ENROLLED
2019 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 6
BY REPRESENTATIVE COX
A RESOLUTION
To commend Vanessa "Gal Holiday" Niemann upon her 2019 induction into the Louisiana
Folklife Center Hall of Master Folk Artists.
WHEREAS, established in 1976, the Louisiana Folklife Center is a research facility
that serves as an archival repository of eight hundred artist and subject files, one thousand
five hundred audio recordings, one hundred videotapes, a growing print library of books and
periodicals, and five thousand photographs; these resources have been used by CBS Evening
News, Turner Broadcasting Company, and Louisiana Public Broadcasting and other
individuals, groups, and agencies; its faculty also coordinates the Natchitoches-Northwestern
State University Folklife Festival; and
WHEREAS, an agency of Northwestern State University, the Center's mission is to
identify, document, and present Louisiana's rich history of folklore and folklife; and
WHEREAS, Appalachian-born songstress Vanessa Niemann, better known as "Gal
Holiday", is sometimes called "the punk rock Patsy Cline", and she has embraced the sounds
of Louisiana's folklife; and
WHEREAS, Vanessa has lent her powerful voice and magnetic stage presence to
musical projects in New Orleans, across the United States, and around the world, having
shared the stage with musical giants like Willie Nelson, Marcia Ball, and the Blind Boys of
Alabama; and
WHEREAS, Vanessa and the Honky Tonk Revue have played at the New Orleans
Jazz and Heritage Festival for years and have received Big Easy and Best of the Beat
awards; in 2017, she was nominated for an Ameripolitan Award in the category of Honky
Tonk Female, and in 2018, Gal Holiday (Vanessa's stage name) won Best of the Beat for
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Best Country/Folk/Singer-Songwriter Artist; her album "Lost and Found" also won Best
Country/Folk/Singer-Songwriter from Offbeat Magazine; and
WHEREAS, Vanessa "Gal Holiday" Niemann has made the music of her adopted
state of Louisiana her own and she merits a special measure of commendation upon her 2019
induction into the Louisiana Folklife Center Hall of Master Folk Artists.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend Vanessa "Gal Holiday" Niemann upon her
2019 induction into the Louisiana Folklife Center Hall of Master Folk Artists; does hereby
congratulate her on the numerous awards and accolades she has received for her musical
achievements; and does hereby extend to her every good wish for continued success,
prosperity, and happiness in the future.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
to Vanessa Niemann.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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