PLYMOUTH, Mich. - Motown is more than a sound, it's a legacy built on family, history, and a musical movement that changed the world.

In this week's Local Blend podcast, Local 4's Karen Drew sat down with Robin Terry of the Motown Museum about the family roots behind the iconic institution and preserving its legacy for future generations.


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Robin Terry said she thought it was normal for kids to have folks like Smokey Robinson and Diana Ross hanging around their homes.

 It wasn't until really, I was in my early 20s that I started to understand that this wasn't normal,  Terry said.  And that, quite frankly, what my family had accomplished wasn't the norm either. 

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 I got dropped off from school there. I was a Waldorf, and I went to Waldorf in Indian Village. And, so, the school bus would drop me off in front of that house, but it was nothing,  Terry said.

There were moments Terry said that looking back, were magical, but to her back then were normal events.

 My grandmother, Esther Gordy Edwards, her office was there. So it was nothing to have, you know, my uncle in town, my aunt. So Berry Gordy, his siblings, and you'd have, you know, the next big act. I remember when DeBarge was there. They stayed with us for, a few weeks. And, you know, you'd have these magical moments, and I don't even know if I recognize them as magical back then, but there was always some sort of performance,  Terry said.

Terry said they didn't gather in the ballroom downstairs. Her uncle would have them on the stage doing some sort of performance.

 That was normal. The same for Teena Marie. Jackson five. So it was normal. And some of the staples in our family were like Smokey Robinson, my uncle's best friend, and, Diana Ross. So it was. That's what I mean by normal,  Terry said.  You'd come home from school, but everybody was gathered, everybody was there, and you were just doing what

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