Gentle Thunder’s musical journey began at the age of fourteen in Kirkland, WA as a rock-roll drummer and by the age of seventeen she was playing professionally. Largely a self taught musician Gentle Thunder began recording and for years was the driving force behind several Seattle based original bands. Her recording career as a drummer took her to Memphis, TN for two years. While in Memphis she became captivated by the hammer dulcimer and her Native American Cree Ancestry.