Bill Text: IA SR113 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

Iowa Senate Resolution 113 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: A resolution recognizing the life and work of musician and radio broadcaster Bob Dorr.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-26 - Resolution adopted. S.J. 759. [SR113 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-SR113-Introduced.html


Senate Resolution 113 - Introduced

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                    SENATE RESOLUTION NO.    
                             BY  DOTZLER
  1  1 A Resolution recognizing the life and work of musician
  1  2    and radio broadcaster Bob Dorr.
  1  3    WHEREAS, Bob Dorr is a renowned Iowa bandleader,
  1  4 musician, and public radio show host whose career spans
  1  5 over 40 years; and
  1  6    WHEREAS, Bob Dorr began his career in music
  1  7 broadcasting on October 2, 1972, as an undergraduate
  1  8 student at the University of Northern Iowa and student
  1  9 broadcaster for the KUNI radio station; and
  1 10    WHEREAS, Bob Dorr has been a bandleader for over
  1 11 40 years, with 36 years leading, singing, and playing
  1 12 multiple instruments in Iowa's beloved Blue Band,
  1 13 which has traversed the nation and recorded over 25
  1 14 albums and has performed for 34 years at the Iowa State
  1 15 Fair; and
  1 16    WHEREAS, Bob Dorr has hosted radio shows on Iowa
  1 17 Public Radio spanning every genre from classical
  1 18 to rock and blues to folk, including shows such as
  1 19 Progression, Folkways 1, Folkways 2, and Collage, and
  1 20 is currently in his 8th year of hosting "Blue Avenue",
  1 21 in his 40th year of hosting "Beatles Medley", and in
  1 22 his 38th year of hosting the iconic "Backtracks"; and
  1 23    WHEREAS, Bob Dorr was twice inducted into the Iowa
  1 24 Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame, first for his radio career
  1 25 in 2000, and then for his role as leader of the Blue
  1 26 Band in 2007, and was also inducted into the Iowa Blues
  1 27 Hall of Fame in 2005 and the Quad Cities Blues Hall of
  1 28 Fame on March 11, 2018; NOW THEREFORE,
  2  1 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate
  2  2 hereby recognizes musician and radio broadcaster Bob
  2  3 Dorr as an Iowa icon, extends its profound gratitude
  2  4 for his lifelong dedication to, and uncommon impact
  2  5 on, the cultural landscape and history of the State
  2  6 of Iowa, and exhorts the people of Iowa to always
  2  7 remember and appreciate his generous and prodigious
  2  8 contribution in the form of musical composition, live
  2  9 music performance, artistic entrepreneurship, and radio
  2 10 broadcasting.
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