Greg Thelen, Songwriter -- Enough Thunder

Thanks for stopping by. Here you will find a few pictures, some thoughts, and links to some of my music projects.

I grew up in a family that liked to put a little spin on their German heritage. Supposedly that was what made us tough and thrifty. One family joke was about the hard bench--given the choice between a soft chair and a hard bench, you should always choose the hard bench--it's better for your backbone and makes you better prepared for harder times.

When I was a kid growing up outside of Portland Oregon, I heard a lot of roots music, both on the radio and at home.When Dylan and the Beatles got popular, I grabbed my dad's guitar and blistered my fingers. Mmmm--guitar--talk about a chick magnet!

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If you go to my CDbaby page, you can listen to tracks from my 2007 album, Enough Thunder. You can even buy it there for ten bucks (just click the album cover to listen).

The base of a column on the Acropolis ~350 BC. The ancient Greeks did a lot of things well. This was an eye opener for me.
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Happened to be in Cannes during the film festival and my daughter found a pay phone to call her mom.

One winter I lived in a cabin on a lake--had to row a boat 1/4 mile to get to my car. Took this one morning on my way to work.

Music has always been a pretty big deal for me. I'm now playing in a band called The Responsible Adults here in Portland.
www.myspace.com/theresponsibleadults

My singer/songwriter page is at www.myspace.com/gregthelenx

I was involved in alternative education for ten years. Kids are our future--take them seriously. Go democratic schools!

My Aunt Pearl had a quick wit well into her 90's. She also had an iron will and many other endearing qualities. After she passed away, I was talking with my cousin who told me what she used to say about a neighbor family we all knew well, who always had to have the newest things and acted mighty fine. She reportedly would tell her kids, "They're all front and no back."

You can contact me at g9gregthelen.999 (of course it would work best if you replace the nines with @ and com).

Thanks for checking out my page. I mean it!
Please look again--I'll be adding more.
G.T.
11/3/08

Egyptian marbles from Hadrian's Villa in Ancient Rome. Saw these in the Vatican Museum years ago. As I remember, they were listed as statues from the Temple of Osiris. You can't get close to them these days.
"Can't touch this"