It does not matter how long ago Pam left us, it still hurts and I still miss her.
I have put some left overs of her music on ebay for who ever wants a memory of her beautiful voice.
Mary Joyce

So wish I could hear you sing Autumn Leaves in a cozy venue in Old Town, Arlington or DC right about now....or any song you ever sang, seven years worth missing every one.

HI Pam, It's a rainy Tues. afternoon and I just listened to "I'm Hip", one of my favorites of yours. Just had Blake here for a few days and was amazed at how he turned out. A great young man with a job that he loves. It was so nice for Sande and I to have him here. I can only wish that you could see him now. I still miss you and wish you were still here. I hope that you are well where ever you are. Love you, Greg

Happy Birthday Pam. We will always love you

Still missing you. You were the best, Pam.

Sad to hear of her passing but I can understand. I struggle with a mental Illness too and it is frustrating how, despite all our many talents, it can put a curtain over our eyes and become a blinder to reality. Getting out from under the blinder is a struggle and first one must recognize that yes, it is so real, the pain so real but it is not true reality. We can return to who we truly are! I ma glad her legacy lives on as it can be a true inspiration for others!

Can't let another year pass without honoring Pam's memory. You will always live on in our hearts and in your music.

We will never forget you, we will never forsake you - from a Sufi prayer you once went to me.

I just recently became aware of Pam thanks to Thievery Corporation and Wikipedia. What a great loss for the music community!

Too sad...

I'm sitting here listening to a Steely Dan tribute album, "Home at Last" is running. I can't help but wonder: "Who IS that on vocals? She's GREAT!"

The listing says Pam Bricker, and a Google search later I find myself at your virtual headstone...

Sad to learn about your way to early departure, Pam. I'll add some of your wonderful tracks to my playlist, the music lives on...

Thanks!

I couldn't let this sad, sad day pass without the annual visit to your virtual headstone, Pam -- to lay flowers, to... visit with you for a bit.

This has been a particularly tough one. Each year has a different character. This one may be harder because our boy has left. He got a dreamy job in CA and is going great guns as a budding game designer. I can only imagine how proud you would be of him. I remember when we used to talk about his desire to be a game designer and we were supportive, but secretly skeptical that he'd stick with it, whether he could make it in such a competitive field. Well, he stuck to it and he found something of the ideal job. So he and I are both happy with how that story turned out. I'm sure you would too. But I'm sure you'd be missing him now as much as I am. And, of course, we (and all those who knew and loved you) are always missing you.

Be at peace, dear heart.

I just heard Pam Bricker on album "The Richest Man In Babylon" by Thivery Corporation. The song entitled "All That We Perceive" is a song I can't get out of my mind. I looked up who the lead singer was and was led to Ms. Bricker. After more research I discovered she passed away. I send my condolences to her family. Right now I am listening on her website and I will be listening to her more now that I have had the chance to hear some of her songs.

God Bless
Rest in Peace

As I'm sure millions also have I was introduced to Ms. Bricker via Thievery Corporation, and they through Pandora Internet radio. It was Pandora that informed me that Pam had taken her life some three years before I'd first heard her. This conflicting discovery is similar to my discovery of Jimi Hendrix , who was also gone when I was first blessed by the introduction to his work.

Reading the testimonials of her students and associates is wonderful and wrenching at the same time. She was by all accounts a person with an amazing range of talents, and it's terrible that all that she was wasn't strong enough to keep her personal demons at bay.

I plan on researching much more of her work than I've been exposed to, and I'd like to thank the many musicians who collaborated with her.

Back in the 70's when the genre was "sex, drugs, and rock&roll" I spent a lot of my time at the Rusty Nail in Sunderland, MA. The Pam Bricker Band was always one of my very favorites. The power behind her voice was just incredible. A few weeks back I was going through old photos and there she and the band were performing at the "Nail". Great memories of a fabulous talent.....

We STILL miss you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i miss you. why did you do that? your voice was great and it will be missed.

Got to mix Pam with her band, The Bricker Band back in 77. Great voice, wonderful sense of timing and an amazing friend. Miss her more than words can describe. Love ya Pam..... Raybie

Yet another year, another humbling visit to this virtual headstone where we reverently place little electrons of remembrance and mouth words of love, longing, and loss at the computer screen.

This year, I can't help but think of our son as I think of you; how proud of him you would be. He'll graduate in less than a month from college. He's so talented and he's just an all-around good egg. I know that was so important to you, that we do our level best to turn out a decent person, so that the world would at least have one more. With all he's had to endure, he's shown incredible strength, and wisdom beyond his years, and he's made it through. He's all that. You would adore the fine man he's become. You done good, mom. Rest easy.

Sitting here listening to some live concert recordings we did together, and missing you Pammy. Five years.... sigh ....

Wow, has it been 5 years already. Still thinking of you, Pammy!

Pam was a great artist. She's missed by many of us.
Ambassador Charlie Ray

Pammy was my friend, back in the golden days at Twin Oaks. I loved the way she shared her heart and shared her voice. She was so special.

Une forte personnalité et beaucoup de générosité émanent de Pam dont je découvre la voix au chant habité.

.....and we STILL love ya'.......and miss ya'....
-Tom

......and we STILL LOVE ya'............
-Tom

For all fans and friends of Pam, I just received a wonderful gift out of no where. A Facebook page of the Bricker Band was created with many pictures of Pam and the band, a faboulous 13 minutes performance video and a mp3 player with most of the Bricker Band music. Please enjoy.

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=61139&id=62124213960#/pages/The-Bricker-Band/62124213960

Another year. Another humbling visit to the virtual grave site of our dearly departed Pam. I will make this visit (in whatever form the future takes) until the day I die.

Someone asked me recently if I thought I was truly "over" Pam. I find this a thoroughly absurd question. Not only am I not over Pam, I'm not interested in getting over Pam. I was listening to an interview with the author and philosopher Robert Anton Wilson and he was asked about the recent death of his wife (he himself passed away last year). He said he felt as though she was still with him, that they were still interacting. He was an agnostic, so he didn't mean this in a supernatural sense. He said (paraphrase): "We were together for over 30 years. She impressed herself upon my nervous system. So we're still interacting. I know what she thought about things, how she would react to things that I'm experiencing now. Well, she was an extremely intelligent person, and like all intelligent people, she could be somewhat unpredictable. But I still fell like she's here with me and we're having an interaction."

I love the idea of impressing ourselves upon each others nervous systems -- that unseen spiritual, emotional, and intellectual nerve endings co-mingle, exchange information -- and that those junctions remain. I am definitely still exchanging information with Pammy, and I bet others here who knew her well are doing the same. We were together for 22 years, half of my life at the time. We lived together, we worked together, we dreamed together.

Pam lives on in me, in the impressions on my nervous system. And in the impressions she made on yours. She was a beautiful, talented, kind-hearted, extraordinary human being. She should be celebrated. Integrated.

I will never get OVER Pamela Carroll Bricker. But I will get THROUGH.

Pammy.

Wish you were still here Pam. You're missed very very much. You are a very talented person and I wish I was able to meet you.

As a radio announcer on WDCU for years I was jusst thinking about Pam. I was about to go on the air and she just came to me and I cried. I miss Pam she was a great woman and I still can't believe she had to leave so soon. A wonderful musical friend,her voice so alive as i remember her incredible smile. I pray that she is a peace.

Sadly, I didn't know who Pam was until I read her obituary but there were aspects of her life that sounded like mine. Having dealt with mental illness since I was a teenager and my pursuit of trying to establish myself as a novelist and screenwriter for so many years, I ached as I read about her "dark, rainy November of the soul" as Melville said. But in her family, friends, husband, son and music, she will live on.

Miss you Pam. You were a key to my life. You had love and spirit.

Thank you so much, Pamela. I will never forget you.

In DC for the first time in 10 years so went to pay tribute to Pam at U-topia. Could still hear her voice and see her face. Thank you Pammy for the music, laughter and loveliness.

My Dearest Pamela,

I have held silence for more than three years. The pain of our loss, of your departure from this plane, is finally ebbing enough so that I can speak of you without tears and pain. Those of us who were blessed by your presence both as a friend and as a musical partner know how rare a human you were. Gareth had it absolutely right in his February 20th posting from last year. In each of us rests the spirit of you, a piece of what you brought to this world. And for this piece of you all of us touched by you are grateful.

"Right this minute we are one forever"

From "Right This Minute", Pam Bricker 1976

Love always,

Reed

After much inner turmoil I have released the CD I recorded with Pam before her death. Entitled" You Must Believe in Spring" it features Pam and I singing on 4 of the tracks ( best place to preview is on itunes.com by doing a search under my namke) I am specially proud of "S'Wonderful" where Pam and I were in a fabulous mood while recording and it shows throughout. That track also featured Chuck Redd on vibraphone and Paul Bollenback on guitar.She is also on "You Must Believe in Spring" where you can hear great jazz harmonica improvisations by Hendrik Muerkens as well as "Call Me Irresponsible". Pam sang with me on numerous occasions on live gigs as well as 2 of my other CDs.I am glad our last collaboration will help keep her memory alive for years to come.

So exciting. Finally! Someone posted a video of Pam singing with a live band on YouTube. Just search her name. Hope there is lots more to follow. What a treat. She is in her element. Finally. *sigh*

I considered Pam my muse. We met at the Hotel on 10th and Massachusetts, in DC. She had just finished "lullaby of birdland," so much magic was in the air, on a friday night; she and Rick performed there often. I hummed along, too loud and she came up after to tell me I had the notes right, however. From then on where ever she was performing - if I was out - I was there. And "I was out a lot." I even got a chance to hear her the first time she booked alone in DC. Yes she was my muse, my jazz angel. Her passing still hurts. Her gifts are still appreciated by this forever fan

I just found out this moment that Pam died just over three years ago, almost to the day and am profoundly shocked and saddened. Her music, especially Lebanese Blonde and All That We Perceive, counts among some of the most influential in my life, providing a haven, a beacon, a guide, an inspiration through the spectrum of moments and feelings that happen in a life. Her ethereal voice, one of an angel, has always covered me like a soft blanket.

For years when I lived in DC, I tried to see her perform at U-Topia but somehow it never materialized. Just recently, I told someone how my goal this year was to make a special trip back to fulfill the dream of seeing her in person. My deepest warmest wishes extend to all who knew and loved her, and also to her many fans and admirers who continue to feel her loss.

"We feel endlessly, beyond all gravity. Who are we, what we see, I can't comprehend"

--Amy, in Paris.

"Follow me. I see forests in your eyes and I am going there. Deeper than deep. Inside of you, where there is so much perfect darkness, that I will rest, until I am content."

- "Follow Me" Pam Bricker

After 3 years, still missing you, Pammie.

I too fell in love with Pam and her voice back in 1977 when she fronted the incredible Bricker Band. I agree with everyone on this site that it was a remarkable band. Jim Kimball was a great guitarist. I too followed the band around to Western Mass gigs and knew they were destined for better things.

I was in a local band at the time called Morgan Flatz. We were all fans of the Bricker Band. At some gig of theirs we told Pam that our band did Zappa and Steely Dan and she just lit up with excitement. Sure enough, she showed up at one of our gigs. It was a dive called The Hampden House, barely enough room for a band between the restroom doors. We were blown away that she came to see us, yet we invited her to sing with us. She picked "Any Major Dude" and came to the stage area to sing.
With the crowd poised for something special, Pam put one hand on the mic and the other hand on the mic stand. Then ...poof... she hit the ground! It seems that our guitarist had slid his mic stand into his power cord for his effects, and AC house current was flowing through the mic stand. We fricken electrocuted her! Jeez - nice guys , huh?

To make things worse, Pam was on her own a bit "electified" and the shock put her over the edge. Our keyboardist's sister had to walk her around the parking lot to help her come down. We later sent her roses and wine with an apology.

So, Pam - once again we are sorry for that night in 1977.

We are sorry you are gone so young from this earth.

But we are not sorry to have heard your beautiful voice.

Thanks so much, Pam. Shine On.

I first heard Pam at Utopia around early 2004. I was quite surprised to hear ANYONE sing "Frente's" version of Bizarre Love Triangle. She had me hooked from that point. I went to see her a few more times and just listened for hours. She was always so sweet and willing to just chit chat about anything. I was in a class downtown in late 2004 and was walking by the Pegasus Lounge and saw Pam was going to be there. Unfortunately, I didn't go in that night and after I heard of her passing, I really regretted not hearing her sweet voice one last time. I hope someone compiles her music into a CD set so everyone can enjoy this wonderful lady.

Pam, we really miss you.

Here's the song that forever made me a fan of Pam Bricker.. Enjoy..

Hey Pammy - I just looked you up on the Net after all these years and I only just learned that you are gone... so sorry that we lost touch... so wish that I could change that now, but it's too late. I'll always cherish those days on the Rock in '83... you guys were great and special friends to me when I really needed that... you'll always live in this English heart. Love always to you and Gareth & Blake.

Rob

Just... thank You. You'll be missed for ever from DC to Istanbul and in Belgrade.
Milos

It'd be great to sing some of her songs- I used to sing and play with Pam. I have an interest in doing/recording some of her songs just for my own pleasure. Three songs in particular I know of from the 70's
Krishna
Sister song
It's True

- I'd like to know if they're published &/or if OK to do them, edit/add to them to fit the rest of my repertoire? Whoever has rights to her catalog, please let me know.

Please let me know.

Taras Lumiere
tlumiere@sbcglobal.net

...Having moved back to Europe and now living in London, i have recently finished my first CD here and was preparing my press- kit and bio when i found Pam's old card - she was my first Vocal teacher when i was living in DC, and had also given me the possiblity to share the stage at U-topia back in 1999 - it is unbelievable sad to hear that she has passed and my wishes go out to her family and friends. She was a truly gifted musician and singer, i am sure that she is now jamming with the great ones.
Nel K

Like Tommy Williams said.............We still miss you.

I was listening to Thievery Corporations Passing Stars song feat. Pam....I was shocked to find out she passed away...her voice is strikingly different and unique than all the other singers I know...She will be missed....

Thank you for the great voice you give to us...and God bless you !!!
Thank you for the songs,and singing in Thievery Corporation!!!

Not forotten. Psm. I'm heading back to the US in October. Sad that I wont be able to come down to hear you in DC.

I just "googled" Pam to try to get in touch with her for some info., and am saddened to learn that she is gone. We used to enjoy listening to Mad Romance at The Henley Park back in the '80's, and got to hear Pam perform at a Realtor event 3 or 4 years ago. We will miss the talent and beauty she brought to the DC music scene

Wow. I'm still stunned. I've been cleaning up my music collection this weekend, and I happened to search for Pam, who I knew long ago in Massachusetts, and whose "basement tapes" with Linda Worster are some of my most prized rarities. I was so sad to hear of her passing, and I know she will be missed so greatly. A remarkable talent and a great spirit, leaving us great memories and songs to remember her by.

Just heard this week that you're gone. We shared music and friendship on the road between Boston and Virginia way back in the early 70's but I'll never forget you, your voice, your love. Thank you for the songs you wrote for those times...and God bless you on your travels...

Was just wondering if anyone has any live video footage of Pam's performances? Would love to see her stuff on YouTube so that she can start getting more of the recognition she deserved. Her performances were absolutely mesmerizing. Just a suggestion. I can't find anything anywhere. Will keep checking back, as I am sure many of us do. If anyone knows of any links to live footage, please let us know. Sincere thanks to her husband for maintaining this gem of a site for her fans.

I love Pam's music and lyrics. I wish I could have met her. It's just a bummer that she's not around anymore. I offer my condolences to her family and friends. Maybe in the next lifetime. Miss ya Pam...

I attended the George Washington University from 2004-2007. I did not know Pam Bricker there, but heard of her death by suicide because it was one of several suicides that occurred during a brief period of time at the university. Many GWU students committed suicide and investigations led to the conclusion that the University Counseling Services at GWU were not adequate to handle the health needs of the university community. After 3 years enrolled in one of GWU's graduate schools, I can confirm this. I am currently filing a lawsuit against GWU for their negligent and coercive psychotherapy practices. Does anyone know how I can contact Pam Bricker's husband, or any of her friends, to determine to what degree GWU might have practiced negligence in helping a gifted and valuable professor find relief and resolution for her clinical depression? Clinical depression does not always lead to suicidal actions, and in fact it is the sign of a seriously troubled and dysfunctional university counseling system when any of its members chooses such a tragic and preventable action. My deepest sympathies to Pam Bricker's family and friends.

I just got married this past weekend. I had always hoped to have Pam to sing at my wedding. I was fortunate to have other musicians who are also very dear to me to ably handle these duties. But what was kinda nice was that they allowed me to provide some CDs to play over the PA during their breaks at the reception. So I gave them Echoes of Mad Romance by Pam Bricker and Rick Harris. Couldn't tell if anyone noticed the music or not, but I did. It was nice to have the company of Pam's voice in the room.

I still miss you, Pam. Always will.

Joe

out here in "cyberia" "google-'ing'" for memories - and was quite disstressed to read of Pam's passing....far from close firends, we did however, have brief musical associatons in the Amherst/Northampton area circa 1977 - i backed her up on drums a few times - before she became member lead vocalist for Jim Kaminski's band - i got into more "serious thing" with Bev Rohler and Skip Keller before moving to boston - that transition being difficult for me, i would frequently solicit Pam for advice - her insight into why we do the things we do were certainly a palliative... Pam might have been a fleeting aquaintance, but nontethless, will be sorely missed - love to all, Steve Russo

....we still miss you!
-Tom

I finally got my old beat up cassette from 1983 to Alan Dragon in WA and he transfered it to CD and sent me a copy. I wasn't expecting much when I threw it into my player, but I was BLOWN AWAY by 8 GREAT tracks from Pam and the Bricker Band from 1977!!! Hard to believe it was 30 years ago-most of the music would fly today.

The band was smokin-wonder what happened to Jimmy Kimball, the guitarist-he was a monster player. Barry, Matthew, Mick-All of them were hot and Pam was the master.

Two versions of Arizona Triangle, their Frank Zappa take on the Pied Piper of Hamelin with Pam playing the penny whistle, two acoustic guitar songs with Pam alone-she could play as well as she could sing! And a couple of other great songs.

Thanks again Pam for the great times and music.

rest in peace Pam, ur talent is missed.

Today is the two year anniversary of Pam's death. The other day, I was thinking about the approach of this sad occasion and how I would mark it. I'd just gotten a book from Amazon and was thumbing through it. A quote by the poet Rumi jumped out at me:

“When we are dead, seek for our resting place
Not in the Earth, but in the hearts of men”

While the pain and tremendous sense of loss is still very present, something else becomes clearer and stronger by the day: the gorgeous person that was Pam Bricker, what an amazing human being she was. Her heart was so generous, her spirit was so full of life and curiosity and mischief, her intellect was so sharp. And that's not saying anything of her massive and unique talent as an artist. As these many facets of her become more defined in the relief of time, I realize, as the Rumi quote has it, a lot of her is not lost, she lives on, in those of us whose lives she touched, whose lives she helped define. A day doesn't go by when I don't think of her and the positive impact she had on my life, on our son's (who's such a beautiful reflection of her), her family and friends, on all of us who knew and loved her. She's definitely found a “resting place” in this man's heart.

I was recently involved in a recording project, and one of the tunes on the session was "Never Never Land" from Peter Pan. Remembering that Pam had recorded it w/Rick I went back and listened to it...and still nearly two years later, upon hearing Pammy's voice - so pure & expressive - I lost it.

Whatever that "it" thing is, Pam fully posessed "it." I think of her a lot, and miss her terribly. If anyone has not heard the song I mentioned, I have posted it at the bottom of the CD Catalog page on her website. Grab a kleenex first....

It is nearly two years on and I still can't believe that Pam isn't with us. Every time I think of going to DC for an evening I think of her, and then remember I won't find here there.

As time has passed the chorus of voices here have diminished, but I still stop by and check here now and then. Thanks, Max, for keepin this guestbook running.

I hope all that were close to Pam--Rick, Dave, Wayne, Jim, Gareth, Blake and others are all doing well. Best to all of you.

Joe in Baltimore

i'm so sad to hear that Pam is gone. I was at the piano today with some dear friends singing "you don't know what love is" rmemembering how beautifully she sang that song in that club in Inman Sq. she broke my heart every time. late 70's. she sang a beautiful version of Todd's "compassion". she was truly an inspiration to me. i'm happy to hear that she sang brasilian music as i do here in seattle. i'll keep her in my heart always. bryant

Just moved house and found a box of tapes and the one I thought was long gone of the Bricker Band circa 1977. Pretty sure it has Arizona Triangle and Out of the Woods on it!

I have been listening to Thievery Corporation for a while now and never bothered to learn the contributing artists that comprise this awesome band. Recently I did only to realize Pam Bricker's passing. Wow. What a loss. She is truly missed on their newest album. I know you are in a better place singing with the angels.

Love Maya

I think of Pam so often. I am so sorry she is gone. Can't quite grasp it still.

Pam and I went to the Hampshire College Halloween party in 1975. We dressed as angels. Earlier that week she brought over a song she'd just written. It was "Right This Minute."

"Listen now, this song is for you. Even if we never met, even if we never spoke..."

Maybe I've got the words wrong. Doesn't matter. Pam is still with me thirty years on. She set the bar so high as a performer, as a singer, as a writer, that all of us in her shadow were agog, overawed.

Thank you for keeping this site active so that so many of us who still miss her deeply can ponder the story of Pam.

...still think of you, Pam, every day on my way to work - I pass the street you lived on ...

miss you and your music still...what a contribution you made and what a talent you were...

Esther

I knew of Pammy first as a legend, an early Oaker who lived on carrots and cabbage and put her heart into the communal dream. When I met her, years later, I felt her lovingkindness. I loved to hear her music, so seemingly effortless, compounded of solid training and delightful imaginings.
I wish I had known her better

a voice true of angels....we will miss you pam!

.......and we still miss you!

Oh Pam I just keep looking at the door thinking you'll make the gig. We LOVE YOU!

Beautiful Site Congratulation Mrs Bricker

After purchasing a CD from the Thievery Corporation, I listened to a track on the CD, "Sounds from the Thievery Hi-Fi", called Incident at Gate 7. Pam's vocal contribution made that one of the best songs i have ever heard in my life. It moves me with an amazing feeling everytime I hear her voice. I was shocked to hear of her passing, and I am grateful to her for providing me with such a wonderful song to hear and feel inside. I'm sure she was such a great person in other respects, but her talent is hard to ignore. Thank You Pam.

I recently discovered Thievery Corporation's "The Mirror Conspiracy," and have been listening to it almost non-stop for the past few days. I love the vocals, and decided on a whim to look up Pam Bricker, and wound up here. What a shock to find out she died almost exactly a year ago today. I don't know anything about her, just that she's the beautiful voice on the tracks that are filling my head these days. I'm not sure what else to say. Pam, if you're out there, I wish I'd gotten to know your music earlier. I wish all the best to Pam's family and friends. You must all miss her dearly. Thanks for the opportunity to pay my respects.

I thought about you yesterday. It's so hard to believe a whole year has gone by. We all miss you so much. Rest in Peace Pammy.

Really missing Pam today. I guess as I do with others folks who have died and whom I loved, cared for, and/or admired, I think of her at least at least once everyday. (Of course living in the house she lived in the last year or so of her life adds an additional dimension to this day.)

Thank you, Gareth, for your moving description of Pam’s singing.

Pam, you reached out to me for help. I wish I did more, perhaps much more to help you see another way out your sadness – so you could happily be with, or at least at peace with your family, friends, and most of all yourself. You moved our world, especially with your singing in which as Gareth, Dave K., and perhaps others have said you revealed part of yourself.

A couple of weeks before you left us, you seemed to be feeling a little better. I especially remember one evening checking in on you (calling) to see how you were doing. You seemed better and you were telling me about how you enjoyed seeing your son in a play, (I think it was How to Succeed in Business) the night before.

Last week I was stuck in traffic and switching radio stations. I landed on wpfw and there you were performing one of your songs. Well I just listened, sat back, and sadly smiled.

Thinking of you, your family, and friends!

Today marks one year since Pam's death. No amount of marked time will ever make this loss feel any less significant, and no passage of time will ever make me (and the rest of us who loved her) forget what a spectacular being she was. As I sit here, at a slightly worse-for-wear 48, I can still vividly remember the first time I laid eyes on her, at a fresh-faced 17, and how I instantly knew she was someone extraordinary, someone you wanted to have in your orbit. Little did I know at that time, how close those orbits would come for us.

I was channel surfing the other night and saw a scene from a movie (not sure which one) that had a female singer doing a standard. Too often, this is a cringe-worthy moment, 'cause too often, it sounds like someone imitating a female jazz singer doing a standard. This was good. Authentic. It hit me then, just how rare this talent is, a dying artform. Pam was one of the few who could sing jazz like it was breathing, a second language without a hint of an accent.

As Dave Kane said at Pam's memorial service, perhaps more than most singers, so much of Pam the person came through in her music. You can hear so many facets of Pam's personality in her singing, there's so much of *her* compressed in there. This is such a tremendous gift to those of us who knew and loved her, 'cause we can sit down and hear Miss Pammy testify to us whenever we want. Today, I'm in the mood to listen. Talk to us, sister! What's on that beautiful mind?

I worked with Pam back in the mid 80's in a wedding band, Fresh Air, co-led by Lon Ephraim and Jim Templin. She was with us for about a year before she moved onward and upward. It was such a pleasure. She sang everything from the heart, and she was an inspiration to drum for.
I have an odd little memory about Pam. I drank vodka and tonic back then, and she drank vodka and soda. I tried it, but I never could "get" vodka and soda. Guess that was one small part of her uniqueness.
The world was a nicer place with Pam in it.

Tom,
So sorry to hear about your sister.My sister Delia used to make fun of me when I sang at home, she'd say " Who do you think you are? Pam Bricker? ". Yes she had the voice of a angel.

Sincerely,

Laura in Tucson

I miss you, Pam. I often think of you, when passing the street where you used to live, or when attending any jazz event. Rest in peace, Pam, hope to see you on the other side someday.

thinking of you tonight...I miss you

Thank our lucky stars that your star was captured for all time in video and performance on Capital Jazz.

I realy love your music Pam,
Thievery Corporation's music make me strong.

Still missing you Pammie.

I really love your work especially Lebanese Blonde. I didn't know it was you until a friend of yours told me. Rest in peace.

I've just recently found out who sang on "lebanese blonde". Rest in peace sweet voice

I first heard Pam with Rick Harris at the Henley Park. My late wife and I became regulars. As a Mel-Torme-wannabe, I marveled at her range (vocally and emotionally) and the sly humor that inflected many of her songs. I was shocked to find that she had died - and under such tragic circumstances. I shall always treasure the evenings I spent mesmerized by her talent.

Been thinking of Pam tonight. I am missing her, deeply. Oh,Pam ...

I first became a huge fan of Pam in 1978 in Cambridge, MA. following every Bricker Band show in town. It was so sad when that band dissolved because the record industry missed an opportunity to let the world in on a great talent. I would catch her on Nantucket during the summers occaisionally but was thrilled to re-discover that wonderful voice two years ago through the magic of Google. I sent Pam some old recordings from a cheap cassette recorder that I would bring with me to the Bricker Band shows last year. I decided to do another Google search tonight to see what was up with Pam now and learned the horrible news that she was gone. I have been reading the many tributes and outpouring of love that she has drawn from so many. I wish to share my expression of saddness that we have lost Pam, but a greatfulness that we all had the gift of knowing her as a performer, partner, mother, sister, and friend. Please keep this website alive to allow her voice to sing, her face to shine, and her impact on this world to be remembered.

I first heard Pam on a radio joint in Chicago one late night on my way home from a studio session at 4AM. I fell in love with melodic voice at that very moment. She is a wonder to te music industry. On her TC collaboration she is the best ever "Mirror Conspiracy." Pam you have a talent that is indescribable. I pray for an opportunity to work with her someday....Peace and Blessing. Keep using your gift.

My partner and I spent such wonderul evenings at Utopia on Sunday nights listening to Pam and her band. When my partner was being treated for cancer, Pam's beautiful voice was such a wonderful distraction from difficult times. We regularly requested "Sexual Healing" which she cheerfully obliged and it always got eveyone on their feet. She was wonderful. We miss her terribly. I just wanted her to know how much she touched our lives.

My parents have been fans of Pam's for years, and were devastated to learn of her death. I think my mother was in love with her. They regularly trotted around to support Pam's appearances, and even swept us girls (all middle-aged adults) along on one excursion. That was the only time I saw Pam perform. All I can say is I wish we had been sitting a little closer (we were in a restaurant). For my parents, who don't have a computer, I send this message along with their love.

Just checking back in to feel close to Pam and friends. Being far away in England I can't quite believe that Pam isn't there in DC any more. But she lives in so many hearts and her voice will never be forgotten. What a blessing to have known her. Love to Blake and Gareth

You live in many people's hearts. Peace, Pammy.

Was just cooking dinner the other night and listening to the Music Choice Channels on T.V. Had just tuned into the "Sounds of the Seasons" music channel when that "Lebanese Blonde" intro came on (Thievery Corporation). It was surreal hearing Pam's voice out of the blue like that singing 'too low to find my way, too high to wonder why...' I just cranked it up real loud and enjoyed it. This was another style of music for her, but Pam still nails the lyrics. There is just that little something, those emotions she adds to the simplest of lyrics. I thought to myself, "Good for you, Pam. You truly should be all over these t.v. channels and all the radio stations too...." She still rules.

I had not seen or talked to Pam in over 12 years. I use to print her postcards for her.
Pam always invited me to see her sing. I never got the chance to hear her sing on the stage, which I will regret for the rest of my life.
She sometimes will come in to see me at my store and she would sing me some notes and laugh. Always had a huge beautiful smile on her. I will miss her very very much.
My condolence to all of Pam's family. I hope, knowing how much she was loved by so many, it will ease some pain.

.....and we still miss you!
-Tom