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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, Legendary singer and songwriter Don Henley is |
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| 6 | 7 | | celebrating his 70th birthday on July 22, 2017, by performing a |
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| 7 | 8 | | concert at the American Airlines Center in Dallas; and |
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| 8 | 9 | | WHEREAS, The son of C. J. and Hughlene Henley, Donald Hugh |
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| 9 | 10 | | Henley was born in Gilmer in 1947 and raised in Linden; he first |
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| 10 | 11 | | became involved in music while attending Linden-Kildare High |
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| 11 | 12 | | School, where he played trombone and drums in the marching band; |
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| 12 | 13 | | during that time, he also formed a garage band, the Four Speeds, |
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| 13 | 14 | | with his friends Richard Bowden and Jerry Surratt; after graduating |
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| 14 | 15 | | from high school in 1965, he enrolled at Stephen F. Austin State |
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| 15 | 16 | | University and later transferred to North Texas State University; |
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| 16 | 17 | | over the years, he continued to maintain his band, even as it |
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| 17 | 18 | | underwent several name and personnel changes, and the group |
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| 18 | 19 | | eventually caught the attention of Kenny Rogers, who helped it |
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| 19 | 20 | | record its first single, "Jennifer"; the band was renamed Shiloh |
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| 20 | 21 | | soon thereafter, and it went on to release its self-titled debut on |
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| 21 | 22 | | Amos Records; Mr. Henley eventually left the ensemble to become a |
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| 22 | 23 | | backup musician for Linda Ronstadt; and |
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| 23 | 24 | | WHEREAS, In the fall of 1971, Mr. Henley joined with Glenn |
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| 24 | 25 | | Frey, Randy Meisner, and Bernie Leadon to found a new group, the |
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| 25 | 26 | | Eagles, and their ability to meld country, folk, rock, and pop |
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| 26 | 27 | | influences quickly gained them an impressive following; the next |
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| 27 | 28 | | year, the quartet released its self-titled debut, which featured |
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| 28 | 29 | | three hit songs, "Take It Easy," "Witchy Woman," and "Peaceful Easy |
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| 29 | 30 | | Feeling," and the rest is history; the band went on to record five |
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| 30 | 31 | | more albums that decade, Desperado, On the Border, One of These |
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| 31 | 32 | | Nights, Hotel California, and The Long Run, and along the way, it |
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| 32 | 33 | | topped the charts five times, received four Grammy Awards, and |
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| 33 | 34 | | became one of the hottest touring music acts in the world; the band |
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| 34 | 35 | | was also the first ever to sell more than 10 million copies of two |
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| 35 | 36 | | separate albums, Hotel California and the 1976 compilation Eagles: |
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| 36 | 37 | | Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975, which eventually surpassed Michael |
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| 37 | 38 | | Jackson's Thriller as the best-selling album of all time in the |
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| 38 | 39 | | United States; to date, more than 120 million of the group's records |
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| 39 | 40 | | have been sold worldwide; and |
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| 40 | 41 | | WHEREAS, After the Eagles disbanded in the early 1980s, |
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| 41 | 42 | | Mr. Henley launched the next act of his career by becoming a solo |
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| 42 | 43 | | artist; he scored a hit song with "Dirty Laundry" on his 1982 debut, |
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| 43 | 44 | | I Can't Stand Still, and he expanded on that success with his |
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| 44 | 45 | | sophomore effort, 1984's Building the Perfect Beast, which yielded |
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| 45 | 46 | | four popular singles, "All She Wants to Do Is Dance," "Not Enough |
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| 46 | 47 | | Love in the World," "Sunset Grill," and "The Boys of Summer," and |
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| 47 | 48 | | which garnered him a Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal |
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| 48 | 49 | | Performance as well as nominations for Record, Song, and Producer |
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| 49 | 50 | | of the Year; the decade culminated for him with his 1989 album, The |
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| 50 | 51 | | End of the Innocence, whose title track notched him another Grammy |
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| 51 | 52 | | for best rock vocal; in 1994, he reunited with the Eagles for a |
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| 52 | 53 | | massive tour, which produced the live album Hell Freezes Over; he |
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| 53 | 54 | | went on to sign with the Warner Bros. label and release his fourth |
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| 54 | 55 | | solo album, Inside Job, in 2000, and seven years later, he reentered |
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| 55 | 56 | | the studio with the Eagles to record the band's final album, Long |
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| 56 | 57 | | Road Out of Eden; he eventually returned to solo work with his 2015 |
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| 57 | 58 | | album, Cass County; and |
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| 58 | 59 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Henley has long been committed to using his |
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| 59 | 60 | | immense talent to effect positive change; in 1990, he founded the |
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| 60 | 61 | | Walden Woods Project, which is dedicated to preserving the land |
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| 61 | 62 | | made famous in Henry David Thoreau's eponymous book; three years |
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| 62 | 63 | | later, he released the country tribute album Common Thread: The |
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| 63 | 64 | | Songs of the Eagles, which not only won the 1994 Album of the Year |
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| 64 | 65 | | from the Country Music Association but also generated more than $3 |
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| 65 | 66 | | million in proceeds to support his initiative; moreover, he |
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| 66 | 67 | | cofounded the nonprofit Caddo Lake Institute in 1993 and the |
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| 67 | 68 | | Recording Artists' Coalition in 2000, and he has helped to raise |
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| 68 | 69 | | funds for numerous organizations, including Farm Aid, the Race to |
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| 69 | 70 | | Erase MS, the Rhythm and Blues Foundation, and the Rainforest |
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| 70 | 71 | | Foundation; in recognition of his efforts, he was named the 2007 |
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| 71 | 72 | | MusiCares Person of the Year by the MusiCares Foundation; and |
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| 72 | 73 | | WHEREAS, Over the course of his extraordinary career, Don |
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| 73 | 74 | | Henley has established himself as one of the kings of classic rock; |
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| 74 | 75 | | his music continues to touch the lives of millions of fans across |
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| 75 | 76 | | generations, and this special milestone in his life presents a |
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| 76 | 77 | | welcome opportunity to honor this notable Texan; now, therefore, be |
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| 77 | 78 | | it |
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| 78 | 79 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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| 79 | 80 | | Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby congratulate Don Henley on |
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| 80 | 81 | | the occasion of his 70th birthday and extend to him sincere best |
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| 81 | 82 | | wishes for continued success and happiness; and, be it further |
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| 82 | 83 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 83 | 84 | | prepared for Mr. Henley as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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| 84 | 85 | | House of Representatives. |
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