Saturday, August 15, 2009

For All My OLD Friends Who MIGHT Remember...

Brown Bannister produced just one contemporary Christian album featuring his singing: Talk to One Another, back in 1984. For 30 years, however, Bannister has produced award-winning albums for some of the industry’s top Christian artists, including Michael W. Smith, Steven Curtis Chapman, Third Day, Mercy Me, Avalon, Point of Grace, CeCe Winans and Twila Paris. I was looking for lyrics to his album and came across this speech he gave this summer at his Alma Mater, Abilene Christian University. He is the person who basically discovered Amy Grant when she was part of his youth group! He also has won 13 Grammy Awards, 23 Dove Awards and been named Producer of the Year five times by the Gospel Music Association. Here's the speech:

1 comment:

Cindy said...

Yes, I remember. You listened to him and Michael O'Martian on your Walkman. How ancient is that!