Leo Fender gets a GRAMMY!

TDPRI · February 4th, 2009, 05:31 PM

Leo Fender Gets a GRAMMY... Finally!
February 4, 2009
FMIC Release

The Recording Academy® will honor Clarence “Leo” Fender with a Technical GRAMMY® Award during a special invitation-only ceremony to be held during GRAMMY® Week on Sat., Feb. 7, 2009. A formal announcement will also be made during the 51st Annual GRAMMY® Awards telecast, which will be held at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles on Sun., Feb. 8, 2009, and broadcast live at 8 p.m. ET/PT on the CBS Television Network. Fender’s widow, Phyllis Fender, will accept the award on his behalf.

In a recent release, the Recording Academy® noted that the Technical GRAMMY® Award recipients are determined by vote of the Recording Academy’s Producers & Engineers Wing Advisory Council and Chapter Committees as well as the Recording Academy’s Trustees. The award is presented to individuals and companies who have made contributions of outstanding technical significance to the recording field.

Leo Fender was born on Aug. 10, 1909 and founded the Fender Electric Instrument Company in 1946. From 1950 to 1954, he spearheaded the most potent creative surge in the history of electrical instrument manufacturing.

He designed the first commercially-successful solidbody guitar, the Telecaster®; invented the modern electric Precision Bass® guitar, which transformed popular music; and introduced the most influential of all electric guitars, the Stratocaster®. His amplifiers set the gold standard for tone and reliability against which virtually all amps are judged to this day. After leaving Fender in 1970, he pursued other musical interests until his death on March 21, 1991.

“Fender Musical Instruments Corporation would not be the company we are today without Leo Fender’s legendary achievements,” said Bill Mendello, chairman and chief executive officer of FMIC. “But more importantly, the world would not be the same without him. His contributions to popular music are immeasurable: by providing musicians with new and innovative instruments to create and amplify their music, Fender helped shape the way we hear music, subsequently leading to the advent of new genres of music altogether.”

Brad Miller · February 4th, 2009, 05:35 PM

So glad they are honoring LEO!

Tidepoolbay · February 5th, 2009, 07:50 AM

Well it is about time!
Leo was the Henry Ford of guitar manufacturing.

noisemaker · February 5th, 2009, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Tidepoolbay

Well it is about time!
Leo was the Henry Ford of guitar manufacturing.

I thought that grammy was given as musical award??

Jahmbie · February 6th, 2009, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by noisemaker

I thought that grammy was given as musical award??

This is a special Technical Grammy awarded since 1994 to individuals and/or companies who have made contributions of outstanding technical significance to the recording field. Past individual recipients include:

Dr. Thomas G. Stockham, Jr.
Ray Dolby
Rupert Neve
Bill Putnam
George Massenberg
Les Paul
Robert Moog
Les Paul
Geoff Emerick
Doug Sax
Phil Ramone
Tom Dowd
John Eargle

So Leo Fender is joining some pretty good company.

If you don't know who some of these folks are, you've got to do some studying.

Congratulations, Leo!!!

gaddis · February 13th, 2009, 10:59 PM

There is no more deserving person.

vic108 · February 21st, 2009, 11:10 AM

Rock and Roll, country just wouldn't have sounded the same without Leo....

February 4th, 2009, 05:31 PM	#1 (permalink)
TDPRI Administrator Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: TDPRILAND Posts: 7,032 46 Photos	Leo Fender gets a GRAMMY! Leo Fender Gets a GRAMMY... Finally! February 4, 2009 FMIC Release The Recording Academy® will honor Clarence “Leo” Fender with a Technical GRAMMY® Award during a special invitation-only ceremony to be held during GRAMMY® Week on Sat., Feb. 7, 2009. A formal announcement will also be made during the 51st Annual GRAMMY® Awards telecast, which will be held at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles on Sun., Feb. 8, 2009, and broadcast live at 8 p.m. ET/PT on the CBS Television Network. Fender’s widow, Phyllis Fender, will accept the award on his behalf. In a recent release, the Recording Academy® noted that the Technical GRAMMY® Award recipients are determined by vote of the Recording Academy’s Producers & Engineers Wing Advisory Council and Chapter Committees as well as the Recording Academy’s Trustees. The award is presented to individuals and companies who have made contributions of outstanding technical significance to the recording field. Leo Fender was born on Aug. 10, 1909 and founded the Fender Electric Instrument Company in 1946. From 1950 to 1954, he spearheaded the most potent creative surge in the history of electrical instrument manufacturing. He designed the first commercially-successful solidbody guitar, the Telecaster®; invented the modern electric Precision Bass® guitar, which transformed popular music; and introduced the most influential of all electric guitars, the Stratocaster®. His amplifiers set the gold standard for tone and reliability against which virtually all amps are judged to this day. After leaving Fender in 1970, he pursued other musical interests until his death on March 21, 1991. “Fender Musical Instruments Corporation would not be the company we are today without Leo Fender’s legendary achievements,” said Bill Mendello, chairman and chief executive officer of FMIC. “But more importantly, the world would not be the same without him. His contributions to popular music are immeasurable: by providing musicians with new and innovative instruments to create and amplify their music, Fender helped shape the way we hear music, subsequently leading to the advent of new genres of music altogether.”

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vic108 Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Mudwogweap, VA Age: 53 Posts: 1,008 9 Photos	Rock and Roll, country just wouldn't have sounded the same without Leo.... __________________ Guitars will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no guitars

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Brad Miller Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kokomo, Mississippi Age: 36 Posts: 960 8 Photos	So glad they are honoring LEO!

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Tidepoolbay Tele-Meister Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Franklin New Jersey Age: 47 Posts: 369	Well it is about time! Leo was the Henry Ford of guitar manufacturing.

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gaddis Tele-Holic Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: New York Age: 53 Posts: 571	There is no more deserving person.

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