[Taltarzac725]

Amy Grant - Wikipedia

She has had a few concerts here in the Villages. She is a close friend it seems of Nancy Lopez.

Amy Grant discography - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMXuuYnoRdI

[ElDiabloJoe]

I have been a big fan of Amy Grant, since she was a contemporary Christian artist. I remember when she was married to her first husband, Gary - before Vince Gill came along. I remember seeing her in person perform at Wolff Trapp in Virginia.

I remember buying my first Amy Grant album, Age To Age, used at a record store in Frederick Co., Maryland. Later, I bought her albums Unguarded and Straight Ahead brand new when they were released.

My favorite song, back then, was "Find A Way" with Michael W. Smith, another favorite from back then.

My favorite song, overall, is when she sings is "Tender Tennessee Christmas." That is the best version of the song I have ever heard. I used to have her first Christmas album, the one where she is wearing the blue/green reindeer sweater standing in the snow on a farm on the cover. It was lost somewhere along the way of life. She has the second, more contemporary one, where she is in the red dress, but I don't care for it as much.

Thanks for the memory lane trip.

[fishon]

Who?

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by fishon

Who?

She has had hits since the mid 1980s if not longer. And had crowds of Villagers at the Polo Fields.

[Two Bills]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

She has had hits since the mid 1980s if not longer. And had crowds of Villagers at the Polo Fields.

Must have been a Free Concert?

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by Two Bills

Must have been a Free Concert?

In 2003 and again in 2005, Lopez even got her good friends Vince Gill and his wife, Amy Grant, to perform benefit concerts as part of the AIM fundraising effort. It’s unclear if they stayed in Lopez’s home while in The Villages – rumor has it that they did – but both events drew thousands of participants, with the first one being a free concert at Spanish Springs Town Square and the second one costing $24 for Villagers and $29 for non-residents.

Many Villagers might not also know it but Lopez’s oldest daughter, Ashley Knight Hughey, got married at the old Church on the Square in Spanish Springs Town Square. Prior to the church being absorbed as part the cavernous Sharon L. Morse Performing Arts Center, it hosted many weddings, and the one for Lopez’s daughter was probably one of its biggest.

From other source on the Villages news. Not the Villages Daily Sun but the other online one.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by fishon

Who?

Vince Gill's wife...

[Taltarzac725]

Amy Grant and Michael W. Smith Share Dates for 2023 Christmas Tour

She started out as a Christian music star and went back to being one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xj40Stx2ZI