Amy Grant is a Recording Academy/GRAMMY.com contributor.
(In 2011 George Beverly Shea was honored with The Recording Academy's Lifetime Achievement Award. The following tribute penned by Amy Grant and Michael W. Smith ran in the GRAMMY Awards program book that year. Shea died April 16 at the age of 104.)From our respective childhood homes in Nashville, Tenn. and Kenova, W. Va. — our memories of the beloved…
In addition to the GRAMMY Awards, The Recording Academy presents Special Merit Awards recognizing contributions of significance to the recording field, including the Lifetime Achievement Award, Trustees Award and Technical GRAMMY Award. Each year, The Academy invites friends and colleagues of Special Merit Awards recipients to pay tribute to the honorees' career accomplishments, while also adding colorful anecdotes and personal…
