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PAMELA TERRY 65, A LIFELONG SOUTHERNER, AUTHOR PAMELA TERRY LEARNED THE POWER OF STORYTELLING AT A VERY EARLY AGE. SHE LIVES IN SMYRNA, GEORGIA, WITH HER SONGWRITER HUSBAND, PAT, AND THEIR THREE DOGS, APPLE, ANDREW, AND GEORGE.
DO YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST RECORD YOU BOUGHT WITH YOUR OWN MONEY, THE FIRST RECORD, CASSETTE, OR CD? DO YOU STILL HAVE IT? I have a clear memory of buying The Beatles, Let It Be, and James Taylor’s, Sweet Baby James, on the same day, and I’m sure I still have them, though they’ve probably migrated out to my husband’s studio with all the rest of the LPs. He can’t believe that my first Beatles record was their last one, but there you go. When I was little we had a set of “Classics From Around the World” that served as the bulk of my musical education, everything from Mozart to polkas. I could sing you “Three Little Maids From School” from Gilbert and Sullivan but had no idea who Eleanor Rigby was. WHAT ARE YOUR GO-TO SONGS WHEN YOU GET IN THE CAR AND YOU'RE BY YOURSELF? ANY NEW SONGS YOU'RE LOVIN'? If I’m in the car, I’ll always turn up “Copperhead Road” by Steve Earle, “How I Got Over”, by Aretha Franklin, “Ship to Wreck” by Florence and the Machine, anything by Petula Clark, even “The Wellerman”, a Scottish sea shanty by The Longest Johns. I’m crazy about Imogen Heap, Kate Rusby, and Maura O’Connell, and I recently discovered Allison Russell, who’s amazing. I especially love her song, “The Runner”.
