Brandon Niederauer

Niederauer starred on Broadway in School of Rock the Musical.^[3] Before he was 15 years old he had played guitar with Gregg Allman, Derek Trucks, Warren Haynes, Stevie Nicks, Lady Gaga^[4] and Buddy Guy.^[5][6] He played with the German rock band Scorpions. During a 2017 birthday celebration for musician Col. Bruce Hampton, Niederauer was playing a guitar solo on stage when Hampton suddenly collapsed and died. Nobody knew the quirky Hampton had actually died, and so the show continued for several minutes: Hampton was eventually taken backstage and then taken away by ambulance and pronounced dead.^[7]

In 2018, he garnered widespread attention over a tweet of himself playing the National Anthem on guitar.^[8] He also performed guitar in the orchestra in Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert.^[9]

He has since performed the National Anthem on guitar at Wrigley Field before a Chicago Cubs baseball game in 2019,^[10] as well as during the opening ceremonies of the 2020 AFC Championship Game at Arrowhead Stadium on January 24, 2021.^[11]

In 2021, he enrolled as an undergraduate at Yale University, where he is an economics major.^[12][13]

• In 2015, he played the role of Zack in School of Rock the Musical on Broadway.^[14]
• In 2016, he played the role of Bartholomew in the movie, Here Comes Rusty.
• In 2019 he played the role of Virgil in Spike Lee’s Netflix series, She’s Gotta Have It.^[4]

In 2019 D'Angelico Guitars released a signature Brandon “Taz” Niederauer model of their Atlantic guitar.^[15]

• www.tazguitar.com