Myron Thomas: The consummate guitarist

Guitarist/singer/songwriter Myron Thomas has been making great strides in music in Guyana, specifically as a guitarist. Myron’s hand on the strings creates such a dazzling rhythmic effect that it draws any audience in whether they are au fait with music or not.

Myron grew up in Bethany Mission, a village in Supenaam Creek. His father played the guitar and piano and his grandfather played the piano. Both of these men would have augmented Myron’s musical skill to some degree.

At eight years old, he yearned to play the guitar but had to remain contented with singing at the Bethany Seventh Day Adventist Church and strumming the strings of the church guitar. His chance to learn to play the guitar didn’t come until four years later when he began attending the Kimbia Mission Academy, situated 80 miles from New Amsterdam in the Berbice River, a long way from home.