GREG TAMBLYN: The Grand Design

Greg Tamblyn

The Grand Design

© 2001 Greg Tamblyn (783707367927)

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DOUBLE CD SET: One disc of of helplessly funny, intelligent, live acoustic musical humor. Another disc of enlightening songs about consciousness, connection, science and spirituality.

tracks

1 All These Atoms
2 Holy Now
3 The Grand Design
4 Call The Lamas!
5 I Wish
6 Writer's Block (The Long-Term Pos. and Neg. Effects of Worry)
7 Still Finding My Way
8 Dolphin Therapy
9 I Know Who I Am
10 When Carl Sagan Died
11 My Family
12 Writer's Block (live version)
13 The Great Liver Standoff of 1965
14 Control Issues
15 Railroad Bill
16 Top 10 Whiny Victim Love Songs
17 I'd Like To Be The Man My Dog Thinks I Am
18 I Thought I Would Miss Her
19 Proctor and Johnson's Pills
20 Little Mouth Blues
21 A Few Words About Dying More Than Once
22 Near Death Experience
23 Dr. Jerko
24 Type A-Ness (Duet with Dr. Jerko)
25 My Ride Home From Neptune

notes

EVERY ONCE IN AWHILE, magic is made on a
planetary scale.....

EVERY ONCE IN AWHILE, the sky opens, manna falls from the heavens, lions lie down with lambs, rain comes to the fields, the sun shines warmly on all, parents gather their children, and activity slows to a stop, as people listen to the faint but unmistakably beautiful sounds of harmony on the wind, coming ever closer.....

EVERY ONCE IN AWHILE, a collection of music comes along that has an effect on people far beyond what was imagined.....

OKAY, maybe this isn't one of those times. But still, here's a double CD that sticks in your mind like gum on your shoe! (In a good way...)
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"Oh my, thanks for the music. You probably hear from a lot of folks what I'm about to say. "Grand Design" is absolutely haunting! I have certainly played it 50 times since we recorded the show...probably more. It is such a perfect metaphor for life. It's so very well done, with such great instrumentation...."
-- Bob Keeton, Living Successfully Radio, Richmond, VA


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BIO
by Pam Grout

When you consider that most of the songs from Nashville are about broken hearts, shattered dreams, and mamas getting run over by pickups, it's no surprise that songwriter Greg Tamblyn finally found a new niche.

Tamblyn is much too successful to sing the country-western blues. He's just released his 6th CD, he's playing concerts all over the country, and he's even a sought after entertainer at health and wellness seminars.

He also leads tours to exotic destinations like China and Peru. (For details, email him at left.)

Tamblyn left his hometown Kansas City in 1986, stifled by a lack of opportunities. Oh sure, he was playing local bars, and he'd been rated "Best Male Vocalist in Kansas City" by a local newspaper. He'd even sold a couple of songs to a country singer from the Philippines. But the lure of Nashville was too great. Eventually, he landed a writing job for a Nashville song publisher.

Along with having his songs recorded by country artists, Tamblyn successfully released his own single, "It's Another Joyful Elvis Presley Christmas." It caught the attention of radio stations and reviewers around the country, and was named "Christmas Single of the Year" in Cashbox magazine.

Then the Cayman Islands Hyatt offered him a gig. Remember that pool bar that Gene Hackman sat near in The Firm? The singer in the background could have been Tamblyn. Except by that time, he'd left, burned out by tourists wanting to hear "Margaritaville" for the 896th time. He wanted to sing his own songs.

Soon after that he was asked to play a wellness conference at Duke University Medical Center. With songs like "The Shootout at the I'm OK, You're Ok Corral," and "My Life is a Beer Commercial," he was a smash hit, and a new career was born.

The brochure for the conference listed Tamblyn as a member of the seminar's faculty. Where initials such as M.D. and Ph.D. followed the other presenter's names, the listing for Tamblyn was followed by N.C.W., which stands for "No Credentials Whatsoever."

With humorous songs about inner guides named Clyde and environmental slowpokes who think the greenhouse effect means crummy tomatoes, Tamblyn has found a huge audience. In addition to his public concerts, he's played for groups as diverse as the Department of Defense and the American Holistic Medical Association.

Stories from his life and songwriting have been featured in several recent books, including "Stressed Is Desserts Spelled Backwards," by Brian Luke Seaward; "Shelter For The Spirit," by Victoria Moran; and "Art and Soul," by Pam Grout.

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  • The Grand Design
    author: Beverly A Watkins

    I absolutely love this album. The songs are touching, funny and really in touch with the world. I play it daily on my way to work and back home and I feel so good after listening to the songs.

  • The Grand Design
    author: William Zins

    The song, Holy Now, fits our philosopy perfectly; EVERYBODY, EVERYTHING IS HOLY

  • Blessings through music
    author: Don

    Listening to each song on the CD produced peaceful inner fealings that were rarely experienced through listening to songs routinely played on the radio. Words of hope and reminders of being connected to all are much needed in the special planet we call home during this life time. Definately more soothing to the heart and soul than most other things I;m aware of.

  • INSPIRING and REAL
    author: Brie Noble-Mark

    This album gave a delicious taste of both his refined studio performance and the raw live performance. I felt totally satiated hearing all the songs-- like I'd had my share of sweet and salty. The live performance audio was of surprisingly high quality and enjoyable to listen to. The silly songs were SO hilarious. The unsilly songs were moving and so original and honest. Wow. Wow. Wow. The Writer's Block song was an epiphenal experience for me as I heard all the self-judgements I've made about myself self-judging myself.

  • Deep & wide...mainlined directly to the heart!
    author: Kathleen Smith

    In this two CD set, Greg has delivered both ends of the spectrum. Disc one conveys hilarious insights into the joys and foibles of being human. On disc two, the more solemn CD, the Grand Design is a most unexpected and extraordinary message—mainlined directly to the heart. Thank you for sharing your ability to articulate to such a degree - it was a perfectly timed gift to my soul.

  • Great CD.
    author: Karen Bursenos

    This cd is very entertaining - one that we all can relate to in one way or another. Very funny!!

  • This guy is a blast!
    author: Blogging Poet, aka Billy Jones

    Call him Country, call him Folk, call him Blues, call Greg Tamblyn anything you like but call him funny and you’ll be dead on target. Greg Tamblyn knows how to entertain an audience. From his parodies of popular love songs to “Proctor and Johnson’s internal odor pills make the gas you pass smell just like flowers... I could be one of those guy’s who’s so darn cool his do-do smells like flowers...” this guy is a blast. Then there’s Railroad Bill, a song about a railroad hero or a song about writing songs, I’m not sure, but you’re sure to laugh until you wet your pants. And you know what? There’s not a single song in the Grand Design double CD. that your children can’t listen to. And if you’re a writer worried about writer’s block, well Greg has the cure for that as well. You’ll laugh at yourself for ever thinking you had writer’s block. Then there’s Near Death Experience-- the story of almost getting caught by your wife while with another woman, not your usual cheating song, nor your usual near death experience “...I looked up and saw my wife pass right before my eyes...” There’s also the visit from Doctor Jerko, AKA. Bowen White, the proctologist who does a duet with Greg as they do the song, Type A-Ness-- a “tribute” to Type A personalities everywhere. Greg Tamblyn is an entertainer as funny as Ray Stevens and as talented as Mike Cross. Greg has another side as well. Have you ever thought about the fact that we are all made of the same atoms, that atoms never disappear and eventually end up a part of something or someone else? You see, Greg Tamblyn calls himself a new age kind of guy and the music from the first CD in the collection is as good for the heart as the laughs you’ll get from the second CD.

  • This guy is a blast!
    author: Blogging Poet, aka Billy Jones

    Call him Country, call him Folk, call him Blues, call Greg Tamblyn anything you like but call him funny and you’ll be dead on target. Greg Tamblyn knows how to entertain an audience. From his parodies of popular love songs to “Proctor and Johnson’s internal odor pills make the gas you pass smell just like flowers... I could be one of those guy’s who’s so darn cool his do-do smells like flowers...” this guy is a blast. Then there’s Railroad Bill, a song about a railroad hero or a song about writing songs, I’m not sure, but you’re sure to laugh until you wet your pants. And you know what? There’s not a single song in the Grand Design double CD. that your children can’t listen to. And if you’re a writer worried about writer’s block, well Greg has the cure for that as well. You’ll laugh at yourself for ever thinking you had writer’s block. Then there’s Near Death Experience-- the story of almost getting caught by your wife while with another woman, not your usual cheating song, nor your usual near death experience “...I looked up and saw my wife pass right before my eyes...” There’s also the visit from Doctor Jerko, AKA. Bowen White, the proctologist who does a duet with Greg as they do the song, Type A-Ness-- a “tribute” to Type A personalities everywhere. Greg Tamblyn is an entertainer as funny as Ray Stevens and as talented as Mike Cross. Greg has another side as well. Have you ever thought about the fact that we are all made of the same atoms, that atoms never disappear and eventually end up a part of something or someone else? You see, Greg Tamblyn calls himself a new age kind of guy and the music from the first CD in the collection is as good for the heart as the laughs you’ll get from the second CD.

  • How fun
    author: Dianne

    How fun to see our common experiences expressed in uncommon cleverness. Thanks Greg. Loved it.

  • songs coming from a new paradigm
    author: carol shoup

    the grand design is marvelous! we need more than ever music and songs about new paradigms and new ways of seeing our world and universe and our human selves as being woven into that fabric! this artist does it!!! congratulations, greg!!!!!

  • Greg is wonderfully talented and fun!
    author: BookCrazy Radio Network

    I have listened to the Grand Design at least 30 times since receiving it a week ago. If this copy wears out I will order another.

  • Conscious or Unconscious-- ya gotta buy this CD set!
    author: Patty Burgess

    I laughed and cried simultaneously. The first CD is holy the second...hilarious. From holy to hilarious---it doesn't get any better than this!

  • We are all part of "The Grand Design"
    author: Betty Keith

    This CD touched me the most of all. Greg has an amazing way of seeing the profound in the ordinary, and bringing it to life in song. So many of the songs are positive and inspiring reminders to look at life through the eyes of wonder and love. And, if you need a break from the profound for awhile, the second CD is sure to bring great belly laughs.

  • Worth the Wait!
    author: Fran Stone

    This double set was well worth the wait. With one CD being the serious stuff and the other the silly stuff, it's the best of both worlds. The title song, The Grand Design, says it all for me. I first heard Call the Lamas! when Greg played it at a workshop that I attended. I would have bought the CD for that song alone. I live in Florida and have personally seen Dolphin Therapy do it's magic and the song is a beautiful example of how these sensitive creatures have touched the lives of people.I brought the comedy CD to work just so I could play Type A-Ness, as it applied so well to some of the people we work with. All of the songs are really funny. I especially love Proctor and Johnson's Pills, and would probably invest in them if such a thing ever came around.All in all this is a great bunch of tunes that once again showcase Greg's talents.

  • Simply beautiful, beautifully simple.
    author: Ro Clarke

    Simply beautiful, beautifully simple. Greg's music always seems to represent a slice of just about everyone's life. The Grand Design is clearly part of The Master's Plan. Thanks, Greg, for once again making the connection...

  • Complimentary + constructive criticism of sorts
    author: Martha Hildreth

    This CD reflects Greg's sensitivity and unique observations and good humor. It is easy to listen to his poetry again and again. I notice that some tunes are a little too similar to others, but that's OK cuz I like them! I appreciate the positive, uplifting nature of the music.

  • Greg's music reflects all that is real, holy and silly in this world.
    author: Rev. Bobrie Grace

    Greg's music reflects all that is real, holy and silly in this world. I am at once rooted in love and lifted to joy. His music is authentic and makes my heart sing and my feet jiggle.

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