Album Notes

Special note #1: Track 2, "COMMON SIDE EFFECTS INCLUDE" is the winner of the 2004 BEST COMEDY/NOVELTY SONG (out of over 140,000 songs submitted) in the Just Plain Folks Music Awards. (www.jpfolks.org) Listen to it by clicking at left.

Special note #2: Track 18, "JUST A LITTLE SOUL HANGING OUT IN SPACE" is the winner of the 2005 HUMOR AWARD in the first-ever New-Thought Music Awards. Listen to it by clicking at left.

Special note #3: The LIVE TRACKS disc is an "enhanced" CD, meaning if you put it in your computer it can either play like a regular CD, or like a CD-ROM. If you open the CD-ROM (on most computers it opens automatically) you immediately hear a track of "All These Atoms" and see a menu. You can choose to watch the video demo, check out all the song lyrics, or do some other stuff.

Special note #4: CD Reviews can be found at the bottom of this page.

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SOME PEOPLE have a cause. Some people have a mission. Some people have a vision. Some people have a crusade. Friends, I know what you're thinking: "Greg, yours seems a little silly."

But it's a simple thing. I want people to wake up and consign lyrics like "Without you, I'm garbage" to their rightful place in the world of entertainment: Material For Comedy!

So I put this collection of tunes together. In addition to the previously released stuff, there are two new songs: "Common Side Effects Include" and "Self-Employment Made Harder By Difficult Boss." There are also two new live versions of earlier studio releases: "The Shootout At The I'm OK, You're OK Corral" and "My Life Is A Beer Commercial." All four of those are among many mischieviously created with my wonderfully abnormal pal Richard Helm, who deserves a ton of the credit. Or blame, depending on your point of view.

A certain wise man I know likes to say that one of the most radical things you can do in our culture is to have a good day. I hope the funny songs make you laugh and the serious ones make you feel good.


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, Tibet, Bali, and Peru. (For details, check out his website or 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.

His career took an unexpected turn when he got hired for a wellness conference at Duke University Medical Center. With songs such as "The Shootout at the I'm OK, You're OK Corral," and "My Life is a Beer Commercial," he was a smash hit.

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 presenters' 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.