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A M Y G R A N T

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) V-4.1
for newsgroup: alt.music.amy-grant
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Contents:

Biography
Factual
Discography
#> Videography
Video Reviews (was called Videography in FAQ V-3.3)
#> Friends of AMY
#> Concert Itinerary
Obtaining pictures, newsletters, lyrics
ART Server subscriptions
(info on subscribing for those without Usenet access)

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Changes from posted FAQ V-3.3 (for the returning students): marked with a #>
One major addition is the new _Friends of Amy_ section.
(Hint: for the rest, do a search on '#>' to quickly find these changes)
Changes from last posted FAQ V-4.0: marked with a *>
The changes are concentrated at the end of the video reviews.
As well, some more interesting trivia has been added to trivia section.

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B I O G R A P H Y

At the tender age of 16, when Amy went into the recording studio
to make her first recording, she was scared stiff and couldn't do it.
Finally, this was resolved by turning off all the lights in the studio.
This let her concentrate on her feelings for God (since this was
a religious tune), and just sing her heart out about it. (a)

Here are a few highlights from the biography written on Amy.
by: Bob Millard (1986)

#> aside: This is an unauthorized biography, and it is interesting to
note that Bob has never met Amy in his life. Shortly after the book
was published, Amy commented "He was pretty kind to me, for the most
part" (b)

Amy entered her career rather naively. There was some confusion
in her mind when she was told that she could do her first concert for
$300. Not realizing that her hosts would pay HER for the privilege,
rather than the other way around, Amy protested. "I only have $500 in
my savings and I need it," she said. (71)

"When I first started doing concerts I didn't have to go on the
road because there wasn't any big demand for me," Amy recalls.
"People would just call about once a month and ask if I could come to
their place and sing. I'd pack up my guitar and just fly out there.
It has really only been [since 1980 or 1981] that I've done any real
touring at all. But one of the first concerts I can remember doing I
had one thousand kids show up at the Will Rogers Memorial Auditorium
in Fort Worth, Texas.
"I had no idea how the promoter did that. I knew maybe three
people in Fort Worth and couldn't understand how the promoter got one
thousand people there. I hardly knew any songs. I just knew the
songs I'd written plus maybe five or six more. I remember playing
everything I knew and I'd only played for like fifty-five minutes and
I finally said, 'I don't know any more songs.' But the kids yelled
from the balcony, 'Why don't you just sing your songs over again?' It
was so informal. I just said okay and started singing 'em over
again." (79-80)

"I had a dream," she says. "I dreamed I was in heaven and God
put His arm around me and said, 'Amy, what have you done for me?' I
had my album behind my back and said, 'Look, Lord, I've been singing
for you. Here's my album.' He was a little disappointed. That's
when I woke up and realized I was a little too proud of myself and
that my whole life at that time was just a piece of plastic, a round
record." (83)

"Let me tell you what Amy did when she first started writing
songs and getting a few royalties," Amy's mother says. "One year at
Christmas she gave each one of her sisters one of her songs. They
each get a royalty off it twice a year."
The sisters' names do not appear as writers on any of the album
jacket credits and no one in the family or management team has
revealed which songs they are. Given the continued, steady sales of
her albums, Amy's gift of songwriter credits has undoubtedly been
worth hundreds of dollars to her sisters and will continue to ring up
royalties, as long as her records stay in pring. Amy's generosity to
her sisters is a quiet, personal thing among the tightly knit family.
(94)

Amy and Gary spend long hours together both on and off the road
that summer. Chapman's warmth and wit were winning one heart in the
wings along with all the hearts and souls he was winning over in the
audience. Amy learned a lot about performing by watching Chapman's
timing and humor. And Gary couldn't help but notice the forthright
honesty which magnified Amy's charismatic rapport with her audience.
In front of the largest crowd, a thirty-thousand-strong festival of
young people held in Kissimmee, Florida, Amy blurted out something to
the crowd of high school and college students that immediately tore
down all the barriers of pretense which an elevated stage and musical
message can create. She told them that she was horny. "We're
sitting there, I do my sound check. All these girls are in halter
tops, great figures, everybody's wearing nothing, we're in Floriday,"
Amy says. "I'm eighteen and I know what they're thinking. I said, 'I
really want to know Jesus and I really want to love him except . . .
my hormones are on ten and I see you all . . . sitting out there
getting chummy and praying together--and we're horny. My feeling is
why fake it? I'm not trying to be gross, I'm saying let's be honest
about what's coming down. Do you want to get to know Jesus? Fine.
Let's be honest about who we are.' " (103)

"I get tired of Christians trying to tell me what being a
Christian is," Amy said when she was twenty years old. "I get tired
of that kind of Christianity. I don't mean that in a disrespectful
way, but it's especially true in the college-age group. People
asking, 'Have you had your quiet time today?' We have such a
regimented idea of what Christianity is. In college, everybody wears
the same thing and they want their walk with the Lord to be the same
way. Sometimes I just want to scream, 'I had a loud time with the
Lord this morning!' Sometimes I just feel like Christians are boxing
themselves in." (107)

"I felt that initially I was really accepted and well-received by
the audiences, but among the music people I was really looked down
upon," she recalls. "They were all thinking . . . all the young kids
buy [her records] because she sings so simply. They all thought that
the three-year-old kid next door could write my songs. But that's
just it; the three-year-old next door was not writing them." (114)

"Sometimes I think it's a little unrealistic to think the only
thoughts a person has are Christian thoughts," Amy recalls. "I
remember going to a fraternity party and you just sense the
electricity starting to happen. Some guy's paying you some attention
and then somebody goes, 'Hey, this is the gospel singer' and phhht,
there it goes. I felt like saying, 'Hey, look, I can flirt, I can
date, I will kiss good night, we can embrace.' But once the
stereotype is there--wham!" (118)

Many Vanderbilt boys were intimidated by her status as a
"professional Christian." They avoided Amy in any normal social
situation. "They think you're a female Billy Graham with a guitar,"
she complained (119).

"I'll never be a star,
I just prefer to wish upon them,
Greet them at dusk,
And watch them fall."

That's how the postcard poem read. The message comes from her
heart, a young woman's rejection of the Hollywood star-making
machinery and its counterpart in the gospel music industry.
Recognitions of her in the world of professional entertainment was
growing each month, as the Grammy nomination and the GMA Dove Award
nominations of the two previous years attested. The legion of Amy
Grant fans continued to grow. (122-123)

"Our big thrill was when we sang in a place called Brugg. This
is not Bruge, Belgium it's Brugg, Switzerland. We sang at some kind
of a ruin, it was like a circle of stones and obviously had pillars.
There were about six thousand people there and we were invited to be
part of a music festival there. They were cheering when we walked out
and at first they told us to do six or seven songs, but by the time we
got up it was only two songs. We were the nobodies so they cut us way
down. We walked off and said, 'This will be incredible, the record
company will be so excited. We've spread out names and spread out
music.'
"We walked off and someone came up to shake our hands and they
said, 'Now what is your name?' We said Gary Chapman and Amy Grant.
They said, 'They didn't introduce you, they just said here's the two
Americans.' " (137)

"Historically, anytime a gospel artist has tried to cross over,
it has been just death for them in the Christian music realm," Amy
reflects. "I don't understand it. I don't understand the mentality
that says you can't express several sides of your life. B.J. Thomas
does it but he's highly criticized, and unfairly so. A person is a
person and you have feelings. You know, I love my husband, I struggle
in my relationship with my family, this is what I feel like when I'm
driving home from work, this is how I brush my teeth. Not everything
has some heavy spiritual emphasis. But I feel like there have been so
few gospel artists that there's a real protective feeling in the
gospel music industry." (141)

"I felt like meat on a hook," Amy told Contemporary Christian
Music magazine. "We'd go to places like Johnny Carson. The talent
director would take me into the inner sanctum while Gary and my
manager sat outside taking bets on how I'd do." (151)

"Parents encourage their kids to go see Amy because her lyrics
are clean, they're acceptable, and her venues are wholesome," explains
GMA executive director Don Butler. "She doesn't want the
conservative fundamentalists coming to her concerts. She wants young
people who will get up and move to the beat, people who want to be
pinned against the back wall by the volume for two hours. That's what
she gives them. Besides, Amy never had the traditional gospel music
fans, so how could she turn them off? She has never been the darling
of the fundamentalists." (153-154)

"There are a lot of songs that I just write and the only
differentiation between them and secular pop music that I would say is
that they are an observation of everyday life from a Christian
perspective," Amy explains. "Like, I wrote a great song about my
great grandmother one time and somebody who was really serious about
what the lyrics should say might say, 'You know, you say you're a
Christian singer, but I've played this song about your great
grandmother for my friend and they were not saved. You're a failure.'
A hard-line gospel songwriter might say that. But my point of view
would be that instead of just writing about this one little piece of
the spectrum, I'm just, as a songwriter, approaching life." (155)

"There is a point at which we all have to say we're satisfied,"
she says. "I can't let the number of albums I sell dictate that I
think of myself. If you start equating a song with dollar signs,
you'll lose your value of what a song is all about." (159)

"Gary's really great," she said. "Sensitive--maybe too much so--
but that's balanced by a terrific sense of humor. Like most couples
we fight about everything. 'You're so pushy,' he'll say. 'Stop
manipulating me,' I'll say. It's a great marriage." (161)

In Detroit, Amy was confronted by young fans who presented her
with a bouquet of flowers attached to a note that read: "Turn back.
You can still be saved if you renounce what you've done."
"I cried in the shower, then went into the room and Gary was in
bed, and I said, 'Would you hold me for a while?' and I just cried,"
Amy confesses. "Gary prayed for us, then the words of my pastor
echoed in my head: "You are called to love them." (162)

"I feel like in the past we have felt, we as Christian artists
have felt like every song, every album had to encompass everything
that means to be Christian," she says. "I feel like a lot of us now
feel like 'let's approach all aspects of life from a Christian
perspective.' Now it doesn't mean that suddenly every song doesn't
have to be 'Blood on the Cross.' That's never not included. But it's
just saying there's so many areas of life to be discussed and it's
important to have somebody discuss it from a Christian perspective.
How great to have a song that says, you know, it's really bad between
me and my husband but I know that love perseveres." (167)

Amy's enuncitation is often poor from behind a microphone,
occasionally obscuring her lyrics, which, after all, are the heart of
a gospel song. Many of her young fans know her lyrics by heart anyway,
so they found a palatable invitation to faith in her Christian
witnessing in her performance. There was the added communication of
her mid-concert monolog, delivered partly while Amy lay flat on her
back, legs crossed and kicking into the air like the B-grade movie
stereotype of a teenage on the telephone. She came as close as she
ever has to delivering a full-scale Christian witness during this part
of the concert.
"For maybe five of ten minutes [during concerts], I'll say who I
am and what Jesus means in my life," Amy says. "I don't want to
browbeat a crowd for two hours." (168)

"I do what comes the easiest to me and people fall in the
aisles," she says. "That's the difference with music. It's a talent
that people will know who you are, but that doesn't mean it's a
greater talent than any other. There are times when I've felt, 'What
a farce,' that my sisters work so hard with their kids and get no
attention. I do what comes naturally and get enought attention for
all of us and forty times more. It's a humbling thing." (173)

"When people express shock at the idea of crossover they're
assuming that you're leaving something essential behind," Amy said to
her critics in the Christian community. "I want to keep singing what
I've always sung, but I see an opportunity to do both--to sing for a
larger audience and to keep singing truth. And then I just go
woooooo! Do it! Go for it!" (176-177)

"What I want to do is to, in the way that I communicate and
express myself, is to say what it means to be a vibrant Christian
woman in the eighties," Amy explained. "And it doesn't mean, hey, my
breasts are going to hang out over my shirt. I mean, that's gross to
me. But it means to be wholesome and alive. I think a lot of times
to me something that's very sexy, if you want to call it that,
appealing to me is something that's very alive." (177)

She stopped saying "maybe" to the possibility of crossover into
the country or pop industry and in 1985 announced, "I want to play
hardball in this business."
"I want to be the U.S.A.'s top pop singer with the wholesome
image," she says. "It's fun to fantasize with a Madonna. All through
history there have been singers that projected a popular image, Carole
King, Karen Carpenter. There's no balance to what kind of image is
being presented to kids today. I want to be there." (177)

"I see myself as sort of a combination performer and evangelist,"
Amy explains. "I hope people enjoy my singing, but at the same time
their lives are affected by the words." (177-178)

--
...from Friends In Motion Newsletter.
I would like to credit the person who summarized this biography -- you
did an excellent job. If you are aware of the name, please pass it on
for inclusion in the next FAQ.
(a) Thanks to Traci Miklos for this information.
(b) From Lori McAlister -- thanks for the update! :)

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F A C T U A L

Name: Amy Lee Grant :)

Born: November 25, 1960 at St. Joseph Hospital in Augusta, GA
Sisters: Mimi, Kathy, Carol
Brother-in-law: Dan Harrell (married to Kathy)
Husband: Gary Chapman (born August 19, 1957 in Waurika, OK)
Married: Saturday June 19, 1982 - wedding at Vine Street Christian
Church in Nashville, TN
Father: Dr. Burton Paine Grant
Mother: Gloria Grant
Grandfather: Dr. Otis Grant
Great Grandfather: Andrew Mizell Burton (multimillionare and
philanthropist)
Great Grandmother: Lillie May Armstrong Burton (Mimi)
Cousin: Wilson Burton (founder of City magazine)
Cousin: Barry Burton (Vanderbilt Univ. football star)

First piano lesson: 10 years old
Baptized: at Church of Christ congregation in seventh grade
First took up guitar: seventh grade
Grammar school: Ensworth private grammar school
High School: Harpeth Hall High School
Got top honor at her school - Lady of the Hall
Switched to Belmont Church in her teens
Original album recorded at 16 - 50,000 copies in first year Gave first
concert for $300
Amy Grant released in 1977. Now more than 250,000 copies sold.
Entered Furman University in Greenville, SC in September, 1978
majoring in English.
Presented first Dove award at age 17.
First serious concert [according to her] in July 1978 at Lakeside
Amusement Park in Denver, CO.
Father's Eyes was most popular tune of the year.
First big tour in 1981 with Ed DeGarmo and Dana Key.
Went to Vanderbilt University next after taking a year off after
sophomore year.
Age To Age released in May 1982.
El Shaddai was most popular tune of the year.
Six Dove awards off Age to Age and a Grammy

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...from Friends in Motion newsletter.

T R I V I A

Eyes: brown
Hair: brown, naturally curly (never permed it until I had children!)
Weight: 128.4 lbs.
*> Height: 5'7"
Worst year: sophomore in college
Fave food: spaghetti
Least fave food: can't think of any
Fave ice cream: Baskin Robbins Chocolate Chip, Haagen Dazs Chocolate
Fave dessert: Something that involves chocolate and peanut butter.
It can be a Reeses Peanut Butter Cup or just a blob of peanut butter
with Nestle chocolate chips.
Pets: 2 cats, 1 German Shepherd, several horses, a mule, some chickens
Hobbies: writing, long walks, manual labor, sitting in barns
Fave pasttime: gardening and cleaning
Fave thing not to do: scrub the toilet
Fave TV show: Seinfeld
*> Fave recent movie rave: Fried Green Tomatoes
*> Movies NOT my type: Terminator, Rambo, etc.
How I started singing: sang at school for my friends
Wrote my first song: 15 years old
Colleges" Furman University in Greenville, SC and Vanderbilt University
in Nashville, TN. I am 20 hours short of graduating. :(
Number of A's in high school: 5
Number of F's in high school: 1 in English Lit
Major in College: English Lit
Number of traffic tickets: Speeding, 1; Parking, 14 or so...I stopped
counting
My own favorite source of trivia: Harper's Index
First romantic Kiss: Sring of 7th grade
Last romantic kiss: about 2 hours ago
Pet peeves: too many interviews
Scariest thing that happened to me: radial karetotemy eye surgery
Best thing that happened to me that same year: radial karetotemy eye
surgery. It corrected my vision and I no longer have to deal with
contacts or glasses! 8^)
Fave casual restaurant in Los Angeles: California Pizza Kitchen
Current number of nieces and nephews: 19
Fave ethnic foods: crunchy shrimp rolls & bagels with smoked salmon
and capers
6th grade music obsession: Cher
7th grade music obsession: Carole King
8th grade music obsession: Bette Midler
First car I learned to drive on: beat up, green, '63 VW bug
First car owned: maroon, '73 MG BGT
Only album title shared by a book on the history of law in the frontier
days of the South: Lead Me On
Longest tour: Unguarded (June 1984 - Spetember 1, 1986)
Longest camping trip: 21 days, summer after 9th grade
Number of baths in those 21 days: 3
Longest flight: to Niarobi, Kenya to visit a friend
Fave sport to participate in: snow skiing and GOLFING
Fave professional sport: football

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Thanks to David Ragsdale for compiling this section from the
'Friends of Amy' newsletter, and a BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE goes to
Lori McAlister for researching it in the first place. *<;^)

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D I S C O G R A P H Y

This discography consists of all known album CDs by this artist which
are available within the United States.

Amy Grant (1977)
Beautiful Music
Mountain Top
Psalm 104
Old Man's Rubble
Brand New Start
Grape, Grape Joy
Walking in the Light
What A Difference You've Made
Father
I Know Better Now
The Lord Has A Will
On And On
He Gave Me A New Song

My Father's Eyes (1979)
Father's Eyes
Faith Walkin' People
Always The Winner
Never Give You Up
Bridegroom
Lay Down
You Were There
O Sacred Head
All That I Need Is You
Fairytale
Giggle
There Will Never Be Another
Keep It On Going

Never Alone (1980)
Look What Has Happened To Me
So Glad
Walking Away With You
Family
Don't Give Up On Me
That's The Day
If I Have To Die
All I Ever Have To Be
It's A Miracle
Too Late
<cd> First Love
Say Once More

In Concert (1980)
Medley:
Beautiful Music
Giggle
Old Man's Rubble
Never Give You Up
Mimi's House
Father's Eyes
Faith Walkin' People
Walking Away with You
Mountain Top
All I Ever Have To Be
Singing A Love Song
Don't Give Up On Me

In Concert Volume Two (1981)
I'm Gonna Fly
Too Late
So Glad
Medley:
You Gave Me Love
Fill Me With Your Love
What A Difference You've Made In My Life
If I Have To Die
That's The Day
Look What Has Happened To Me
Keep it Goin'
Nobody Loves Me Like You

Straight Ahead (1984)
Where Do You Hide Your Heart
Jehovah
Angels
Straight Ahead
Thy Word
It's Not A Song
Open Arms
Doubly Good To You
Tomorrow
The Now And The Not Yet

Home For Christmas (1992) A&M
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
Joy To The World/For Unto Us A Child Is Born
Breath Of Heaven (Mary's Song)
O' Come All Ye Faithful
Grown-up Christmas List
Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree
Winter Wonderland
I'll Be Home For Christmas
The Night Before Christmas
Emmanuel, God With Us
Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring

#> House of Love (1994) A&M
The Lucky One
Say You'll Be Mine
Whatever It Takes
House of Love
The Power"
Oh, How The Years Go By
Big Yellow Taxi
Helping Hand
*> Politics of Kissing [on Euro version]
Love Has A Hold On Me
Our Love
Children of the World

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SIDE PROJECTS / DUETS:

Project (1982) Reunion
"Friends" (duet with Michael W. Smith)

Michael W. Smith 2 (1983) Reunion
"All I Needed to Say", "One Restless Heart"
(duet with Michael W. Smith)

Happenin'
"Always" (duet with Gary Chapman)

This Ain't Hollywood
"Nobody Knows Me Like You Do" (duet with DeGarmo & Key)

Talk to One Another - Reunion
"Create in Me a Clean Heart" (duet with Brown Bannister)
(re-released on Reunion Records)

Rich Mullins
"Live Right" (duet with Rich Mullins)

Together We Will Stand
"Kingdom of Love" (solo on Continental Singers' album)

Another Time Another Place
"Unexpected Friends" (duet with Sandi Patti)

*> Love Beyond Reason, Randy Stonehill (1985)
"I Could Never Say Goodbye" (duet with Peter Cetera)

Big Beats for Happy Feets - Word Compilation Album
funky dance re-mix of "Wise Up"

Solitude/Solitaire, Peter Cetera (1986) WB
"The Next Time I Fall" (duet with Peter Cetera)

Christmas (1989) Reunion
"No Eye Had Seen" (duet with Michael W. Smith)

Our Hymns (1989) Word
"Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus" (solo)

Our Christmas (1990) Word
"It Came Upon The Midnight Clear", "O Little Town of Bethlehem"
(duets with Sandi Patti)

*> The Gingham Dog and The Calico Cat (1990) Rabbit Ears Productions
A story about two Christmas presents who just don't get along - until
Christmas Eve when they fall out of Santa's sleigh and get lost in a great
forest. There, working together, they find their way through the snow to
their new home, where their example of love for each other brings harmony
to the entire household.
Read by Amy Grant/Music by Chet Atkins (1990)

Chet Atkins' "Sneakin' Around" (1991)
(Amy and Gary Chapman's background vocals)

Change Your World (1992) Reunion
"Somewhere Somehow" (duet with Michael W. Smith)

Sister Kate - NBC theme song (not available retail)

Honeymoon in Vegas (1992)
"Love me Tender" (remake of Elvis Presley's classic)

"Love makes you Real" (1992) Target Stores Christmas promo
(not available retail)

"Let the Season take Wing" (1992) Target Stores Christmas promo
(cassette single available only at Target with
purchase of the album HOME FOR CHRISTMAS)

On this Christmas Night (MCA/Songbird)
"Santa's Reindeer Ride"

Gary Chapman - EVERYDAYMAN "Love like Blood" duet and background
vocals w/Michael W. Smith & Gary Chapman - A MOMENT IN TIME songs
performed live and conversations from Lead Me On tour, Limited Edition
promotional cassette

Love's Alright, Eddie Murphy (1992)
"Yeah" (Amy has one line along with a a couple dozen other artists.
Sidenote: It is reported that Eddie's producers were
blown away with her grace and professionalism
after flying to town to record her part.) :)

*> The Creation (1993) Rabbit Ears Productions
First in a series. The story of Creation as recorded in the Bible.
Features an acappella version of "Creat In Me a Clean Heart"
Read by Amy Grant/Music by Bela Fleck

Maverick (1994)
"Amazing Grace" (Amy sings one line + sings in a chorus)

The Light Inside (1994) "Razor's Edge", duet with Gary Chapman

Return to Pooh Corner, Kenny Loggins (1994) title song.
(Gary Chapman also contributes to background vocals)

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V I D E O G R A P H Y

A listing of laser discs/VHS tapes currently available:

AGE TO AGE concert video (1983)
150 A&M DG Stereo CX

FIND A WAY 5-song compilation video (1985)
includes "Don't Run Away", "Angels", "It's Not A Song", "Find A Way"
and "Wise Up"
150 A&M DG Stereo CX

AMY GRANT'S OLD FASHIONED CHRISTMAS (1986) TV special released on video 1992
140 A&M Hi-Fi Stereo CX

HEART IN MOTION compilation (1991)
includes "Baby, Baby", "Good For Me" (GF version), "Every Heartbeat",
"Next Time I Fall", "That's What Love Is For"

--
With files from cs.uwp.edu.
<cd> denotes a song that appears on the CD version only.

Special thanks to David Ragsdale, The Rink, Hiram W. Lester Jr., and
Lori McAlister for providing additional information.

If you can provide info on other songs she has sung (or any project she
has ever breathed on), I'll include them in the next FAQ.

I need some MAJOR help with the _duets_ section! Especially, I need the
missing song release dates, verification of songs, help with formatting, etc.
Thanks to Rags for _swamping_ me with duet info (from Friends of Amy).

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V I D E O R E V I E W S

The following 2 videos are representative of Amy's style in the
pre-Unguarded era. They are included for reasons of brevity and
completeness.

It's Not a Song (as reviewed by J.P. Blackwood)
- Amy sits in her room saddened trying to write a song. Her
paper flies out the window through the streets to a nursing
home. Amy follows it, sings to the residents and they cheer
up and do a broadway type dance number

Angels (as reviewed by J.P. Blackwood)
- Switches between Amy teaching sunday school, Paul released
from jail and some abstract shots of Amy escaping a car crash
and being haunted by some kind of ghost hands.

The following are descriptions/reviews of Amy's videos from the Unguarded
(1985) album and later. Amy undergoes an *incredible* change in image,
style, and confidence from the videos mentioned above to those below. :)

Wise Up
- a live video shot in Pittsburg. Amy is wearing her now
trademark spotted leopard skin jacket (as appears on the
cover of the Unguarded album). Amy is noticeably very
energetic and it is exciting to see her move in synch with
the music. This is my favourite live video of her.

Find a Way
- Amy's outfits alternate between her leopard skin jacket with
flashy dress shirt and cummerbund, to a crimson dress. The
video shifts several times from indoors where an argument
between a man & a woman is taking place, to outside where Amy
is standing atop a brick building. Several outdoor scenes
take place near a water setting. Eventually the couple
reconcile their differences and Amy twirls her jacket in the
air into a rainbow pattern. The video ends with Amy in casual
white top and rolled-up pants; an incredible wave rises above
and behind her, and a rainbow appears.

Next Time I Fall
- This video was done in conjunction with another
A&M superstar, Peter Cetera. It takes place in a room with
very high windows. A dance troupe is performing among the
singers. Although Amy has a rather small singing role in
this duet, her performance more than makes up for it.
She is wearing a jean jacket, blue jeans, and a white shirt,
and cowboy boots. All in all she looks really good. :)
I am told by J.P. Blackwood that Peter and Amy were photo-
graphed at different locations (and/or times) for this video,
and this explains why you don't see them in the same scene.
This video was responsible for introducing much of the
pre-HIM public to Amy.

Stay for Awhile (with help from J.P. Blackwood)
- The video shows Amy cavorting with some guy and riding on
horses around what appears to be her ranch. (?)

Lead Me On
- This is arguably the most moving and scenic of Amy's videos.
It takes place near a very beautiful set of waterfalls, amidst
rugged 'bitter cold' terrain. Amy is wearing a pair of loose
fitting jeans, a dark sleeveless tank top, and a pair of ear-
rings. The earrings, however, are purposefully different from
each other, indicative of the new 'hip' Amy. Amy radiates her
inner and outer beauty throughout most of the video.
Note: This video was released commercially on a tape with
several other artists.

Baby Baby
- This video teams Amy with her hunky friend, Jme.
Amy originally wanted to do this video with babies dancing
around in diapers, but one of her nephews thought this would
be lame. Baby Baby is the first of a series of videos that
she did for the HIM album. Almost all share a common thread
of rapidly switching from scene to scene, forcing you to either
see parts in slow-motion or watch the video many times to catch
all the subtle details. Most of the video shows Amy and her
male friend having fun at an amusement park. As the video
progresses, they are trying to outdo each other's silliness.
During much of the video, Amy is wearing a black outfit complete
with a black bowler's hat. She looks particularly striking in
the beginning when she is wearing her Mexican outfit (complete
with white shirt, hat, bolero, black skirt, and black boots).

Good For Me
(hunky version)
- The guy from Baby Baby is back for another fun-filled video
with Amy. The setting takes place near a waterpark. Indeed,
Amy can be seen wearing full scuba gear and beach attire.
If you liked Baby Baby, this video is not to be missed.
According to Rodney, this version is the one Amy prefers.
She made it after realizing the other version about 2 childhood
friends did not come out as she originally intended.

(girlfriend version)
- This, IMHO, is the better of the 2 versions. In the beginning,
Amy and her girlfriend are shown running to a barn carrying a
chest (of clothes) between them. The adventurous girlfriend is
seen holding different items of lingerie in front of both
herself and Amy (much to poor Amy's shock) to test how it looks.
Amy is wearing about 5 different outfits in all. In the
classroom setting, she is wearing a black top and black short-
shorts (I mistook it initially for a black mini-dress). Several
times during the video, the camera does a close up of her face
while she is wearing this black outfit. I can't describe it,
but I have never seen her looking more stunning and beautiful
than in those close-ups. Her facial features in these close-ups
are well set off against the bright backlighting.
Occasionally, we are presented with scenes of the "younger"
Amy and her girlfriend in class and in a restaurant meeting boys.
At the end, Amy is wearing a grey mini-sun-dress. She sits
atop the hood of a fire engine, next to her girlfriend. They
are flirting with and being serenaded by a group of dancing
firefighters who eventually soak them with a fire hose.
Warning: This version shows scenes of a controversial nature,
and thus may not be suitable for all Amy fans. Viewer
discretion is advised. (Gee, I'm making this almost
sound like an R-rated Madonna flick.) :)

Every Heartbeat
- The settings are a laundromat and an auto-repair shop.
Amy starts off by blowing gum bubbles. She is seen wearing
several outfits. The most notable is a white baby-doll style
polka dot mini-dress in a polka dot room (and she sometimes
holds a cute puppy which needless to say is also covered with
polka dots). One other side-scene worth mentioning shows Amy
striking poses in a sophisticated pair of sunglasses, gloves,
and a hat. In the main setting of the laundromat, a guy and a
girl are doing laundry (what else?), but soon are attracted to
each other. Their shyness prevents them from meeting initially.
In fact, they are both seen reading the same shyness self-help
book (which each thankfully remembered to bring along).
Finally, he takes off his outer shirt, and she teases him by
unbuttoning hers (I don't see the point of this), and they have
a laundry war by tossing clothes at each other from all the
dryers (which conveniently were not even running). Then they
become affectionate (of course). In the auto-shop, a guy comes
to check on his car, when all of a sudden a girl pops out from
under. They seem to hit it off without a hitch (no grease wars).

That's What Love is For (as reviewed by Ho)
- Very poetic setting, on a rocky but flat field. Amy wears a red
LONG cloak as she sings to a couple. The male is wearing big
white pants, no shirt and the female is seen in a white sweater.
There are scenes with them apart but slowly they drift back
together as they listen to Amy and a guy dressed in black,
playing the guitar he picked from the ground. There are some
beautiful shots of Amy under a huge rock. Also shown are beige
monochromatic shots of Amy in a white dress in some kind of
volcano opening...very beautiful and poetic. Then there are
bad shots of Amy with VERY curly hair in white, kinda like a
sailor's outfit. She begins to cry in these shots but her hair
is...blah! At the end she is standing in front of a mountain
that has the words LOVE on it, like Hollywood in California and
the couple is behind her, clinging to each other (a decent shot).
Overall, I love the imagery but some shots could have been
better...there is one strange shot of Amy as her dress flows in
the wind and she does some strange, strange dance!!!
Note: You might want to hold off showing this video to friends
that you want to introduce to Amy. Wait 'til they develop
a greater appreciation of her earlier music first. -Ed

I Will Remember You
- A MUST SEE VIDEO! IT WILL BLOW YOU AWAY!!!
There is not a single Amy video that I can even begin to
compare this work of art with. In fact, I don't know of any
secular videos I can compare with either (the only one that
comes to mind for artistic appeal is a-ha's 'Take on Me').
In terms of artistic appeal, special effects, etc, it's in a
class above the rest (with only the aforementioned a-ha video,
IMHO). This is one video where the excitement and awe of seeing
it in reality actually exceeds the expectation built up for it.
Since this video was not released commercially, I would
not know where one would go to obtain this video. (Try and beg
or borrow it from a friend or request your local music video
station to play it. It'll be worth the effort! -Ed)
Here is a very brief description: (thanks to Rodney for this)
There are war scenes, a clock or something swaying back and
forth showing the passage of time, a boy and girl talking, and
a swimmer (I have no idea what he represents, if anything).
One of the soldiers gets killed (from the war scene). It's
really hard to describe, especially to someone who hasn't
seen it.

Grown-Up Christmas List (as reviewed by Rodney)
- Amy is shown in a very pretty, nicely decorated living room,
lighting candles on the tree. She looks in on her "daughter"
who is asleep in bed holding a stuffed Santa. The camera
pans over cute kids (of all varieties) holding candles.
Matt, Amy's oldest, is in the video. He reportedly wanted to
be in a scene with fire in it!

*> The Lucky One (as reviewed by J.P. Blackwood)
- It is set in a latin-american villiage by a beach. It has a
definite world music atmosphere, the video more than the song.
Amy in a sleeveless vest cavorts with children near a Hotel de
bueno dulce (Hotel of good sweetness??) and in the streets of a
village and a beach. Sweetness is definitely the theme. We see
ice cream of all flavors and watermelons etc... The video is
filmed in letterbox format. Village musicians occasionally provide
some music. The video gives a great feel for the latin village's
culture.

*> Say You'll Be Mine (as previewed by Lori McAlister)
- Very colorful and clever. Has Amy as "an ant at a picnic"
(actually, we see her as several ants before it's done!)
Amy is wearing baggy blue jeans, a wide black belt and a
long-sleeved oxford shirt. She is standing amid blades of grass,
dwarfed by bright-hue, computer-generated butterflies, singing
away as we see a young couple getting out of a late 60's
convertible and unloading a picnic basket and blanket. It's
really a lot of fun and almost funny in parts, with Amy almost
getting stepped on by the lovebirds at one point!
They managed to capture Amy in a scene with a real lady bug
climbing a nearby blade of grass. It's almost like she's singing
into the couple's ears what each one would want the other to
think, but are too shy to say so. My personal tastes run
ULTRA-CONSERVATIVE on things like this. (Amy and I had some serious
conversations when the HIM videos began to come out...) There are
only two very brief cuts that make me somewhat uncomfortable:
First, I want to recommend a sport bra for the young lady
if she's going to be running across meadows... and at one point,
the couple fall into a heap upon the ground and begin some rather
serious kissing and carressing. (But conspicuous lack of full
body contact, whew!) Fortunately, this is cut short and quickly
returns to more of what I would call more appropriate public
displays of affection. Let me reiterate - this is my own humble,
personal and conservative impression. In the end, I really like
it and the angle they've taken on representing the song visually.

*> House of Love (as previewed by Lori McAlister)
- Filmed entirely in black and white.
Rather artsy looking, but also rather morose as neither Amy nor
Vince even smile. In fact, they tend to look more like they are
miserable (perhaps empathizing with the poor abandoned partner,
but I thought this was to be an encouragement...) Begins in an
open field with shots of an old iron bed made up with flowers (I
believe). Then you see a Victorian "doll house" in the field with
the bed. Amy and Vince are both dressed very conservatively, almost
"old fashioned" or "Amish" as Amy described it. By the chorus, you
see both Amy and Vince singing in, around and on a full blown
Victorian house. (The doll house is an exact replica which Amy
tried to buy after the shoot, but they wouldn't sell it to her...)
While you do see Amy and Vince in many scenes together - they never
make eye-contact or even acknowledge the other's presence. As it
went on, I kept hoping for maybe some more hope or happiness
expressed, either in expression or symbol, but it never came. So
it left me with a rather odd feeling... But the video itself is
very well done and certainly nothing to get worried about from the
"appropriate/inappropriate" standpoint.

The reviews are sketchy at best, and all opinions (be they ever so humble)
are in no means accurate. Overall, I feel the reviews are a good basis
from which to collectively expand. The intended purpose of this
Videography is to let people know of the existence and contents of videos
they may not even have seen or knew existed.

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#> F R I E N D S O F A M Y

Everything you've wanted to know about FRIENDS OF AMY, but were afraid to
ask: (info provided by Lori McAlister)

"Where can I write to Amy Grant?"

Send any and all correspondence to:
Amy Grant
Friends of Amy
9 Music Square S., Suite 214
Nashville, TN 37203-3203 email: amy....@nashville.com

Anything sent to Amy's attention at any other address (including her home)
is forwarded to FOA. For time and security reasons, Amy doesn't open mail
from anyone she does not personally know. She does receive a random
sampling of her mail which she reads as time permits. She also has a
question/answer section in her tri-annual FOA Newsletter. Every word of
every letter Amy is sent gets read and dealt with in a confidential and
responsible manner. "Brevity" is the key to getting your requests and
questions answered most quickly.

HERE'S WHAT'S AVAILABLE-----

** FOA Newsletter (April, August and December issues)
includes post card notices of tour itineraries, snapshots, recipies,
question/answer, sneak peek lyric previews, behind the scenes and whatever
else Amy feels like writing about.
$5/year US $6/year CANADA $8/year other foreign
ALL PAYMENTS MUST BE IN U.S. DOLLARS

** A personalized, autographed, 5x7 B&W photo of Amy
$2 U.S. $3 all foreign (be sure to include name for personalization)

** "Meet Amy Grant Chapman" info package: autobiographical info, trivia,
personal spiritual journey, discography, her career start and most
current project news.
$7 US $8 all foreign

** "The Music Business From Amy's Perspective" info package:
How Amy got started, her thoughts and advice for aspiring
writes/performers, addresses to write for more information.
$2 US $3 all foreign

ALL FUNDS MUST BE IN U.S. DOLLARS. All the above prices include shipping
and handling. Make checks payable to FRIENDS OF AMY. Include your COMPLETE
& LEGIBLE name and address with the order. Thanks!

====

"AMY GRANT merchandise availability..."

At this time, official Amy stuff is available only at the concerts. We
HOPE to be able to offer some items from the HOUSE OF LOVE tour, but have
no confirmation of this as yet. Music and video product are available
wherever WORD or A&M products are sold. If what you're looking for is not
in stock, ask the store to special order it for you. If that fails, in
the US you can write to:

Family Music Club
P O Box 10659
Des Moines, IA 50336-0659

====
"How can I meet Amy?"

Occasionally, when Amy is touring, a local concert promoter or sponsor
will arrange for an autograph party in that city. We do not attempt to
make arrangements for individuals either in their cities or here in
Nashville. It would be a security and logistical nightmare to accommodate
such requests. (Amy wanted me to add that if you ever pass her on the
street, don't hesitate to stop and introduce yourself!)
-----

"regarding packages and gifts..."

As of April 1990, we adopted a policy of not receiving packages or gifts
of any kind. Packages with return addresses are returned. Those without
are simply left at the post office.
-----

"regarding music, lyrics and demo tapes..."

Amy simply does not have the time nor does she feel particularly qualified
to critique music and lyrics sent to her. As for "pitching" your song to
her, she only receives material presented through a reputable publisher
and by her own request. In the past, we have attempted to return any
lyrics submitted witha note of explanation. As of January 1992, we will
only be returning those lyrics that are sent with a self-addressed stamped
envelope. For legal purposes, all others will be destroyed.
-----

"regarding working for Amy or trying out for a band..."
Honestly, you've got to know somebody on the "inside track" to even be
considered for a position either in her personal staff or touring
entourage. Prospective musicians/vocalists are welcome to submit resumes,
demo tapes and inquiries to Mike Blanton at:

Blanton/Harrell, Inc.
2019 Poston Ave
Nashville, TN 37203 (this is Amy's management office)
-----

#> C O N C E R T I T I N E R A R Y

Here it is! The TENTATIVE itinerary for the European leg of Amy's HOUSE OF
LOVE tour. As always ALL DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. PLEASE CHECK WITH LOCAL
PROMOTERS/RADIO STATIONS TO GET SPECIFIC INFORMATION.

-Sept 19 Hamburg, Germany - Musikhall
-Sept 20 The Hague, Holland - Congressgebeuw
-Sept 21 Paris, France - Chopin Theatre
-Sept 23 Zurich, Switzerland - Spiergarton
-Sept 25 Frankfurt, Germany - (venue unknown as yet)
-Sept 27 Stockholm, Sweden - Cirous
-Sept 29 Copenhagen, Denmark - Tivoli
-Oct 1 Manchester, England - Apollo
-Oct 2 Birmingham, England - Symphony
-Oct 4 London, England - Hammersmith Apollo

The band personel that have been confirmed to date (July 20) are:
Wayne Kirkpatrick, band leader - guitar and back ground vocals (bgvs)
Jerry McPherson - guitar
Bill Owlsley - guitar, bgvs
Rick Palombi - keyboard
Chris McHugh - drums
Millard Powers - bass, bgvs
Tabitha Fair - bgvs

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P I C T U R E S, N E W S L E T T E R S, L Y R I C S

SITE INFO:
The only site I am aware of at the moment that carries Amy files is:

cs.uwp.edu

PICTURES:
A lot of scanned images of Amy album covers and other poses can be
found under the /g/grant.amy/pictures directory. A big round of thanks
goes out to Andreas Haug for his picture scans.

*> Some more recent additions include all of the pictures
from House of Love, My Father's Eyes, In Concert, Amy in People's Top
50 Most Beautiful issue.
These can be found in the /pub/incoming/pictures/grant.amy directory
until the root-op sees fit to move them to the main A.G. picture area.

NEWSLETTERS:
As well, the first 2 volumes of the newsletter, Friends in Motion, can
be found under the directory /mail.list. The filenames appear to be
incorrect; the correct names can be found at the top of each
newsletter. To my knowledge, there are 4 volumes in total.

LYRICS:
This site carries almost all the lyrics to her albums under the /lyrics
directory. Thanks go out to s...@kepler.unh.edu (alias the Rink) for his
tremendous effort. Credit also goes to David Yoshihara for his
contributions.

Since this music archive is mostly based on logical directories, you
can switch to the grant.amy directory by typing cd /grant.amy at the
main level. In this fashion, you can switch to the general /lyrics
directory, /picture directory, etc.

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A R T S E R V E R S U B S C R I P T I O N S

For those that are interested, a mailing list (server) has been set
up to transmit articles for fans without access to Usenet or to the
alt groups hierarchy.

If you know someone who wants to participate (ie. friend at another
campus without alt group access), please tell them to send
a mail containing the word "subscribe" to the Amy Response Team (ART),
care of:

#> art-r...@atlas.ipc.uni-tuebingen.de
^^^
Note: ART is a 2 way listserver. All posts to the alt.music.amy-grant
newsgroup are mirrored by the ART server to all ART subscribers. Articles
posted _directly_ to the ART server will ONLY be mirrored to other ART
subscribers, and NOT to the newsgroup. To post to the newsgroup without
net access, an arrangement should be made with someone having net access,
and willing to post on your behalf. Personally, I stand committed to this
group and will do my best to facilitate posting of all articles on
behalf of any ART subscriber that requests my assistance. -Ed

--
This FAQ maintained by Pradeep Bhatia. Many thanks to all the contributors!
If you would like to add to this, send mail to: pbh...@bnr.ca

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