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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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