CATHERINE BRACK

Born in Jesup, Georgia, by age 5 Brack was actively working on eliminating the twang from her Southern lilt. In no particular order, Brack spent part of her formative summers in Hilton Head Island, S.C., Jekyll Island, Ga., and the hottest place on earth, Macon, Ga., where she often arrived unaccompanied on a Greyhound bus to see her Grandmother Effie as early as age 8... She grew up in the suburbs of Atlanta, Ga., and attended J.W. Dyer Elementary School, Norcross Elementary School, Summerour Middle School and spent grades 7 to 12 at The Marist School, where she excelled at academics and music, but, true to her family dynamic, performed dreadfully in PE... Brack attended Vanderbilt University, earning a (ahem) B.S. degree in European History and Music. She dearly wanted to graduate with a music degree, but agreed with her family that such a pursuit would not likely lead to many job opportunities, though, oddly, her master's degree did.