Jay Thomas writes sensual music with beats and string arrangements that evoke fantasy and escapism, while addressing grief, trauma, and human rights. His androgynous voice travels from gentle and soothing to coarse and raw in primal chants. His lyrics are influenced by his studies in poetry and philosophy, as well as the cultural commentary in Horror, Science Fiction, and Comedy.
Thomas comes from a multinational family of performers who encouraged artistic development and provided discipline that led him to teach himself guitar and songwriting.
His upcoming album, Oz Acoustic, will be his first album of cover songs, from The Wizard of Oz and The Wiz, along with originals from his long-term project, a musical adaptation of L Frank Baum’s The Patchwork Girl of Oz.
Jay explains that “The MGM Wizard of Oz film has always been in my life — I can’t remember when I first saw it. Clea DuVall‘s character in the 1999 film Girl, Interrupted, alerted me to the fact there were many Oz books. She’s reading The Patchwork Girl of Oz in the scene.” He has since read Baum’s Oz books, Wicked, and started moving on to Ruth Plumly Thompson’s and “other books in 2022, when I visited The Oz Museum in Cape Canaveral and bought a wild amount of softcovers.”
As to his Oz music, some of which we’ll here at TelsaCon, he writes, “My upcoming album, Oz Acoustic, will feature Shaggy Man’s song *Take It Easy* and Jack Pumpkinhead’s song, with husband Oscar singing backup vocals.
Oz Acoustic began with the performance of an Oz-Themed show he had filmed. “My music team and I were so pleased with the filmed performance that we’ve spent the last two years slowly polishing the mixes, and adding other instruments, while keeping the raw acoustic feeling throughout.”
Oz fans will experience Jay’s music first hand at TeslaCon 2026.
