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HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 7
BY REPRESENTATIVE PIERRE
COMMENDATIONS: Commends Terrance Simien upon winning his second Grammy
Award
A RESOLUTION1
To commend Terrance Simien and the Zydeco Experience for winning the 2014 Grammy2
Award in the category Best Regional Roots Music Album for his recording Dockside3
Sessions.4
WHEREAS, Louisiana is such a hotbed of original music that it can boast of 20145
Grammy nominations for Allen Toussaint for Best Americana Album and Best American6
Roots Song; Bobby Rush for Best Blues Album; Terrance Simien, the Hot 8 Brass Band;7
Zachary Richard for Best Regional Roots Music Album; Terence Blanchard for Best8
Improvised Jazz Solo; Hunter Hayes for Best Country Solo Performance; Bishop Paul S.9
Morton for Best Gospel Album; PJ Morton for Best R&B song; Tim McGraw for Best10
Country Album; a posthumous lifetime achievement award to "King of Zydeco" Clifton11
Chenier; and nominations for numerous other Louisiana musicians who made appearances12
on various other Grammy-nominated recordings; and 13
WHEREAS, Mr. Simien's 2014 win for Best Regional Roots Music Album is his14
second Grammy award, the first being for Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album in 2008;15
Louisiana musicians hold the distinction of winning the regional roots category in all three16
years since the category was recognized; and 17
WHEREAS, the community of Louisiana musicians is such a close-knit group and18
homegrown music so pervasive in the state that Louisiana holds its "Only in Louisiana"19
Grammy brunch annually during the week of festivities to honor its many native nominees,20 HLS 14RS-755 ORIGINAL
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hosted by Lieutenant Governor Jay Dardenne and the Department of Culture, Recreation and1
Tourism; and 2
WHEREAS, as Mr. Simien accepted his Grammy for Best Regional Roots Album,3
he dedicated his win to his wife and manager, Cynthia, and to his recently deceased mother,4
Ethel Simien; extended personal thanks to the Recording Academy for recognizing Clifton5
Chenier with the Grammy's Special Merit Award; and acknowledged that Dockside Sessions6
is the tenth Grammy-winning album recorded at Dockside Studios in Maurice, Louisiana;7
and8
WHEREAS, Mr. Simien further showed not only his musical but his ambassador9
chops by inviting all music fans to visit Lafayette to hear some Zydeco; and10
WHEREAS, because it is impossible to hear the unique beat of Louisiana's Zydeco11
music without wanting to get up and dance, Mr. Simien would want the above-mentioned12
nominees to be recognized and share in his achievement, which honors Louisiana as a13
cultural cauldron of unique and celebrated musical genres.14
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the15
Legislature of Louisiana, together with her fortunate citizens, heartily celebrates with16
Terrance Simien the recognition of music that could come from only one place, the great17
state of Louisiana, and does hereby commend and congratulate him and his band for winning18
the 2014 Grammy Award for Best Regional Roots Album.19
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted20
to Mr. Terrance Simien.21
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
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Commends and congratulates Terrance Simien and the Zydeco Experience for winning the
2014 Grammy Award in the category Best Regional Roots Album for his recording Dockside
Sessions.