Glen Campbell

2017, Tribute

Glen Campbell was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, television host and actor. He was best known for a series of hit songs in the 1960s and 1970s, and for hosting a music and comedy variety show called The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour on CBS television, from January 1969 until June 1972. He released over 70 albums in a career that spanned five decades, selling over 45 million records worldwide, including twelve gold albums, four platinum albums, and one double-platinum album. In 2012 Glen Campbell won a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

Guy Clark

2016, Tribute

Guy Clark was an American folk singer, musician, songwriter, recording artist, and performer. A true “Texas-Troubadour,” Clark released more than twenty albums, and many of his songs have been recorded by others, including Jerry Jeff Walker, Jimmy Buffett, Lyle Lovett, Ricky Skaggs, Steve Wariner, and Rodney Crowell. He won the 2014 Grammy Award for Best Folk Album.

Prince

2016, Tribute

Prince was an exceptional American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, actor and filmmaker. A prominent music figure of the 1980s, Prince was known for his eclectic work, flamboyant stage presence, extravagant fashion sense and use of makeup, and wide vocal range. He was a highly-skilled multi-instrumentalist – considered a guitar virtuoso and was also skilled at playing the drums, percussion, bass, keyboards, and synthesizer. Prince pioneered the Minneapolis sound, which is a subgenre of funk rock.

Pete Huttlinger

2016, Tribute

Peter Huttlinger was an American guitarist. A graduate of Berklee College of Music, Huttlinger became a prominent and well respected Nashville studio musician. In 2000, he won the National Finger-Style Guitar Championship. He performed around the world with such artists as John Denver, LeAnn Rimes and many others. As a solo artist, he performed across the U.S. and Europe.

Glenn Frey

2016, Tribute

Glenn Frey was an American singer, songwriter, actor and founding member of the rock band the Eagles. Frey was the lead singer and front man for the band, roles he came to share with fellow member Don Henley, with whom he wrote most of the Eagles’ material.

George Martin

2016, Tribute

Sir George Martin was an English record producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer and musician. He was referred to as the “Fifth Beatle” in reference to his extensive involvement on each of the Beatles’ original albums. Martin produced 30 number-one hit singles in the United Kingdom and 23 number-one hits in the United States. His career spanned more than six decades of work in music, film, television and live performance.