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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, Gilbert Velasquez of San Antonio has made |
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| 6 | 7 | | significant contributions to Texas music over the course of a |
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| 7 | 8 | | remarkable career spanning more than four decades; and |
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| 8 | 9 | | WHEREAS, Born in Seguin and raised in the Alamo City, |
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| 9 | 10 | | Mr. Velasquez began playing guitar in church and then in garage |
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| 10 | 11 | | bands; he joined Chicano soul band The Royal Jesters in 1974 and |
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| 11 | 12 | | went on to perform for military troops in Europe and the Far East as |
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| 12 | 13 | | a member of Tejano band SugarJammer; after a stint with the group |
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| 13 | 14 | | People, he embarked on a 25-year affiliation with the legendary |
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| 14 | 15 | | Latin Breed; and |
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| 15 | 16 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Velasquez also worked as a studio musician and |
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| 16 | 17 | | became involved in arranging and recording; in the early 1980s, he |
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| 17 | 18 | | was hired as a staff producer for Cara Records, and he recorded and |
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| 18 | 19 | | produced such seminal groups as Mazz, La Mafia, Selena y Los Dinos, |
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| 19 | 20 | | Bobby Naranjo y Direccion, and Charro Band; he produced the |
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| 20 | 21 | | landmark CD Breakin' the Rules for Latin Breed, as well as Tejanos |
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| 21 | 22 | | for Hunger, featuring almost every top Tejano artist of the day; and |
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| 22 | 23 | | WHEREAS, In 1995, he launched his own production house, |
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| 23 | 24 | | Velasquez Productions, and a music publishing company; he also |
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| 24 | 25 | | traveled to Mexico during the 1990s to produce and engineer |
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| 25 | 26 | | recordings for Universal Mexico, EMI Mexico, Balboa Records, and |
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| 26 | 27 | | Discos MCM, mostly in the norteño and grupero genres; his work |
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| 27 | 28 | | continued to gain recognition, and in 2004, he received the first of |
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| 28 | 29 | | five Grammy Awards in the Best Tejano Album category; in addition, |
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| 29 | 30 | | he has collected five Latin Grammys, nine Tejano Awards, three |
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| 30 | 31 | | Tejano Academy Awards, and a Tejano Entertainers and Musicians |
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| 31 | 32 | | Association Award; he was inducted into the Tejano R.O.O.T.S. Hall |
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| 32 | 33 | | of Fame in 2006, and at the 2007 National Tejano Music Convention, |
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| 33 | 34 | | he was presented with the Tex-Mex Gibson Special Achievement in |
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| 34 | 35 | | Music Producing Award; and |
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| 35 | 36 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Velasquez serves on the board of governors of |
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| 36 | 37 | | the Texas Chapter of the National Association of Recording Arts and |
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| 37 | 38 | | Sciences; in recent years, he has continued to record prominent |
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| 38 | 39 | | Tejano artists while branching into other genres and collaborating |
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| 39 | 40 | | with up-and-coming local artists; and |
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| 40 | 41 | | WHEREAS, Dubbed "one of Tejano music's chief architects" by |
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| 41 | 42 | | the San Antonio Express-News, Gilbert Velasquez has made a lasting |
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| 42 | 43 | | cultural impact, and his work has enriched the lives of innumerable |
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| 43 | 44 | | people in Texas and beyond; now, therefore, be it |
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| 44 | 45 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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| 45 | 46 | | Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby honor Gilbert Velasquez for |
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| 46 | 47 | | his achievements in the music industry and extend to him sincere |
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| 47 | 48 | | best wishes for continued success; and, be it further |
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| 48 | 49 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 49 | 50 | | prepared for Mr. Velasquez as an expression of high regard by the |
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| 50 | 51 | | Texas House of Representatives. |
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