Pat Terry Plays At Charles And Myrtle's Saturday

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Pat Terry will play at Charles and Myrtle's Coffeehouse on Saturday at 8 p.m. The coffeehouse is located inside Christ Unity Church at 105 McBrien Road. There is a $10 suggested donation at the door.

Review for Pat Terry:
As a pioneer of Contemporary Christian music, he was part of the first wave of artists to be signed to the then fledgling Myrrh Records label.

Between 1974 and 1980 he wrote and recorded seven albums with his own Pat Terry Group, During that time his songs appeared on albums of a diverse list of artists that included pop singer, B.J. Thomas, country great, Ray Price, and cowboy hero, Roy Rogers.

He then co-authored with Travis Tritt, the singer's first number one country hit, "Help Me Hold On."

A number of his songs have been recorded by various artist's including, Confederate Railroad, The Oak Ridge Boys, Tanya Tucker, Sammy Kershaw, John Anderson and Kenny Chesney.


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