Bill Text: TX HR122 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating musician Don Henley on his 70th birthday.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-08-16 - Reported enrolled [HR122 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR122-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 122 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Legendary singer and songwriter Don Henley is | ||
| celebrating his 70th birthday on July 22, 2017, by performing a | ||
| concert at the American Airlines Center in Dallas; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The son of C. J. and Hughlene Henley, Donald Hugh | ||
| Henley was born in Gilmer in 1947 and raised in Linden; he first | ||
| became involved in music while attending Linden-Kildare High | ||
| School, where he played trombone and drums in the marching band; | ||
| during that time, he also formed a garage band, the Four Speeds, | ||
| with his friends Richard Bowden and Jerry Surratt; after graduating | ||
| from high school in 1965, he enrolled at Stephen F. Austin State | ||
| University and later transferred to North Texas State University; | ||
| over the years, he continued to maintain his band, even as it | ||
| underwent several name and personnel changes, and the group | ||
| eventually caught the attention of Kenny Rogers, who helped it | ||
| record its first single, "Jennifer"; the band was renamed Shiloh | ||
| soon thereafter, and it went on to release its self-titled debut on | ||
| Amos Records; Mr. Henley eventually left the ensemble to become a | ||
| backup musician for Linda Ronstadt; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In the fall of 1971, Mr. Henley joined with Glenn | ||
| Frey, Randy Meisner, and Bernie Leadon to found a new group, the | ||
| Eagles, and their ability to meld country, folk, rock, and pop | ||
| influences quickly gained them an impressive following; the next | ||
| year, the quartet released its self-titled debut, which featured | ||
| three hit songs, "Take It Easy," "Witchy Woman," and "Peaceful Easy | ||
| Feeling," and the rest is history; the band went on to record five | ||
| more albums that decade, Desperado, On the Border, One of These | ||
| Nights, Hotel California, and The Long Run, and along the way, it | ||
| topped the charts five times, received four Grammy Awards, and | ||
| became one of the hottest touring music acts in the world; the band | ||
| was also the first ever to sell more than 10 million copies of two | ||
| separate albums, Hotel California and the 1976 compilation Eagles: | ||
| Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975, which eventually surpassed Michael | ||
| Jackson's Thriller as the best-selling album of all time in the | ||
| United States; to date, more than 120 million of the group's records | ||
| have been sold worldwide; and | ||
| WHEREAS, After the Eagles disbanded in the early 1980s, | ||
| Mr. Henley launched the next act of his career by becoming a solo | ||
| artist; he scored a hit song with "Dirty Laundry" on his 1982 debut, | ||
| I Can't Stand Still, and he expanded on that success with his | ||
| sophomore effort, 1984's Building the Perfect Beast, which yielded | ||
| four popular singles, "All She Wants to Do Is Dance," "Not Enough | ||
| Love in the World," "Sunset Grill," and "The Boys of Summer," and | ||
| which garnered him a Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal | ||
| Performance as well as nominations for Record, Song, and Producer | ||
| of the Year; the decade culminated for him with his 1989 album, The | ||
| End of the Innocence, whose title track notched him another Grammy | ||
| for best rock vocal; in 1994, he reunited with the Eagles for a | ||
| massive tour, which produced the live album Hell Freezes Over; he | ||
| went on to sign with the Warner Bros. label and release his fourth | ||
| solo album, Inside Job, in 2000, and seven years later, he reentered | ||
| the studio with the Eagles to record the band's final album, Long | ||
| Road Out of Eden; he eventually returned to solo work with his 2015 | ||
| album, Cass County; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mr. Henley has long been committed to using his | ||
| immense talent to effect positive change; in 1990, he founded the | ||
| Walden Woods Project, which is dedicated to preserving the land | ||
| made famous in Henry David Thoreau's eponymous book; three years | ||
| later, he released the country tribute album Common Thread: The | ||
| Songs of the Eagles, which not only won the 1994 Album of the Year | ||
| from the Country Music Association but also generated more than $3 | ||
| million in proceeds to support his initiative; moreover, he | ||
| cofounded the nonprofit Caddo Lake Institute in 1993 and the | ||
| Recording Artists' Coalition in 2000, and he has helped to raise | ||
| funds for numerous organizations, including Farm Aid, the Race to | ||
| Erase MS, the Rhythm and Blues Foundation, and the Rainforest | ||
| Foundation; in recognition of his efforts, he was named the 2007 | ||
| MusiCares Person of the Year by the MusiCares Foundation; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Over the course of his extraordinary career, Don | ||
| Henley has established himself as one of the kings of classic rock; | ||
| his music continues to touch the lives of millions of fans across | ||
| generations, and this special milestone in his life presents a | ||
| welcome opportunity to honor this notable Texan; now, therefore, be | ||
| it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
| Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby congratulate Don Henley on | ||
| the occasion of his 70th birthday and extend to him sincere best | ||
| wishes for continued success and happiness; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Mr. Henley as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
| House of Representatives. | ||
| Leach | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 122 was adopted by the House on August | ||
| 15, 2017, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
