-writing the title track. He was voted Guitarist Of The Year by Guitarist Magazine, was voted 4th Best Bassist in Blues Matters Magazine and has a degree in music to boot. He has worked with/supported Buddy Guy, John Mayall, Matt Schofield, Nine Below Zero, Ten Years After, Robin Trower among others.
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