Whether performing the complete lute works of J.S. Bach, sharing the stage with artists as diverse as Alfie Boe and Aphex Twin, or composing genre-bending music with live computer interaction, Alan Thomas has been devoted to exploring the guitar’s many personalities and sonic possibilities. He can trace the source of his eclectic tastes and interests to simultaneously discovering Ozzy Osbourne and Julian Bream in his Atlanta boyhood, followed by innumerable obsessions with musical heroes from Pat Metheny to Gyorgy Ligeti.