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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Musician and entrepreneur Art Greenhaw has become a |
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catalyst for civic improvement in his hometown of Mesquite through |
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his dedication to the arts and to the city's cultural heritage; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1993, Mr. Greenhaw joined the Light Crust |
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Doughboys, the western swing band that launched the career of Bob |
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Wills in the early 1930s; the group has counted many of the finest |
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musicians in Texas among its members, and after becoming part of |
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that long history, Mr. Greenhaw helped engineer a renaissance; the |
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Doughboys won new fans by recording with gospel legend James |
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Blackwood and performing with the Fort Worth Symphony, the Lone |
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Star Ballet in Amarillo, the Dallas Wind Symphony, and the Abilene |
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Philharmonic, among others; following the death of banjo virtuoso |
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and arranger Marvin "Smokey" Montgomery in 2001, Mr. Greenhaw |
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assumed leadership of the group; and |
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WHEREAS, The Doughboys have received numerous Grammy |
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nominations and won the 2003 Grammy Award for Best Southern, |
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Country, or Bluegrass Gospel Album for their work on We Called Him |
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Mr. Gospel Music - The James Blackwood Tribute Album, released on |
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Mr. Greenhaw's independent, Mesquite-based record label; the band |
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has been inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame, the Rockabilly |
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Hall of Fame, and the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame, and recent |
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accolades include the 2007 Will Rogers Award for Western Swing |
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Group of the Year from the Academy of Western Artists; in 2008, the |
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group was one of 12 entities selected by the Texas Commission on the |
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Arts to receive a subsidy through the National Endowment for the |
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Arts American Masterpieces initiative; Mr. Greenhaw, a graduate of |
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Southern Methodist University and a gifted instrumentalist, |
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singer, and songwriter, has also worked as a producer and arranger |
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for the Ventures, Ann-Margret, Engelbert Humperdinck, Trini Lopez, |
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the Jordanaires, and others; and |
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WHEREAS, This dynamic Texan has helped preserve the flavor of |
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Mesquite's historic downtown through his stewardship of the |
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McWhorter-Greenhaw building, where his grandfather started a |
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hardware and farm supply store in 1943 and where Mr. Greenhaw now |
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teaches his music students; recently, he has become a leader in the |
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effort to revitalize the city's Heritage Square as an arts and |
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entertainment destination; in February 2009, he initiated the Music |
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in Old Town series, performing a free concert with sitar recording |
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artist Vatsal Dave to bring residents back to this once-bustling |
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community center and gain support for renovations; and |
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WHEREAS, Art Greenhaw has worked to bring wide recognition to |
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the city of Mesquite through his many endeavors, and his |
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achievements in behalf of the historic town square have earned the |
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gratitude and admiration of his fellow citizens; now, therefore, be |
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it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature hereby commend Art Greenhaw for his contributions to |
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the arts in Mesquite and for his commitment to his hometown and |
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extend to him best wishes for continued success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. Greenhaw as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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Miklos |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1587 was adopted by the House on May |
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4, 2009, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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