After spending several decades roaming the music scenes of Nashville and Los Angeles, Wagoner native Alan Thompson says he’s ready to rock his hometown.

He promises “Alby Good.”

Thompson, who performs under the name Alby Good, will present a classic rock concert 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Wagoner Civic Center.

“Over the years, I've had friends in Wagoner area badger me about doing a concert in Wagoner and it was never really feasible living out-of-state,” Thompson said.

He said he returned to the Wagoner area late last year to spend time with his mother, who was dying. Thompson said that when his mother died, he reconnected with Tulsa musician friends.

“So this concert will be a homecoming of sorts,” he said.

Thompson traces the “Alby” part of his stage name to a childhood pal.

“One of my best friends and continuous friends from first grade used to call me Alby,” he said. He added the “Good” part later.

“I liked the interlocking O’s in the logo,” he said. “It reminds me of Kool cigarettes.”

Thompson said he welcomes the opportunity to perform at the Wagoner Civic Center. The venue is smoke-free and alcohol-free, which poses a challenge for Alby Good to be extra good.

“People are there in the seats to be entertained,” he said. “They’re saying ‘we’re here, what have you got to offer us.’”

A 1975 graduate of Wagoner High School, Thompson said he grew up singing in the church. But he also drew on influences as diverse as Elvis, Prince, Rod Stewart, the Beatles and Aerosmith. He sang and performed with various bands and eventually recorded an extended play record — a vinyl disk larger than a 45-rpm single, but smaller than an LP album. He also took advantage of video, a budding music form in the 1980s. Thompson said the video received play on the Nashville Network. His career wavered when he could not land a record label.

Thompson later recorded a pop/rock CD. Performing as Alby Good, he saw some action in secondary radio markets. “Stop the World" once reached number 14 as the most-added single on college radio. "I Need You” rose to the top of SongVault's independent artist, listener-voted Web site, a press release said.

Thompson describes his performances as “a collage of the best of British and American rock music.”

“It’s what they used to play on KMOD,” he said, recalling a Tulsa station with a long-time reputation for playing classic rock.

Thompson said his band members, all Tulsa natives, have opened for such performers as Garth Brooks, Restless Heart and the Doobie Brothers.

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