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IN MEMORIAM
BILL LOWERY
LOU WALKER
RAY CHARLES
Bill Lowery,
founder
DeKalb
County
On June
10, 2004
and president
Commissioner,
singer and
of the Lowery
actor Lou
musician Ray
Group
Walker died on
Charles died.
of Music
August 9, 2004
He was born
Publishing
from injuries
Ray Charles
Companies,
sustained in a
Robinson on
died on June 8,
car accident.
September 23,
2004. Lowery
Acting
1930 in Albany,
leaves behind Photo: Bill Lowery professionally Photo: Lou Walker Georgia.
Photo: Ray Charles
a musical
for over
Charles was
legacy that spanned over 52 years 30 years Walker has been featured blinded by glaucoma as a child, yet
of hits including “Be-Bop-A-Lula,” in more than 65 feature films and overcame great physical and emotional
“Games People Play,” “Don’t It Make television movies. His credits include trials through his gift for music.
You Want To Go Home,” “(I Never Remember the Titans, The Firm, My He fused the musical influences of
Promised You A) Rose Garden” and Cousin Vinny, Academy Award® country, blues, jazz, gospel and swing
“Traces.”
nominated Mississippi Burning and In to create the soulful sound for which
In addition to being a music The Heat of the Night.
he is known.
producer, Lowery opened the famed In 1981 Walker founded DeKalb- During a career that spanned over
Atlanta studio, Southern Tracks based Paragon Productions, Inc. five decades Charles worked with
Recording. His Lowery Group office Paragon provides services that include musicians that included Stevie Wonder,
is lined with his legacy of gold and public relations, advertising and Willie Nelson and Eric Clapton. Some
platinum records and numerous marketing; business management of his memorable hits include “What’d
awards of a career that spanned 52 and technical assistance; and film I Say” featuring the Raelettes, “Hit
years and 7,000 songs. In 1977 Lowery and video production. Walker, as part the Road Jack,” “Let the Good Times
established a scholarship fund at the owner and president, shared daily Roll” and Georgia’s official state song
Georgia State University School of operations with his wife and vice “Georgia on My Mind.”
Music. He was also instrumental in the president, Theresa Walker.
In addition to playing the
building of the Georgia Music Hall of Walker was a charter member of saxophone and piano, Charles was
Fame in Macon and continued to be the City of Atlanta Entertainment an extremely talented scorer and
involved with the annual induction. Commission (1993), member of the instrumentalist. He won 12 GRAMMY
Lowery died in Atlanta after a four- Georgia Film & Videotape Advisory awards and in 1986 was inducted into
month battle with cancer. He was 79. Board (1991-1995) and vice president of
the Screen Actors Guild (1988-1990).
the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Elevation Creates Cool Graphics
Photo: Graphic for Peregrine’s Antarctic tour promotional video.
Red Sky Productions teamed up with Elevation to create graphics for
Peregrine’s Antarctic tour promotional video. Broadcast designer Dianne
Frisbee created the graphics, taking inspiration from Antarctica’s massive
icebergs and crystal blue water.
CNN recently chose Elevation to travel through the past and create a graphics
package for This Week in History. Creative director Stephen Cocks designed
and finished the heavily animated package incorporating iconic 3D images of
everything from Roman statues to the space shuttle. Elevation composer John Lambert created the original score with
sound design to augment the timeline theme.
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