According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Pastor Maceo Woods, founder of Christian Tabernacle Church and a gospel music recording artist for the past 56 years, will be honored with a 2009 CMA Lifetime Achievement Award at the 28th annual Chicago Music Awards (CMA) ceremony.
The event will be held Sunday, January 18, 2009 at 7:00 pm, preceded by a VIP reception at 6:00 pm at the Park West, 322 W. Armitage in Chicago.
Pastor Woods rose to prominence nationally on the wings of his September 1954 Vee Jay Records instrumental, “Amazing Grace.” Woods’ arrangement on the Hammond Organ was originally intended to be the theme song for Vee Jay Records co-owner Vivian Carter Bracken’s radio program, but when the performance was released as a single, it turned the gospel music world upside down. One only wonders how many young men and women took up the organ on the basis of hearing that recording. 
Congratulations to Pastor Maceo Woods from his friends at TBGB!
Special Thanks to Elder Mack C. Mason for alerting TBGB about the honor. Pastor Woods photo by Howard M. Henry, Precision Photo/Brent Jones.
Written by : Bob Marovich
Bob Marovich is a gospel music historian, author, and radio host. Founder of Journal of Gospel Music blog (formally The Black Gospel Blog) and producer of the Gospel Memories Radio Show.
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