{"id":2916,"date":"2025-06-19T23:10:51","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T23:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/jimmy-jam-terry-lewis-honor-guitar-center-music-foundation-1236003447\/"},"modified":"2025-06-19T23:10:51","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T23:10:51","slug":"jimmy-jam-terry-lewis-honor-guitar-center-music-foundation-1236003447","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/jimmy-jam-terry-lewis-honor-guitar-center-music-foundation-1236003447\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis to Receive Vanguard Award at The Guitar Center Music Foundation Gala & Benefit\u00a0Concert"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\tJimmy Jam & Terry Lewis<\/a> will receive the Vanguard Award at The Guitar Center Music Foundation\u2019s fourth annual Gala and Benefit Concert, which will take place on Sept. 11 at The Maybourne Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. The pair, who have written and produced dozens of hits for such artists as Janet Jackson<\/a> and Mariah Carey<\/a>, have won five Grammy Awards, including producer of the year (non-classical) in 1987. They will be honored for their support of music education.<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe gala will also honor sound mixer John McBride with the Lifetime Achievement Award. McBride is the owner of Blackbird Studio, just outside of Nashville, which he opened in 2002, and institutional director of The Blackbird Academy, which he opened in 2013. John is married to, and works with, country star Martina McBride<\/a>, a four-time winner of the CMA Award for female vocalist of the year.<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe gala aims to raise awareness and funds for the foundation\u2019s mission to support musicians and music education. In addition, the event will honor firefighters and first responders who battled the Los Angeles wildfires earlier this year.\u00a0Additional efforts will be made to fund the Guitar Center Music Foundation Disaster Relief Program which aids musicians impacted by the L.A. wildfires to assist in replacing instruments and gear, and offers resources.<\/p>\n

\n\tAdam Blackstone<\/a> will serve as musical supervisor for the event. Blackstone won a Primetime Emmy in 2022 as music director of The Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show Starring Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, 50 Cent<\/em>. He won a Grammy earlier this year for his work on Alicia Keys<\/a>\u2019 Hell\u2019s Kitchen<\/em>, which was voted best musical theater album.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe event is produced by the Guitar Center Music Foundation board of directors with Angelia Shepperd from ABS Collective, and with technical production by Nick Urbom from Big Push Media Group.<\/p>\n

\n\tFor more information on the organization, visit\u202fthe Guitar Center Foundation<\/a>\u2019s site. To buy tickets, which start at $500, go here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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