The Recording Academy to Honor Henry Diltz
A video first. Really outstanding. Big wow..And the story how that album cover was made. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx7XrSqpQPk&t=173s And one more, what a shame a very short one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGTPDRzGcEI It's rather complicated, but to be brief, Henry Diltz will get a Grammy Award in February. At the Recording Academy's Special Merit Award Ceremony which will take place during Grammy Week, on February 5, Lifetime Achievement Award will get (among others), Bobby McFerrin, Nirvana, The Supremes, Ma Rainey, Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson of Heart. Henry Diltz will get The Trustees Award, a Grammy for people who 'during their career in music, have made significant contributions, other than performance, to the field of recording.' In the announcement we can read about more than 250 album covers photographed by Henry (including that legendary Doors' album cover), and that Henry Diltz was the official photographer at the Woodstock Festival, in Aug...