ANNOUNCER: THIS PRESENTATION WAS
MADE POSSIBLE THANKS IN PART TO
THE PATRONS OF “CHARLOTTESVILLE
INSIDE-OUT ” COMMITTED TO
EXPLORING THE PEOPLE, PLACES AND
QUALITY OF LIFE THAT UNIQUELY
DEFINE CHARLOTTESVILLE AND ITS
SURROUNDINGS.
TERRI ALLARD: FOR WHTJ, I'M
TERRI ALLARD AND THIS IS
“CHARLOTTESVILLE INSIDE-OUT ”
STEPHANIE NAKASIAN: JAZZ IS
AMERICA'S CLASSICAL MUSIC THAT
WHAT WE TRY TO ENCOURAGE AND IN
ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO BE IN JAZZ
YOU'RE ACTUALLY ALSO ENCOURAGING
SELF EXPRESSION AND FREEDOM
WHICH IS BIG.
>>TERRI ALLARD: OUR GUESTS TODAY
HAVE BEEN PERFORMING AROUND THE
WORLD FOR OVER THREE DECADES.
JOIN US AS WE VISIT WITH
RENAISSANCE JAZZ VOCALIST
STEPHANIE NAKASIAN AND HER
PARTNER INTERNATIONALLY
ACCLAIMED JAZZ PIANIST HOD
O'BRIEN.
COME ON!
>>TERRI: SO TELL US HOW YOU MET.
>>STEPHANIE: AH WELL IT WAS A
CONNECTION THROUGH
CHARLOTTESVILLE THROUGH HOD'S
SISTER WHO HAD BEEN LIVING HERE
AND I MET ONE OF HER CHILDREN
AND HE SAID, MY UNCLE'S A JAZZ
PIANO PLAYER IN NY. AND I SAID
OH. AT THAT POINT I WASN'T DOING
JAZZ, I WAS DOING BANKING, SO
>>TERRI: SO YOU WERE ON WALL
STREET.
>>STEPHANIE: YEAH SO I HAD NEVER
MET A JAZZ PIANO PLAYER SO I
THOUGHT THAT SOUNDS EXCITING AND
SEXY I WANT TO MEET SOMEBODY
SOME JAZZ GUY. SO I WENT AND IT
TURNS OUT HE WAS PLAYING IN NY
RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM WHERE
I LIVED. HE WAS AT 63RD AND
FIRST AND I WAS AT 54TH AND
SECOND. AND I SAID WOW THIS
MUSIC IS GREAT AND HE'S SO CUTE
AND SO I ACTUALLY MADE A FORAY
AND SAID YOU KNOW I LIKE TO SING
AND MAYBE YOU COULD HEAR ME SING
SOMETIME.
>>TERRI: I LOVE THAT. SO YOU
FELL IN LOVE WITH JAZZ, FELL I
LOVE WITH HOD AND THERE WENT
WALL STREET.
>>STEPHANIE: RIGHT, RIGHT.
>>SO LET'S BACKTRACK A LITTLE
TOO THEN. PRIOR TO MEETING
STEPHANIE, YOU HAD ALREADY HAD,
YOU WERE IN THE PROCESS OF
HAVING A REALLY FABULOUS CAREER.
>>HOD: IT VARIED FROM BEING A
GREAT CAREER TO SORT OF A
NON-CAREER.
>>TERRI: WELL, LET'S START AT
THE VERY, VERY, VERY BEGINNING
WHEN YOU WERE EIGHT. YOU FELL IN
LOVE WITH MUSIC, WHY?
>>HOD: OH, YEAH. I HEARD BOOGIE
WOOGIE AND IN THOSE YEARS, THAT
WAS IN 1944 AND BOOGIE WOOGIE
WAS KIND OF POPULAR MUSIC ON THE
RADIO IN THOSE DAYS. I HER
D
SUGAR
CHILD ROBINSON, TEN YEARS OLD,
PLAYING BOOGIE WOOGIE AND I
THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO
DO.
♪ PAORB PAORB PAEURPB PAEURPB
>>TERRI ALLARD: ONE OF YOUR
FIRST BREAKS WAS AT A CLUB IN EB
>>TERRI ALLARD: ONE OF YOUR
FIRST BREAKS WAS AT A CLUB IN EB
>>TERRI ALLARD: ONE OF YOUR
FIRST BREAKS WAS AT A CLUB IN >
FIRST BREAKS WAS AT A CLUB IN >
FIRST BREAKS WAS AT A CLUB IN >
FIRST BREAKS WAS AT A CLUB IN
NJ, RIGHT? WHAT WAS THAT
FABULOUS CLUB?
>>THIS WAS IN MA, LENNOX, MA.
AND THERE WAS ADJACENT TO THE
TANGLEWOOD GROUNDS WAS A PLACE
CALLED THE MUSIC INN, COUNT
BASSIE
ORCHESTRA WOULD PLAY THERE BUT
ALSO THE MODERNISTS OF THAT
TIME, WHO PEOPLE LIKE DIZZY
GILLESPIE, THELONIAS MONK, THE
MODERN JAZZ QUARTET, PLAYED
THERE AND I WOULD GO TO THESE
CONCERTS, THEY HAD THEM EVERY
SUNDAY NIGHT AND RIGHT UP THE
HILL FROM THE MUSIC INN WAS A
PLACE CALLED AVALOCH WHERE RANDY
WESTON USED TO HOLD COURT EVERY
SUMMER DURING THE EARLY 50'S.
AND SO AFTER THE CONCERTS AT THE
MUSIC INN WE'D ALL GO UP TO
AVALOCH AND SOME MUSICIANS WOULD
COME UP THERE AND RANDY WOULD
HAVE THEM SIT IN AND THAT WAS MY
PROVING GROUNDS, MY STOMPING
GROUNDS.
>> YOU ENDED UP IN NY BECAUSE OF
THAT RIGHT? YOU FOLLOWED THESE
OTHER MUSICIANS TO NY BECAUSE
THAT'S WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND
YOU WERE PART OF THE LOFT SCENE?
>>HOD: THEY INTRODUCED US TO THE
LOFT SCENE.
>>TERRI: AND WHAT WAS THAT? FOR
PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW, WHAT WAS
THE LOFT SCENE?
>>WELL, IN NY CITY THEY HAD THE
VERY OLD DOWNTOWN AREA WHERE OLD
ABANDONED WAREHOUSES USED TO AH,
MUSICIANS USED TO MAKE THEIR
DWELLINGS IN THESE LOFTS SO THAT
THEY COULD HAVE GATHERINGS THERE
OF MUSICIANS AND JAM HAVE JAM
SESSIONS.
>>RIGHT, MMM HMM.
>>YOU KNOW LIKE STAN GOETZ WOULD
COME INTO ONE OF THOSE LOFTS AND
PLAY AND EVERYTHING AND IF HE
LIKED YOUR PLAYING, HE HAD IF HE
WAS GETTING ANOTHER - CHANGING
HIS PIANO PLAYER HE MIGHT CALL
YOU RIGHT THERE.
>>RIGHT, RIGHT, SO IT WAS GREAT.
>>TERRI: YOU GOT ONE OF YOUR
FIRST RECORD DEALS PLAYING THE
LOFT SCENE, RIGHT?
>>WELL, IT WAS SIMILARLY, YEAH.
I WENT TO SEE TEDDY CHARLES WHO
WAS A VIBES PLAYER AND HAL STEIN
AN ALTO SAXOPHONE PLAYER WAS
PLAYING WITH HIM AND I KNEW HAL
FROM ONE OF THE LOFTS AND SO I
SAID I'D GO SEE HAL AND SEE IF
HE'LL GET TEDDY TO COME AND ASK
ME TO PLAY.
>>TERRI: YEAH.
>>HOD: AND WHICH HE DID. AND SO
AFTER I FINISHED PLAYING, TEDDY
TURNED TO ME AND SAID I LIKE
YOUR PLAYING MAN HOW'D YOU LIKE
TO DO A RECORD GIG NEXT WEEK?
>>OH! THAT'S GREAT.
>>THERE WERE THREE TRUMPET
PLAYERS, ART FARMER,IDREES
SULIEMAN DONALD BYRD.
♪
>>TERRI: THREE TRUMPETS. AND
THEN TALK ABOUT REPLACING BILL
EVANS.
>>WELL THAT WAS IN OSCAR
PETTIFORD'S QUINTET.
>>AND THIS IS ONE OF MY DUBIOUS
DISTINCTIONS - OSCAR WAS
COMPLAINING ABOUT BILL EVANS'
PLAYING AND HIS COMPING AND HIS
TIME FIELD. HIS TIME FIELD
MEANING HIS SENSE OF RHYTHM HE
HAD A DIFFERENT WAY OF
ADDRESSING THE BEAT AND
ADDRESSING RHYTHM THAN OSCAR WAS
USED TO AND I HAD ALSO SEEEN
OSCAR ALREADY, YOU KNOW PLAYED
WITH HIM IN A LOFT AND SO WEEK
LATER I GOT A CALL FROM OSCAR
JOIN THE BAND. AND I SAID SURE!
I WAS PLEASED
>>OH! AND FOR THOSE WHO DON'T
KNOW JAZZ WE'RE TALKING, THESE
ARE TOP PERFORMERS, THESE ARE
INCREDIBLY WELL RESPECTED
>>WELL WE ALL KNOW WHO BILL
EVANS TURNED OUT TO BE.
>>YEAH, EXACTLY. OK SO THEN
FAST, FAST FORWARD TO WHEN YOU
ALL MET AND STARTED PERFORMING
TOGETHER.
>>STEPHANIE: WELL, JUST IN
GENERAL THINGS JUST STARTED
HAPPENING. WE STARTED GETTING
GIGS, IT WAS OBVIOUS I COULDN'T
WORK ON WALL STREET, GET UP AT 6
IN THE MORNING TO BE ON WALL
STREET AND THEN STAY OUT TILL 3
HANGING OUT WITH HOD YOU KNOW
SINGING IN THE CLUBS. SO I JUST
HAD TO MAKE A DECISION ONE DAY
TO COME OUT, YOU KNOW AND YOU
KNOW GO TO, WE HAD A PARTY AND I
SAID TO MY FRIENDS I'M STEPHANIE
NAKASIAN AND I'M A JAZZ SINGER.
>>LAUGHTER THAT'S GREAT.
>>AND YOU KNOW I HAD MY BUSINESS
FRIENDS THERE AND MY NEW JAZZ
FRIENDS AND I JUST DECIDED TO
TRY FOR FIVE YEARS, I WAS YOUNG
AND HAD TIME, I COULD DO THAT.
AND IF IT DIDN'T WORK OUT I'D GO
BACK TO BUSINESS AND FINISH,
FINISH MY CALLING THAT WAY.
>>WHEN I FIRST HEARD STEPHANIE
SING I WAS AH, SHE WAS AMAZING.
THE WAY I HEARD WHEN I HEARD
ELLA FITZGERALD AND SARAH
VAUGHAN SING. AND SHE TOLD ME
SHE'D NEVER HEARD OF THESE
SINGERS.
>>STEPHANIE: I'D NEVER BEEN
EXPOSED, NO.
>>HOD: AND SO I WAS TOTALLY
BLOWN AWAY THAT SHE HADN'T HEARD
OF THEM.
♪
>>TERRI: SO YOU ALL TOURED FOR
YEARS AND YEARS AND THEN YOU
WERE TOGETHER FOR YEARS BEFORE
YOU EVEN GOT MARRIED. BUT THEN
YOU DECIDED TO START A FAMILY,
RIGHT?
>>STEPHANIE: YEAH, WE WERE
TOGETHER 14 YEARS BEFORE WE EVEN
GOT THAT, GOT THAT FAR. BECAUSE
WE MET IN 1980 AND WE WERE
TOURING, WE WERE DOING WE LIVED
IN THE POCONOS, WE HAD GIGS IN
HOTELS IN NJ AND NY AND WE DID A
LOT OF CRUISE SHIPS.
>>HOD: YEAH.
>>STEPHANIE: WE WENT ALL OVER
THE PLACE YOU KNOW AND THEN
AROUND 1992 WE STARTED TO GET
ITCHY ABOUT - MY CLOCK WAS
TICKING AND YOU KNOW I WAS HMM
SHOULD WE DO THIS? I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW. AND SO WE FINALLY
MADE THE LEAP AND HAD BEAUTIFUL
VERONICA IN 1994. WE GOT MARRIED
IN 1993 IN ST. THOMAS.
>>HOD: BEST THING WE EVER DID.
IT WAS THE BEST PRESENT SHE EVER
GAVE ME.
>>TERRI: OH!
>>STEPHANIE: THANK YOU. YOU GAVE
THERE'S A LOT OF HER, THERE'S A
LOT OF YOU IN HER, BELIEVE ME.
>>HOD: SHE'S BECOMING A TOP
NOTCH JAZZ SINGER NOW AND SHE
WAS ALSO INTO ROCK AND ROLL AND
SOMEHOW SHE'S GOING TO DO
SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE
REALLY SIGNIFICANT AND DIFFERENT
I THINK.
>>TERRI: YEAH, SHE'S, WHEN SHE
WAS NINE YOUR DAUGHTER VERONICA
HAD HER FIRST ALBUM?
>>STEPHANIE: YEAH.
>>TERRI: RIGHT? I MEAN, SHE'S
REALLY QUITE TALENTED, TOO.
>>STEPHANIE: SHE'S ALWAYS WANTED
TO DO IT WITH US, YOU KNOW IT
WAS A FAMILY, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL
FAMILY THING. YOU KNOW IT'S VERY
LOVING. IT'S REALLY FABULOUS
SHE SINGS WITH US AND THEN SHE
HAS HER OWN, HAS HER OWN CAREER
NOW AND IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL.
>>TERRI: NOW YOU'RE UP AGAINST
A HEALTH ISSUE. YOU WERE
RECENTLY DIAGNOSED WITH LUNG
CANCER, HOD.
>>HOD: LAUGHS. YES. BIG SHOCK
AND SURPRISE. NEVER HAVING, WELL
I MEAN I SMOKED A LONG TIME AGO
AND GAVE IT UP A LONG TIME AGO.
NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT IT.
>>STEPHANIE: YOU'VE BEEN
HEALTHY.
>>HOD: NEVER HAD ANYTHING TO
INDICATE THAT I HAD A BAD LUNG
OR SOMETHING.
>>STEPHANIE: YEAH, HE WAS A
MARATHON RUNNER, VERY ATHLETIC
AND STRONG AND NEVER SICK OR
ANYTHING, SO IT WAS A SHOCK.
>>TERRI: RIGHT, RIGHT.
>>HOD: YEAH.
>>TERRI: AND AH, WHAT DID YOUR
DAUGHTER VERONICA SAY TO YOU
STEPHANIE?
>>STEPHANIE: OH, RECENTLY? I
TOLD YOU THAT. WELL, YOU KNOW
SHE SAID MOM, YOU HAVE TO GET
DADDY WELL BECAUSE HIS, HE'S,
HIS MUSIC IS TOO IMPORTANT TO
THE WORLD. YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE
HE GETS BETTER
♪
>>TERRI: THERE ARE ALL THESE
DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU'VE
BEEN WORKING ON YOU HAVE BOOK
ABOUT YOUR WHOLE CAREER.
>>HOD: IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE
REALLY, NOT A REALLY EDUCATIONAL
ACADEMIC TYPE OF A BOOK,
BIOGRAPHICAL THING, IT'S
SUPPOSED TO BE AN OFF THE CUFF
TYPE OF THING TELLING FUNNY
STORIES THAT OCCURRED IN CLUBS
WHILE I WAS PERFORMING.
>>STEPHANIE: VERY FUNNY.
>>STEPHANIE: YOU GET THE FEELING
OF THE JAZZ LIFE.
>>TERRI: WHAT A GREAT BOOK. AND
YOU'RE WORKING ON A BOOK TOO.
YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF BOOKS, ONE
THAT YOU'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT
IS HELPING PEOPLE TO SING AND
LIKE TO GIVE THEM PERMISSION TO
SING.
>>STEPHANIE: YOU KNOW IT'S FUNNY
HOW LIFE TAKES YOU ON THESE
JOURNEYS. YOU KNOW HERE I WAS
JUST A JAZZ SINGER. NEXT THING
I'M TEACHING JAZZ, WHICH I
WASN'T TRAINED IN SCHOOL TO
TEACH JAZZ BUT YOU JUST TEACH
WHAT YOU KNOW.
>>TERRI: AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE
FOR MANY YEARS.
>>STEPHANIE: AND SO I WAS
HELPING CHOIR DIRECTORS AND IT
TOOK ON A BIGGER SCOPE. AND AS I
DID THAT I REALIZED EVERYBODY
HAD THE SAME ISSUES. EVERYBODY
WAS PRETTY INSECURE ABOUT
SINGING. IT FELT VERY NAKED,
VERY EXPOSED AND THERE WERE
CERTAIN TECHNICAL THINGS WITH
THE MOUTH AND THE JAW AND THE
THROAT THAT THEY'RE ALL COMMON
TO ALL OF US AND IN FAC TIF THEY
CAN RELEASE THAT YOU KNOW AND
FREE UP A LITTLE BIT THE MUSIC
WILL COME OUT BEAUTIFULLY.
>>TERRI: HOW MANY CD'S IF YOU
CAN EVEN COME UP WITH A NUMBER,
THAT YOU'VE RECORDED SEPARATELY,
TOGETHER AND THEN WITH OTHER
PEOPLE. I MEAN LIKE A
GUESTIMATE.
>>STEPHANIE: WELL, THE ONLY
REASON I KNOW HOD'S IS BECAUSE
HE'S WRITING THIS BOOK. AND SO
THERE'S SOMEONE IN HOLLAND, IN
THE NETHERLANDS, WHO'S WRITING
THE DISCOGRAPHY AND HE CAME UP
WITH 69 RECORDINGS THAT HOD'S
ON.
>>TERRI: THAT YOU'RE INVOLVED.
OH MY GOODNESS.
>>STEPHANIE: SO I THINK YOU HAVE
ABOUT AS A LEADER, 20 AS A
LEADER MAYBE.
>>HOD: I DON'T THINK IF IT'S
THAT MUCH
>>TERRI: SO SPEAKING OF
INSPIRATION. IF YOU COULD GIVE
ADVICE TO OTHERS WHO ARE
PERFORMERS AND MUSICIANS I MEAN,
WHAT'S YOUR BEST ADVICE FOR
SURVIVING IN THIS INDUSTRY?
>>HOD: WELL, AND KEEP TRYING AND
HOPE FOR THE BEST.
>>STEPHANIE: YEAH YOU WORK ON
YOUR MUSIC AND YOU DEVELOP
YOURSELF.
>>HOD: YOU DEVELOP YOUR JUST TRY
TO DEVELOP YOUR OWN STYLE.
>>STEPHANIE: YOU HAVE TO ALMOST
KEEP REINVENTING YOURSELF AND I
DON'T MEAN CHANGING WHAT YOU DO
BUT
>>TERRI: YEAH.
>>STEPHANIE: NO TWO JAZZ
MUSICIANS SHOULD SOUND THE SAME.
THEY SHOULD NEVER SOUND THE SAME
BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE DIFFERENT. SO
WE JUST ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DO
IT. LISTEN TO MUSIC, BUY
RECORDINGS, GO TO LIVE
PERFORMANCES, EXPERIENCE IT,
SHARE IT, GET YOUR KIDS INVOLVED
WITH IT. IT'S FANTASTIC.
>>TERRI: THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.
>>STEPHANIE: THANK YOU, TERRI.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
>>HOD: THANK YOU.
THIS IS A PLACE THAT'S
CONSISTENT. YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE
GETTING YOU KNOW THE PEOPLE THAT
ARE HERE IT'S SOMEWHAT LIKE
CHEERS IN THE BAR OF OLD. THEY
KNOW YOUR NAME.
TERRI: TODAY WE'RE GOING TO STOP
BY A VERY SPECIAL
CHARLOTTESVILLE ESTABLISHMENT
THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDING OUR
COMMUNITY WITH HOMEMADE
LEMONADE, THICK MILKSHAKE, TASTY
DELI TREATS AND A PRESCRIPTION
DELIVERY SERVICE FOR OVER A
CENTURY. JOIN US AS WE VISIT
WITH JOHN PLANTZ, OWNER OF
TIMBERLAKES DRUG STORE AND SODA
FOUNTAIN ON THE DOWNTOWN MALL.
COME ON.
KAYLIE: OK. AND DID YOU WANT TO
HAVE THAT DELIVERED OR DID YOU
WANT TO PICK IT UP? OK. SOUNDS
GOOD. THANK YOU. GOOD BYE.
JOHN: TIMBERLAKES HAS BEEN AT
THIS LOCATION SINCE 1917, BUT IT
WAS DOWN THE BLOCK, 2 BLOCKS
DOWN FROM 1890 UNTIL 1917. AND
THE BUSINESS HAS BEEN OWNED- I'M
THE FOURTH OWNER IN ALL OF THOSE
YEARS, SO EVERYBODY KEEPS IT
ABOUT 30 OR 40 YEARS AND THEN
SO, I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE '77, SO
WHAT DOES THAT MAKE IT? 40 YEARS
IN 2017. BUT I HAVE NO INTENTION
OF RETIRING. I'M HAVING TOO MUCH
FUN.
TERRI: LAUGHS. TALK ABOUT WHAT
IS SO SPECIAL ABOUT TIMBERLAKES.
THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT
MAKE IT SPECIAL.
JOHN: WELL, I GUESS JUST THE
FACT THAT IT REPRESENTS THE
PAST. A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE
BEEN COMING IN HERE SINCE THEY
WERE LITTLE KIDS AND THEIR
GRANDPARENTS BROUGHT THEM IN AND
THEY JUST KEEP COMING.
SENA: TIMBERLAKES STILL KIND OF
HAS THAT OLD FASHIONEDDRUG
STOREESQUENESS TO IT WHERE YOU
CAN GET, THERE WAS A VANILLA
POWDER THAT MY MOM LOVED FOR A
LONG TIME SO FOR A WHILE THIS
WAS THE ONLY PLACE I COULD FIND
TO GET HER CHRISTMAS PRESENTS
EVERY YEAR. JUST GOOD PEOPLE.
AND PART OF YOUR LOCAL
NEIGHBORHOOD.
TERRI: WITH YOUR PHARMACY YOU
DELIVER.
JOHN: YEAH, THAT'S REALLY WHAT'S
KEPT US IN BUSINESS, THE FREE
DELIVERY. IT'S PROBABLY NOT THE
BEST PLACE IN THE WORLD TO HAVE
A DRUG STORE, CAUSE PEOPLE GO TO
THE DOCTOR, THEY DON'T FEEL
GOOD, BUT OUR DELIVERY SERVICE
MAKES UP FOR THAT. WE CAN GET IT
TO YOUR HOUSE WITHIN A COUPLE OF
HOURS SO.
TERRI: AND YOU HAVE YOUR
FABULOUS SODA FOUNTAIN WHICH IS
-
JOHN: YEAH, THE SODA FOUNTAIN IS
THE FAMOUS PART OF THE
DRUGSTORE- WHICH I ALWAYS TELL
PEOPLE, WE FILL PRESCRIPTIONS
TOO. BUT IF YOU SAY TO ANYBODY,
IF YOU'RE AT A COCKTAIL PARTY OR
SOMETHING, SOMEBODY INTRODUCES
ME TO SOMEBODY, THEY SAY, WELL,
WHERE DO YOU WORK? AND I SAY,
TIMBERLAKES, OH, YOU HAVE THE
BEST GRILLED CHEESE, OR OH YOU
HAVE THE BEST MILKSHAKES, NOBODY
TALKS ABOUT THE PHARMACY END OF
IT.
TERRI: SO YOU HAVE REAL ICE
CREAM, I MEAN SHAKES WITH REAL
ICE CREAM, YOU MAKE YOUR OWN
LEMONADE, YOUR OWN LIME AID.
JOHN: RIGHT. WE MAKE OUR OWN
CHILI, WHICH PEOPLE JUST LOVE.
TERRI: PIE.
JOHN: WE BAKE OUR OWN TURKEY
BREAST, WE BAKE TURKEYS IN THE
OVEN DOWNSTAIRS IN THE KITCHEN.
AND UH, YEAH, YOU DON'T GET REAL
TURKEY BREASTS JUST ANY PLACE,
THE KIND LIKE YOU MAKE AT HOME,
IT'S JUST THE REAL STUFF.
TERRI: AND PIE.
JOHN: YEAH. PIE, PIE, PIE. WE
HAVE A LOT OF PIES.
TERRI: I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THE
PIE. LAUGHTER
WARREN: WE'RE HAVING A CHOCOLATE
MILKSHAKE.
HEATHER: WE CAME IN TO HAVE
LUNCH SO WE CAN EARN THE
MILKSHAKE THAT FOLLOWS BECAUSE
THIS IS THE BEST MILKSHAKE THAT
THERE IS. SO IF WE DO A GOOD JOB
AND EAT OUR LUNCH THEN WE'RE
GONNA SPLIT A CHOCOLATE
MILKSHAKE WHEN ALL OF THIS IS
OVER.
WARD: FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER
YEARS AGO THE DECISION WAS MADE
TO ONLY NAME SANDWICHES AFTER
PEOPLE WHO HAD DIED AND SO ONE
OF THE PERSONS WHO RAN THIS
PLACE WAS A GENTLEMAN NAMED
MCCAFFEY AND SO A SANDWICH WAS
NAMED FOR HIM. ANOTHER WAS LOUIS
GLAZER WHO IF YOU WILL
MANUFACTURED QUILL PENS THAT
WERE USED AT MONTICELLO. ONE OF
OUR MORE BELOVED GENTLEMEN IN
THE COMMUNITY WAS DARDEN TOWE, A
SANDWICH IS NAMED FOR HIM.
CONNIE: DEVILED EGGS. MAYONAISE,
CELERY AND MUSTARD, THAT'S ALL I
PUT IN THAT. AND WE MAKE CHICKEN
SALAD THAT'S REALLY FOR, AND THE
TUNA FISH. AND THE ONLY THING WE
PUT IN OUR TUNA IS RELISH AND
MAYONAISE AND THE ONLY THING WE
PUT IN OUR CHICKEN IS CELERY AND
MAYONAISE AND PEOPLE SEEM TO
LIKE IT LIKE THAT SO WE CONTINUE
TO DO IT AND THEY CONTINUE TO
BUY.
TERRI: SO TALK ABOUT YOUR
FABULOUS STAFF.
JOHN: FABULOUS STAFF, WHERE DO I
BEGIN? ACTUALLY THEY ALL SERVE A
VERY IMPORTANT PURPOSE HERE AND
UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF BANTERING
THAT GOES ON.
TERRI: YEAH.
JOHN: BUT THE PROBLEM IS, THE
STAFF IS, THE PROBLEM IS WE HAVE
ONE LADY WHO JUST RETIRED OVER
50 YEARS OF SERVICE. WE HAVE TWO
LADIES WHO ARE TALKING ABOUT
RETIRING, AND THEY'RE BOTH,
ONE'S OVER 50 AND THE OTHER ONE
IS GETTING CLOSE.
TERRI: FOR 50 YEARS OF SERVICE,
RIGHT.
JOHN: AND UH, IT'S HARD TO
REPLACE THOSE KINDS OF PEOPLE.
TERRI: YEAH.
JOHN: SO, IF SOMEBODY OUT THERE
IS LIKE 75 YEARS OLD AND WANTS A
JOB COME AND SEE ME.
DEBBIE: I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THIS
PLACE EXISTED UNTIL I WALKED BY.
I USED TO GO TO LANE HIGH SCHOOL
AND I USED TO LIVE ON BELMONT
AND I WOULD GO BACK AND FORTH
YOU KNOW IN THE MORNINGS TO GO
TO SCHOOL AND BACK TO GO HOME.
AND I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THIS
PLACE EVER EXISTED UNTIL I SEEN
THE YOU KNOW THE AD IN THE PAPER
SAYING YOU KNOW THAT THEY NEEDED
HELP. SO I SAID YOU KNOW LET'S
GO IN HERE AND CHECK IT OUT AND
FIND OUT. AND THAT'S WHAT I DID
AND I'VE BEEN HERE FOR SIXTEEN
YEARS NOW. AND ONCE IN AWHILE IT
HAS ITS UPS AND DOWNS YOU KNOW,
CUSTOMERS LIKE THIS ONE OVER
HERE YOU KNOW THIS LAUGHTER.
CHARLES: THERE GOES THE TIP,
I'LL TELL YOU THAT, BOY.
KAYLIE: IT IS NOT EASY, WE HAVE
A LOT OF REGULARS WHO HAVE BEEN
HERE SINCE BEFORE I WAS EVEN
BORN, SO WORKING HERE HAS
DEFINITELY BEEN A NEW
EXPERIENCE. WE HAVE A LOT OF
ORIGINAL PRODUCTS ALSO, LIKE
JEAN NATE I THINK IT'S CALLED,
AND LIKE ELIZABETH ARDEN AND THE
BLUE GRASS,ALL OF THAT LIKE THE
DUSTING POWDER YOU KNOW. THAT'S
ALL, YOU CAN'T REALLY FIND THAT
ANYWHERE ELSE, LIKE AT ANY OTHER
DRUG STORE. SO IT'S NICE WHEN
PEOPLE GET EXCITED BECAUSE THEY
COME IN AND SEE THAT WE HAVE
THAT.
TERRI: SO TALK ABOUT HOW, TALK
ABOUT HOW YOU COMPETE WITH SOME
OF THESE LARGER CHAIN
DRUGSTORES, BECAUSE THAT MUST BE
TRICKY.
JOHN: IT'S VERY DIFFICULT, AND
AH BUT WE, REALLY, TECHNICALLY
PROBABLY SHOULDN'T STILL BE
HERE. BUT WE HAVE A BIG
FOLLOWING OF PHARMACY OF PEOPLE
WHO NEED PHARMACEUTICAL
SERVICES. AND A LOT OF THEM ARE
SHUT-INS. A LOT OF ‘EM -ALOT OF
THEM JUST LIKE TO DEAL WITH A
PLACE THEY CAN TALK TO SOMEBODY.
TERRI: RIGHT.
JOHN: SO THEY CALL UP ON THE
PHONE AND THEY GET TO TALK TO
US. AND THAT MEANS A LOT TO
PEOPLE.
TERRI: YEAH.
JOHN: NOT ALL PEOPLE, I THINK
THE YOUNG GENERATION DOESN'T
REALLY KNOW THAT, THEY'RE USED
TO DEALING WITH ANONYMOUS PEOPLE
OR INTERNET OR WHATEVER, BUT THE
OLDER GENERATION LIKE TO DEAL
WITH SOMEBODY THEY KNOW.
TERRI: WELL, THEN, THEY LIKE
HOMEMADE FOOD TOO, EVERYBODY
LIKES HOMEMADE FOOD, YOU HAVE.
JOHN: YOU KEEP GOING BACK TO THE
SODA FOUNTAIN
TERRI: I KNOW, CAUSE WE HAVEN'T
REALLY GIVEN IT ITS DUE TIME
YET.
JOHN: NO, ITS.
TERRI: WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE
THING ON THE MENU? IN THE SODA
FOUNTAIN, I KEEP GOING BACK TO-
JOHN: UHHM, MY FAVORITE THING IS
PROBABLY I PROBABLY EAT THE TUNA
FISH SANDWICH MORE OFTEN THAN
NOT, PARTLY BECAUSE IT'S HEALTHY
BUT I LOVE IT WHEN WE HAVE HOME
GROWN TOMATOES.
TERRI: OH YEAH.
JOHN: DO YOU KNOW WHERE THEY
COME FROM?
TERRI: WHERE?
JOHN: I GROW ‘EM. ALL SUMMER
LONG HERE, WELL STARTING IN
ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF JULY THROUGH
AUGUST THE TOMATOES WE HAVE AH
COME OUT OF MY GARDEN.
TERRI: OH, THAT IS SO GREAT. AND
YOU'RE THE PHARMACIST, YOU'RE
BEHIND THE COUNTER.
JOHN: RIGHT.
TERRI: SO YOU ARE A BUSY GUY.
JOHN: YEAH. I WORK 4 DAYS A WEEK
NOW AND I HAVE ANOTHER
PHARMACIST, SHE A YOUNG WOMAN
AND SHE TRIES TO CHANGE
EVERYTHING THAT I DO. AND I
WON'T LET HER SO WE GO BACK AND
FORTH ALL THE TIME. BUT TO ME
YOU KNOW TO ME LIKE ALL THE
PEOPLE WHO WORK HERE, NONE OF US
LIKE CHANGE. WE'RE ALL
OLD-FASHIONED, WE SEE NOTHING
WRONG WITH THE OLD WAYS BUT YOU
KNOW THEY KEEP, PEOPLE KEEP
TRYING TO RAM THINGS DOWN YOUR
THROAT HOW YOU HAVE TO DO THIS
OR HOW YOU HAVE TO DO THAT, BUT
I'M PRETTY STUBBORN ABOUT THAT.
MILLIE: I WATCHED THEM LAY THE
FIRST BRICK OF THE MALL. AND I
CAME HERE WE HAD TWO WAY TRAFFIC
AND COULD PARK OUT IN FRONT OF
THE STORE. YOU TRY TO PLEASE
YOUR CUSTOMERS NO MATTER WHAT.
SOMETHING MAY COME UP THAT'S NOT
MAYBE YOUR FAULT BUT YOU CORRECT
IT AND BE GRACIOUS ABOUT IT. YOU
DON'T MAKE YOUR CUSTOMER FEEL
THAT YOU ARE DOING HIM A FAVOR.
IT'S THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
CONNIE: I LOVE THE CUSTOMERS
BECAUSE ALL OF THEM ARE
DIFFERENT, ALL OF THEM HAVE
STORIES TO TELL AND WE'VE HAD
SOME PRETTY GOOD TIMES, TOO. I
FIRST CAME TO WORK MY COUSIN WAS
HERE AND SHE GOT ME ON BECAUSE I
HAD JUST GOTTEN OUT OF SCHOOL IN
'68. AND I HAD STAYED AT HOME
FOR A LITTLE WHILE SO THEN IN
'69 AFTER I GOT MARRIED I SAID I
WANTED TO WORK TO PUT SOME MONEY
IN MAYBE FOR A HOME LATER. WELL
I WAS ONLY SUPPOSED TO WORK
UNTIL WE DID THE HOME BUT NOW
I'M STILL WORKING AND THE HOME'S
BEEN PAID FOR NOW FOR ABOUT
FIFTEEN YEARS. LAUGHTER. OR
MORE.
TERRI: TELL ME ONE OF YOUR
FAVORITE STORIES THAT TOOK PLACE
ABOUT A CUSTOMER OR STAFF
ANYBODY, ONE OF YOUR FAVORITE
TIMBERLAKE STORIES.
JOHN: WELL, I USUALLY TELL
PEOPLE ABOUT THE LADY WHO HAS A
DOG AND THE DOG IS GAINING
WEIGHT AND SHE ASKS ME FOR A,
WHAT CAN I GIVE THE DOG TO HELP
HIM LOSE WEIGHT? AND I SAID DID
YOU EVER THINK ABOUT NOT PUTTING
SO MUCH FOOD IN THE DOG DISH?
TERRI: OK.
JOHN: AND SHE SAID, OH NO, I
COULDN'T DO THAT; HE LOOKS AT ME
WITH THOSE BROWN EYES. AND THEN
THERE'S ANOTHER LADY WHO TOLD ME
ABOUT HER CAT. HER CAT HAS A
HEADACHE. AND I SAID HOW DID YOU
DO THAT? OR HOW DO YOU KNOW
THAT? OH, I CAN JUST TELL BY THE
WAY IT HOLDS ITS HEAD. SO, THOSE
ARE SOME OF THE ANIMAL STORIES
BUT UH I ALWAYS SAID I WOULD
WRITE SOME OF THESE STORIES DOWN
AND PUT THEM IN A BOOK. BUT THEY
COME ALONG EVERY WEEK THERE'S
ANOTHER ONE AND OF COURSE YOU
DON'T REMEMBER THEM ALL.
TERRI: MAYBE IF YOU EVER RETIRE,
MAYBE THAT'S WHAT YOU'LL DO.
JOHN: I MIGHT WRITE A BOOK ABOUT
FUNNY THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN A
DRUGSTORE.
TERRI: THAT WOULD BE A GREAT
BOOK.
JOHN: I COULD TELL YOU ONE ABOUT
A LUBRICANT, BUT I WON'T GO
THERE.
TERRI : OK,SO SERIOUSLY, ARE YOU
NEVER GONNA RETIRE? AND IF NOT,
WHY?
JOHN: UH, I REALLY DON'T HAVE
ANY PLANS TO RETIRE. I DON'T SEE
ANY, I THINK RETIREMENT IS WHAT
YOUNG PEOPLE THINK ABOUT. WHEN
YOU'RE YOUNG, YOU DON'T WANT TO
GO TO WORK. BUT WHEN YOU GET
OLDER THE JOB REALLY FILLS UP
YOUR DAY. I MEAN, I LIKE PEOPLE.
TERRI: YEAH.
JOHN: SO HERE I HAVE PEOPLE ALL
THE TIME, I CAN CHITCHAT ALL THE
TIME TELL PEOPLE WHAT I THINK,
GIVE THEM SOME INFORMATION. AND
IF I RETIRE, I'M AND AT HOME AND
ALL THAT'S GONE. SO, THEN I
HAVE MY WIFE.
TERRI: LAUGHS.
JOHN: WHICH I'M OKAY WITH BUT
SHE MIGHT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH
THAT.
TERRI: WELL JOHN, THANK YOU FOR
ALL YOU DO HERE AT TIMBERLAKES -
I HOPE YOU DON'T EVER RETIRE
EITHER.
JOHN: WELL, THANK YOU.
TERRI: THANK YOU.
TERRI ALLARD: THAT'S IT FOR THIS
WEEK. FOR WHTJ I'M TERRI ALLARD.
SEE YOU NEXT TIME ON
CHARLOTTESVILLE INSIDE-OUT.
ANNOUNCER: THIS PRESENTATION WAS
MADE POSSIBLE THANKS IN PART TO
THE PATRONS OF “CHARLOTTESVILLE
INSIDE-OUT ” COMMITTED TO
EXPLORING THE PEOPLE, PLACES AND
QUALITY OF LIFE THAT UNIQUELY
DEFINE CHARLOTTESVILLE AND ITS
SURROUNDINGS.