Bass, Guitar
Alec Thompson grew up listening to his dad play guitar and sing country songs. The earliest artists he remembers hearing were the Grateful Dead and John Prine, both of whom he still loves today. He wanted to play drums when he was younger but his parents were worried that would be too loud! When Alec was 13, a few of his friends that played guitar recommended he start playing bass so for his 14th birthday he got a bass guitar and started taking lessons shorty after. At the time, he was really into punk rock, listening to bands like Green Day, NOFX, and Rancid but his bass instructor expanded his taste, getting him into bands like the Meters and Bela Fleck and the Flecktones.
A few years later, Alec started picking up some guitar through his high school's guitar program. During high school he spent alot of time going to concerts and music festivals were he fell in love with live music and started playing live himself.
After high school he chose to continue studying music at the University of South Alabama where he studied music business and classical guitar. Since graduating he has been playing with various artists and teaching. His favorite genres to play are funk, rock, and folk but really he is just thrilled whenever any type of artist wants to include him in their project!