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The electronic version of the FRIENDS OF AMY NEWSLETTER #31 June 1997 PART 1 of 3 (The hardcopy version contains b&w photos and is 12 pages in length. For subscription information, send a "dummy" email to: [email protected]) ---Page 1 - Amy's letter: Hello, Everybody - Hello from the farm...from Tennessee early summer with fire flies and humidity. Hello from this song-writing, mediocre-guitar-playing, singer woman. Hello. As I write this letter I am experiencing the strange calm that occurs between the end of one endeavor and the beginning of the next. Just a few weeks ago, I delivered the final recording that I've been working on for almost 2 1/2 years to A&M and Myrrh Records. The ball is now in their court to start their job of marketing, promoting, etc. Which will eventually throw the ball back in my court affecting my schedule in the form of promotional tours and concert touring,etc. But not yet. At this moment my life is punctuated by end-of the-year parties for my 3rd grade son and my 1st grade daughter, the birth of a new spotted colt here at the farm, the long-awaited obedience school experience for our two Schnauzers ("Jr." and "Belle"), watching our four-year-old learning to swim, participating in the always enjoyable "Songwriters In The Round" gigs at the Bluebird Cafe here in Nashville, watching Gary keep up a truly torrid work pace hosting the TNN "Prime Time Country" TV show and being glad it's not me! I've had the fun of working on other people's music projects now that mine is done. Singing backups on Russ Taff's new record, writing and pitching songs to other artists, just enjoying being a part of the music community here in my hometown...as opposed to the front and center experience of being "the focus" on tour, which is not the most comfortable place for me to be, despite my love for making music. I still love to be outside...whether on the golf course or watching the kids from the porch. Some highlights from the past months: I enjoyed my 4th year being a part of the LPGA Tour stop here in Nashville, The Sara Lee Classic. Kris Tschetter (the first professional golfer that I was ever in a scramble with) was back in town and we got to enjoy looking at her wedding photos from her January marriage to Kirk Lucas. Vince Gill and I sang at the ceremony and I couldn't help but smile at how the path of life brings people into your world in ways you least expect it. Another memorable moment was getting to surprise my mother on the Oprah Winfrey Show with a portrait photo album of me, my sisters and all of our children. My sisters and I were there to say "We love you and Happy Mother's Day". And I sang a song for her that I had written called "After The Fire". April 4 - 6 was a weekend to remember. Friday and Saturday, I was in Tucson, Arizona to participate in the 2nd Ara Parseghian Medical Research Foundation fund raiser to finance the search for a cure for Niemann-Pick Type C, a rare degenerative neurological condition. Three out of the four grandchildren in one family of this beloved Notre Dame coach have been diagnosed with this disease. The weekend was a particularly poignant time for everyone since Michael, the oldest of the three children fighting the disease, died two weeks before. What an amazing family I witnessed. Loving, caring, reaching out to other families dealing the same sadness and uncertainty in their own homes...and all of this in the midst of their own grief. I was reminded again that trust - trust in God - trust in a picture bigger than the one we can see with our own eyes - is foundational for living with dignity and hope. From Tucson I flew to San Antonio for the Sunday afternoon closing service of The Billy Graham Crusade. My sister Carol went with me, along with the other musicians. Watching Billy Graham reach out to thousands of people that day...seeing so many come forward to learn about Jesus at the end of the service made me realize the impact that one person can have on a generation...or two or three as is Billy's case. We will lose a great man when he is no longer with us...a long, tall, gentle North Carolina preacher who has spent a lifetime praying for all of us. These have been some highlights for me. You have highlights of your own. As this year seems to be flying by like the rest of life, give yourself the gift of reminiscing about what makes life precious to you. Here's to summer sunsets, long hot days, cherry limades from the Sonic and a fare well to the Subdudes. (Sig) Amy Grant PS For more information about the Ara Parseghian Meical Rserach Foundation, write to them at: 1760 East River Road, Suite 115 Tucson, Arizona 85718 Phone 520/577-5106 On the web: http://www.azstarnet.com/~victory/ (Photo - close up from Sara Lee. No caption. Photo by Can Gokceatam) (Photo - from Parseghian benefit: Marcia & Christa Parseghian with Amy.) (Two photos of Amy with kids, then Amy with Sarah. As seen on Oprah 5/9. Photos by Ben Pearson) (I'd like to include a scan of her hand-written version if there's room. Just use the type set publishing info.) INSIDE...a surprise tribute... ---Page 2 The Amy Grant Calendar June - July - August - September Push that album! Video shoots and promotional tours in Europe, Southeast Asia and the US June 15 - Amy to play in the City of Hope Celerity Baseball game here in Nashville June 16 - Amy to present The Minnie Pearl Award on The Music City News Awards as she was last year's recipient. Broadcast lie on TNN at 7 pm (CST) and rebroadcast at 11 pm (CST) June 17 - Tentatively planning to participate in an all-star recording of John Lennon's "Imagine" in New York. Produced by Keith Thomas. June 19 - The Chapman's 15th Wedding Anniversary June 30 - July 1 - The Vinny Pro-Am July 25 - 26 - Jr. Girl's Golf Championship at Legends Golf Course in Franklin, Tennessee July 30 - First single release date. Tune in to your favorite pop station for "It Takes A Little Time". If you don't hear it- take the time to pick up your phone and make a little request! ALSO - maxi single in Christian retail stores icluding the NEW "El Shaddai", "Takes A Little Time", "Somewhere Down The Road" and interview footage for viewing with most PCs. September 1 - DEADLINE FOR ORDERING TICKETS TO THE NASHVILLE TENNESSEE CHRISTMAS RECEPTION December 23. FRIENDS OF AMY SUBSCRIBERS ONLY. September 9 -RELEASE DATE for BEHIND THE EYES. We'll be drawing for the signed Baby Taylor Guitar from our amy-list subscribers. September 15 - DEADLINE FOR REQUESTING ADVANCE ORDER FORMS FOR TICKETS TO THE NASHVILLE TENNESSEE CHRISTMAS SHOWS AND FOR SPECIAL SEATING TO THE REGIONAL SHOWS. September/October - Air date for Ce Ce Winan's show on the Odyssey Channel. Amy taped her segment in late May. November 1 - DEADLINE FOR ANY FOA ORDERING IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS DELIVERY. November 3 - Tentative participation in the 8th Annual Celebrity Vince Gill Concert & Basketball Game at Belmont University, Nashville, TN. November 16 - December 20 - Amy Grant's Tennessee Christmas with The Nashville Symphony hits the road. Tour will cover the mid plains states eastward. Fall 98 - it will go west! Stay tuned for more details... November 25 - Amy's 37th Birthday! December 22 & 23 - Dates set for this year's Tennessee Christmas at The Nashville Arena. We'll also be holding our "Second Ever Friends of Amy Tennessee Christmas Reception" at The Wildhorse Saloon on the afternoon of the 23rd. (See inside back page for details. FOA Subscribers ONLY.) CHECK IT OUT! --- The soundtrack album, MAD ABOUT YOU is in your local music retail outlet on Atlantic Records. Check out Track #2 - Faith Hill has done a tremendous job rendering Amy's autobiographical tune "Who I Am". "The Ryman Remembers - Recipes & Recollections from The Ryman Auditorium" features recipes, rememberings and photos from Amy, Gary and a plethora of Ryman veterans both new and old. $19.95 Hardback. FRP Publishing/P O Box 305142/Nashville, TN 37230 or call 1-800-358-0560 --- Amy inter-news ONLINE PROMOTIONAL CONTEST COUNTDOWN TO ALBUM RELEASE! You could win an autographed BABY TAYLOR GUITAR or be one of five who get to choose their favorite Amy song and receive a hand-written, personalized copy from Amy! (She has even offered to phone the winner if they need help choosing their favorite Amy song.) Need only have an internet e-mail address to participate. Subscribe to our FREE internet e-mailing list to enter! Check out our contest page on the web: http://www.netcentral.net/contest.html For info by email: send a message to this auto responder: [email protected] (include NetCentral and Taylor Guitar logos) (Photo of Amy with a Taylor at Tennessee Christmas courtesy of Steve Hill, photographer. Visit Steve's website at www.mindspring.com/-steve550/amy.html) Our area on America Online has a new look. AOL subscribers check us out at: Keyword: FOA KEEP YOUR EYES peeled for some new Amy web sites opening this fall. Both labels will have sites to promote BEHIND THE EYES and we may even have an OFFICIAL AMY SITE to introduce... E-Mail: [email protected] for general correspondence for Amy or Lori Mc [email protected] for address changes or questions regarding an FOA order [email protected] for any questions or comments about the upcoming Tennessee Christmas shows and tour. (Photo: This blizzard's on Amy! We treated the whole gang at NetCentral to a Dairy Queen blizzard in honor of more than tripling our list during our first list promotion earlier this year. Back: L-R Ken Martinson, Craig Hansen, Rob Huffstedtler, Karin Giesbrecht, Lori Mc (FOA). Front: Craig Mason and Rod Montgomery. Photo by Jeri Melton) ----Page 3 Congratulations on your 15th wedding anniversary, Amy & Gary! (Full length photo of the two in wedding attire by Togue Uchida with thanks to him for this copy.) June 19, 1982 Vine Street Christian Church, Nashville, Tennessee "We said our promises by candlelight You held my hands, I was dressed in white We were young How can we see that far? I knew I wanted you like no one else I told my momma that I'd found myself In your eyes How can we see that far? But like your daddy said The same sun that melts the wax can harden clay And the same rain that drowns the rat will grow the hay And the mighty wind that knocks us down If we lean into it Will drive our fears away" from "How Can We See That Far" by Amy Grant & Tom Hemby c 1991 Age to Age Music, Inc/Riverstone Music, Inc./Edward Grant, Inc.t/Yellow Elephant Music Inc. (ASCAP) ---Page 4 (Two photos of Amy - one vintage from the late 70's and one of Kurt Markus' recent shots) Amy Grant...reflecting on twenty years of recording... I had an awake dream not too long ago in which I was walking down the path of life. The picture that stuck in my mind was of a traveler (in this case, me) looking somewhat dishevelled - patched up clothes, an odd assortment of tools and possessions in a tattered pack, callouses in all the necessary places - fee, the palm of my right hand, across the shoulders, etc. - an overall look of being well worn. Not worn out, just well worn. A few gray hairs. A few eye crinkles. The nature of the beast with life is that in ignorance and inexperience we set our hand to a task. In innocence we choose a path. None of us can see the future. None of us knows what lies ahead. More often than not, most of us eventually find ourselves at an impasse - either within or without. Questions echo from our mind and our heart. How did I get here? Is this a mistake? How could I have known? Where from here? Truthfully, there is no "foreknowledge", there is only "experience". There is only looking back and seeing the orad thus far. We spend a lifetime traveling a path whose only destination is the end of life. (Not necessarily a goal to rush toward.) The process, the view along the way, the memories, the investments that we are compelled to make - these make us who we are and reveal who we are. I have known stretches of life that were precious and sweet beyond measure. But if I could put myself back in those shoes again, I would have to admit that even then, I was not really free of a sense of longing. Longing for...whatever was there to be longed for at the moment. In the panorama of a sunset - wanting it to last longer. In the embrace of a loved one - longing to be even closer. In the intensity of a given moment - longing to be moved endlessly. And so, each moment is layered. Layered with contentment, with longing, with pain and with peace, with tears and with smiles. It sounds trite in a way, but it is true for me. Twenty years ago, I turned 16 on November 25th of my Junior year in high school. What a year that turned out to be. Between a rigorous school schedule, deep involvement in our post-hippy type youth group at Belmont Church, and a knock-down-drag-out round with mononucleosis, I recorded my first album. Honestly, it was a very unceremonious beginning to a recording career. Most of the album was recorded by Brown Bannister at Goldmine Recording Studio a few miles south of Nashville. This early home studio version of the Goldmine was quite an experience. Built in the basement of Chris Christian's house, the ceiling of the control room was too low to let you stand up straight. The studio room had plumbing pipes that hung down from the ceiling. So, anytime someone upstairs flushed a toilet the sound of rushing water meant it was time to stop tape and rewind to try to get a clean take. In the course of that year, I learned a lot about the music business. I wrote songs. I recorded my vocals in the dark because of my self consciousness. I took out the trash. I vacuumed the studio floors. I demagnetized the tape heads. I learned that I loved making music - being a part of the process...any part I could. I enjoyed being int he audience as much as I enjoyed being on stage. Just to be exposed to music, to be moved, this was a lifeline for me. -AG ---PAGE 5 Begin Part 2 of 3 of the FOA June 97 Issue #31 ANNIVERSARY SECTION!!!!! SURPRISE, AMY! HERE ARE SOME 20 YEAR THOUGHTS FROM SOME OF YOUR 20 YEAR HEROS, INSPIRATIONS AND FRIENDS... Congratulations on overcoming your fears, turning on the lights and revisiting the studio experience time and again. You've got twenty years of great music to show for it! I had a great deal of fun reminiscing with everyone that I could find. I hope to share a little of that fun with you in this anniversary section. I must say, the more I hear about "how it all began", the more amazed I am that it ever got off the ground. For those who might be tempted to compare Amy's beginnings with those of Rebecca St. James or Jaci Valazquez - their relative ages and desire to sing about their faith is where the comparisons begin and end. It has been nothing short of divine intervention that established Amy Grant as a viable singer/songwriter. In awe and with thanks for what God can do... -Lori Mc *** (Carole King pic with the handwritten inscription: "Congratulations, Amy! Love, Carole King") -Carole King Songwriter, recording artist *** "Amy's on the level. Her heart is pure and her feet are on the ground. You can heart it in her music." -James Taylor Songwriter, recording artist (pic) *** Dear Amy, Please accept my heartfelt congratulations on the 20th anniversary of signing your first recording contract. Since that time, you have established yourself as one of America's most talented and prolific recording artists. It was wonderful to meet with you previously in Washington DC, and I look forward to visiting with you when next I travel to Nashville. I will always remember your kind words from our first meeting. As you know, it is especially nice to learn that your peers appreciate your efforts. I also understand that you will soon celebrate an equally important milestone, your 15th wedding anniversary. You an Gary have every reason to be proud of this accomplishment, and I wish you continued happiness for the next 15 and many, many more. Once again, congratulations and continued success. Warm regards, (sig) Sonny Bono Member of Congress and half of Amy's fave duo from the 70's "Sonny & Cher" (pic) ------PAGE 6 I am very glad to reminisce about those "early years". I have many memories, but this is one of my favorites: Amy sometimes has a one-track mind. She becomes so involved in whatever it is she is doing she does not think at the moment of anything else. You have probably seen the way this happens when she begins talking with someone. She looks at the person and talks to that person as though no one else is around. Sometimes this kind of concentration backfires! One such occasion was when she was much younger an single, and was flying to Texas with Brown Bannister, her producer and friend (who, by the way, is also very one-track!). They pulled their car up in front of the Nashville airport, left the car running while they unloaded their bags, checked in, walked to their gate, listened as the flight was called and boarded the plane before either of them remembered that the car was sitting in front of the airport terminal, motor running! It took some talking to delay the flight long enough for them to make the necessary arrangements for the car to be removed from the terminal drive. With joy in the journey, (sig) Don Finto, President The Caleb Company, former pastor of Belmont Church. (Photo: Amy with Don at a friend's wedding in the early 90's) *** When you look back it's 20/20. The first time I heard Amy Grant, I couldn't believe her years. She was too young to be qualified for my criteria for a valid Christian artist. But as she recently said in a magazine article, "It's just a bunch of songs." The message she sang in those songs over-shadowed all the set stereotype qualities I had set. She let God speak to the people through the great sons and kept herself open, honest and faithful in order for God to use her. People loved her and her message - what else matters? That little girl, Amy Grant, has matured into a great lady. No only in her witness but as a great citizen. Her willingness to give her time and money to her favorite charities is unbelievable and I love her for it. She is now one of my favorite people. Sincerely, (sig) Billy Ray Hearn, Chairman, EMI Christian Music Group (Photo: Circa 1976 - Guess who? Yes, this is the man that started Myrrh records in 1972. He was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Citation at the 97 GMA Dove Awards Ceremony. What a refreshingly secure and fun guy!) *** Thanks for the opportunity to participate in this surprise issue of the Friends of Amy newsletter. In thinking back through late 1976 and early 1977, there are a couple of things that come to mind. The first is that infamous "Amy's first real concert" at Lakeside Amusement Park in Denver, Colorado. We had initiated a program entitled "Bringing A New Song" putting several artists on the road together in conjunction with releasing a sample album. Amy was performing along with Steve Camp that night. I remember that her whole family had flown out for the event. Amy was having difficulty trying to play the guitar and sing in this unfamiliar setting, so Steve Camp wound up accompanying her on keyboard. Looking back on it, it showed me her ability to handle difficult situations as well as just to be Amy. The fact that she was able to be as vulnerable as she really was then and still be as vulnerable as she is today is what makes her Amy. The other thing about Amy that continually amazes me is that she remembers people by name. I've sent people backstage to meet her and once they have introduced themselves, Amy recognizes and greets them in future meetings as though she's known them all her life To me, those are two special traits that have endeared her to her fans and all who work with her. Thanks, (sig) Roland Lundy, President of Word Records & Music (Photo: Roland Lundy - Amy's label exec.,friend and caddie for The Sara Lee Golf Classic 1997. Photo by Can Gokceatam) ---Page 7 Dear Amy: What a privilege it is to look back over the years for a moment and share some memories with you. I remember... * Going to a Burt Bacharach concert in high school and thinking, "That's what I want to be when I grow up - a backup singer!" and waking up a few years later actually being one! * Starting a session at 10 PM (on a school night!) because we had to give the best sessions to the professionals. (Read: grownups have more money.) * Being given creative freedom to make up our own background parts. (Read: nobody much will ever hear this anyhow. Who knew?) * Ducking air conditioning vents and plumbing to make it across the little basement studio called the Gold Mine. * Dozing off and waking up at 3 AM to do background vocals in my sleep. * Not officially meeting you until Chris and Shannon's Christmas party. (You mean background singers don't sing WITH the singer? I did not know that!) * Seeing Mike Blanton in starched shirts. Mike was the first person I had ever met of my own generation that got his shirts starched at the cleaners. I knew then he would go far. * Glimpsing the toothbrush in Brown's jean's pocket and realizing he really did live at the studio. * Reading your liner notes and feeling like an older person at 24. Now I know we were all just babies! * Hearing the lyrics and the hart of a younger girl she knew the Lord more intimately than I did, and getting jealous enough to pursue that intimacy for myself. I am grateful for the music, whether fun or stirring or exciting or comforting, but I especially thank you for all the words that came from your heart. I thank you so much for opening that heart to the Lord, and then sharing it with all of us. (Sig) Gwen Moore (Photo: At the Gold Mine getting to sing my heart out for the first time! 1977) --- Long, long ago in a far away place...no, no. Way back in...no, no, no. Once upon a time...yeah! That's it! Once upon a time there was a young lady (that's when you are too mature to be called a little girl, but too young to drive), whose face beamed a smile that was a mere reflection of her inner strength. And her journey has proven to be a near fairy tale story. There are still a few of us around who recall working on some "girl-wonder" type record. She strummed a guitar and sang such ecumenically weighty songs as "Fat Baby" or juicier ones like "Grape, Grape Joy". But it was always clear in my mind and most poignantly remembered in the recording of "O' Sacred Head" from the album, MY FATHER'S EYES. It was just Amy and her three sisters recording during a rainstorm. The thunder rolled and lightning cracked as if on cue, seeming to make a very heavenly statement that God was in this. And my dear Amy, it is no fairy-tale. God is in this and is still willing to use those whose heart is after Him. Few have used their gifts so wisely. Along with millions of others, I want to say, "I love you". But as a long time FOA, for the ground you've plowed and what you still stand for, I want to say, "Thank you". (Sig) Gary Pigg (Photo: Early 70's Gary in a pensive moment on stage at Koinonia Bookstore & Coffeehouse, Nashville.) --- Dear Amy: Overviews are great, aren't they? For a moment we get to rise above everything and see the wonderful way God's hand has guided our lives. I started Fireworks the same year you started recording. I remember singing on your first record and how much I loved the richness of your voice. I also remember Brown's intricate background vocal arrangements. And I was there at that often-mentioned concert at Lake Park in Denver - your first. I remember feeding the fish and that it rained during Fireworks set. I was relieved that Steve Camp played piano for you so I didn't have to embarrass myself. However, I did play on your second album when your recorded "Bridegroom". It was my first and only time to play keyboard on someone else's record. And I loved singing with you. Who would have thought we would sing together twenty years later on First Call's BEYOND DECEMBER album project? Thanks to you and Gary for that. It certainly was a gift of love an support to use. Certainly NOT a career move! But it is an example of the reason so many of us are amazed by you and proud of you. I've watched your continued commitment to people as well as to the Lord. And have been so proud of what a great singer and songwriter you are. (Not that I had anything to do with it!) Thanks for letting me be a part of your music and congratulations on a wonderful career. May you always have great friends and some quiet time alone with God. Love, (sig) Marty (Photo: Early 70's Marty McCall, on stage with Fireworks at Koinonia Bookstore & Coffeehouse, Nashville.) (Photo: The "first call" of Fireworks: Gwen Moore, Marty McCall and Gary Pigg) (Two press shots of Amy from the early days...) ---Page 8 It seems like last month when Brown Bannister brought me a demo tape of Amy Grant's first songs to consider for one of our productions for Word. Amy's sincerity, warm personality and caring for other people is the same today as it was in 1976. The only thing that's changed is her talent, which has increased dramatically. I feel very fortunate to have been able to play a role in helping her find a platform for the important role she played in millions of people's lives. To me, it's not as much what she's done as it is the many lives she's touched that makes her uniquely special. Amy, congratulations on 20 incredible years! (Sig) Chris Christian (Photo: Chris in the mid 80's) *** Whew! How can it possibly be 20 years? I'll never forget sitting on a rock at the Belmont Church retreat listening to you play the first songs you ever wrote - being struck not so much by the songs as I was by your special gift of captivating and communicating to the human heart. One thing I love about you is that you've never been pretentious or presumptuous. I don't think you started this because you wanted a record deal, but because God compelled you to communicate what was in your heart and soul... But you did get that record deal - signed sight-unseen. Amazing! And speaking of being amazed, I'll always be amazed at the confidence of Chris Christian throwing the two of us in the studio together, neither of us having any idea what we were doing. I'm thankful for that. I remember those days at the Goldmine...finding wads of bubblegum stuck to the microphone...having to turn off the lights to make you feel comfortable singing...always laughing about something...you and your precious sisters standing out in the studio slaving away for 12 or 14 hours singing "O, Sacred Head", then overdubbing the rain track while God punctuated and underlined the lyric with claps of thunder. I loved that! I remember venturing out into the world of L.A.-recording on "Never Alone" which led to many wonderful lifelong friendships. Then there were the Caribou sessions - family, friends, horses, trout, family-style meals, worship...wonderful music and memories. I'll never forget recording the vocals on "Tennessee Christmas" while Gary was upstairs in the pool room finishing the lyric and feeding it to us a few lines at a time...Gercio telling us we would sell a million records on "Age To Age" and us laughing at how preposterous the thought was...All of us and the musicians dancing to the "Unguarded" tracks while listening in quadraphonic sound in the Caribou control room - what a moment! I remember tracking "Lead Me On" one week, you delivering Matt over the weekend, then "back in the saddle again" on Monday morning for another week of tracks with Matt on your lap. Wow, what a trooper you were! You were the first artist I ever knew to eat while you sang vocals - beef stew, banana bread, potato chips! A favorite memory was riding down Sunset Boulevard with you and Ronn Huff in a convertible in June blasting the mixes from "A Christmas Album"; what a juxtaposition! I'll never forget leaving a concert with you one time. One of your fans, who had a terrible speech impediment, was desperately trying to talk to you and you were so earnest in wanting to understand him, you began to talk exactly like him. I love that. You've been given such compassion for people and no pretense whatsoever! I'll never forget starting recording on "Heart In Motion"...I had just moved my equipment to the Dugout building which had not been renovated yet. It was pretty rough. An old A/C unit that kept the house at a comfortable 85 degrees in the middle of June, haphazard recording setup, no furnishings, less-than sanitary conditions and Millie was a baby. Did you complain? Refuse to work in those conditions? No. You brought down a refrigerator, microwave, coffee pot, toaster oven, TV, a chair and basically made the place a home. My, you are always up for an adventure. Thank you for being so gracious. Thank you for allowing me to work with you for so many years. Thanks for believing in me. Thanks for being the conduit through which my precious wife and her family came to know Christ. I'm glad that you've meant so much to millions of people, but I'm eternally grateful that you have touched my life. You have impacted me and my family more than you'll ever know. Thank you. (sig) Brown Bannister Producer extraordinaire, former church youth leader and life-long friend (Photo: Brown a la 70's)