Bill Text: GA SR1214 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Black Crowes; recognize
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-03-11 - Senate Read and Adopted [SR1214 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2009-SR1214-Enrolled.html
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Senate
Resolution 1214
By:
Senators Chance of the 16th, Rogers of the 21st, Hill of the 32nd, Butterworth
of the 50th, Smith of the 52nd and others
A
RESOLUTION
Recognizing
and commending the Black Crowes; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
the Black Crowes rock and roll band began in 1984 in Atlanta, Georgia, as a
revivalist band dedicated to celebrating and playing 1970s-era blues rock and
have been hailed by
Melody
Maker as "The Most Rock 'n' Roll Rock 'n'
Roll Band in the World"; and
WHEREAS,
originally called Mr. Crowes Garden, the Black Crowes have been driven to
succeed by brothers Chris and Rich Robinson, and today they are listed at #92 on
VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock; and
WHEREAS,
in 1990, the band released their first studio album,
Shake Your Money
Maker, which received multiplatinum
certification and has sold over 8 million copies worldwide, and was voted 'Best
New American Band' by the readers of
Rolling
Stone; and
WHEREAS,
a stripped-down, sexy sound that combines R&B, blues, arena rock, and
boogie, Shake Your
Money Maker came along at a time when
grunge and alternative rock had temporarily done away with the notion of rock as
a place for playful, soulful good times; and
WHEREAS,
their songs "Hard to Handle" and "She Talks to Angels" from the
Shake Your Money
Maker album both broke into the Top 30 on
the pop charts in 1991; and
WHEREAS,
their second album, the double-platinum
The Southern Harmony
and Musical Companion, was released in
1992 and hit #1 on the
Billboard
200 chart; and
WHEREAS,
in 1994 they released
Amorica,
which reached Gold status, selling over 500,000 copies; they released
Three Snakes and One
Charm in 1996; and they followed up with
By Your
Side in 1999 and
Lions
in 2001; and
WHEREAS,
after a break to pursue solo careers in 2002, the band reunited in 2005,
releasing Warpaint
in 2008, which debuted at #5 on the
Billboard
200 chart, and the double record
Before the
Frost...Until the Freeze in 2009;
and
WHEREAS,
styled after the Rolling Stones, the Black Crowes have amassed an international
fan base and following over the last three decades, and the successful music
career of this Georgia band is worthy of recognition.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body recognize
the Black Crowes for three decades of incredible music and extend to them
sincere best wishes for future success in the music industry.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to the Black Crowes.
