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Howard’s involvement and
contribution,” says music
journalist and Detroit
Music Awards Co-Founder
Gary Graff.
Hertz and Graff
recently took home an
Emmy Award for being
executive producers of
the 30th Anniversary
Detroit Music Awards, held
virtually last spring and
available online at www.
detroitmusicawards.net.
The pair also worked on
Nosh Gen, an event for the
Jewish Historical Society of
Michigan. Held at Otus Supply
in Ferndale in February
2019, Nosh Gen featured a
panel discussion of Jewish
Detroiters influential in
Detroit’s music history and a
live performance with Jewish
musicians including Hertz,
Ethan Davidson, Billy Brandt,
Mark Pasman, Tino Gross and
others.
“That was really fun,” recalls
Hertz, who also plays the
guitar. “When I was 6 years
old, I heard Elvis sing ‘Hound
Dog’ on the radio and I was
hooked. I thought I sounded
exactly like him. I would curl
my lip up like he did when I
was singing. When I was 14,
I saw the Beatles on The Ed
Sullivan Show. I was blown
away. I went to a pawn shop
and immediately bought
my first guitar, which cost a
whopping $25.”
As to whether Hertz
brought his harmonica at
the Birmingham Bloomfield
Cultural Arts Awards on Oct.
14? Yes, it was in his pocket.
Gary Graff, Marcy Fisher and Howard
Hertz at the ceremony.
Howard Hertz
receives the award
from Anita Goor.
PHOTO BY PEGGY KERR
PHOTO BY PEGGY KERR
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