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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Country music great Moe Bandy has made Lovelady an |
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annual stop on his tour schedule, and many avid fans are delighted |
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indeed to welcome him back to the historic Lovelady Old Gym on |
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August 21, 2009, for the fifth consecutive year; and |
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WHEREAS, Born February 12, 1944, in Meridian, Mississippi, |
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Mr. Bandy moved to San Antonio with his family at the age of six; he |
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was a rodeo rider during his high school years, until a succession |
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of injuries ended that career; he became a sheet metal worker and |
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sang in country nightclubs, and although his first record deal |
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failed to lead to fame and fortune, he persevered, pawning |
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furniture and taking out a loan to finance recording sessions; |
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Footprint Records finally released 500 copies of his single "I Just |
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Started Hatin' Cheatin' Songs Today," and fast-paced sales led the |
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GRC label to acquire the rights to what would become Mr. Bandy's |
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first Top 20 hit; and |
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WHEREAS, The intrepid singer initially held on to his day |
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job, but he soon became one of the brightest stars in country music; |
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signed to Columbia Records, he hit No. 3 on the charts with "Hank |
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Williams You Changed My Life," and he was named Most Promising Male |
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Vocalist by the Academy of Country Music; his amazing string of |
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honky-tonk hits during the 1970s and 1980s included "Here I Am Drunk |
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Again," "She Just Loved the Cheatin' Out of Me," "Yesterday Once |
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More," and "Barstool Mountain"; his duet with Janie Fricke, "It's a |
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Cheatin' Situation," was a huge smash, and his album with Joe |
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Stampley, Just Good Ol' Boys, became one of the top albums of 1979, |
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bringing the pair a No. 1 hit and awards from the ACM and the Country |
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Music Association; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1988, a presidential candidate named George H. W. |
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Bush adopted Mr. Bandy's song "Americana" as a campaign theme song, |
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and Mr. Bandy went on to play at his inauguration and make two |
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concert appearances at the White House; in subsequent years, he |
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became one of the top draws in Branson, Missouri, while maintaining |
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a busy schedule on the road; residents of Lovelady are honored that |
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this country music icon feels so comfortable in their hometown that |
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he has become a regular visitor; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature hereby recognize August 21, 2009, as Moe Bandy Day in |
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Lovelady and extend to Mr. Bandy and his countless fans best wishes |
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for an enjoyable event; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. Bandy as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |