Chrome Posted January 4, 2005 Report Share Posted January 4, 2005 2005 Special Merit Honorees Announced Awards honor lifelong contributions to the music industry GRAMMY.com The Recording Academy announced the 2005 Special Merit Award recipients today. Recording artists Eddy Arnold, Art Blakey, the original members of the Carter Family, Morton Gould, Janis Joplin, Led Zeppelin, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jelly Roll Morton, Pinetop Perkins, and the Staple Singers will receive The Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award. Hoagy Carmichael, Don Cornelius, Alfred Lion, and Dr. Billy Taylor will be honored with the Academy Trustees Award. Phil Ramone and JBL Professional have been named recipients of the Technical GRAMMY Award. The Lifetime Achievement Award honors lifelong artistic contributions to the recording medium while the Trustees Award recognizes outstanding contributions to the industry in a non-performing capacity. Both awards are decided by vote of The Recording Academy's National Trustees. Technical GRAMMY Award recipients are determined by vote of the members of the Academy's Producers & Engineers Wing and the Academy's Trustees. The award is presented to individuals and/or companies who have made contributions of outstanding technical significance to the recording field. "The Lifetime Achievement, Trustees and Technical GRAMMY Awards recognize music people who have made a lasting contribution to culture around the world," said Neil Portnow, President of The Recording Academy. "These profoundly inspiring figures are being honored as legendary performers and archetypal musicians, cultural ambassadors, and technical visionaries. Their outstanding accomplishments and passion for their craft have created a timeless legacy that has positively affected multiple generations, and will continue to influence generations to come." Formal acknowledgment of these Special Merit Awards will be made at a new elite ceremony during GRAMMY Week on Feb. 12, as well as during the 47th Annual GRAMMY Awards telecast. For more information about the honorees, please visit the official press release Web page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted January 5, 2005 Report Share Posted January 5, 2005 Ah, yes. The "we fucked up in the past" categories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Wood Posted January 5, 2005 Report Share Posted January 5, 2005 Basically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Alfredson Posted January 5, 2005 Report Share Posted January 5, 2005 Ah, yes. The "we fucked up in the past" categories. I like to think of them as the, "Oh yeah... that stuff is pretty good, I guess..." categories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron S Posted January 5, 2005 Report Share Posted January 5, 2005 (edited) I'm sure Art and Alfred will really appreciate these awards. Giving a "LIFETIME Achievement Award" to someone 15 years after he died gives new meaning to the word "irony". Edited January 5, 2005 by Ron S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartyJazz Posted January 5, 2005 Report Share Posted January 5, 2005 Did you see some of those names for the Lifetime Achievement Award, like Led Zeppelin? How many CDs make up the entire LZ output so as to merit "lifetime" achievement awards? How about some people who have consistently put out superior product in far greater number and are still around, McCoy Tyner, Wayne Shorter, Max Roach to cite just three examples? (If any of the three musicians cited have been so honored, I stand corrected however I doubt it). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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