Bill Text: TX HR982 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Little Joe Hernández of Little Joe y La Familia on his selection as 2019 Texas State Musician.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-04-17 - Reported enrolled [HR982 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR982-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 982 |
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WHEREAS, Tejano legend Little Joe Hernández, the leader of | ||
the enduringly popular Little Joe y La Familia, has been named the | ||
2019 Texas State Musician in recognition of his outstanding | ||
achievements; and | ||
WHEREAS, Born in Temple in 1940, José María de León Hernández | ||
was a teenager when he started singing and playing guitar in his | ||
cousin's band, David Coronado and the Latinaires; Little Joe took | ||
on leadership of the group in about 1959, and the band recorded | ||
songs for several Tejano labels as well as for Buena Suerte, Good | ||
Luck, and Leona Records, each launched by Mr. Hernández; in the | ||
mid-1960s, they released their first albums, Por un Amor and Amor | ||
Bonito, and the group evolved into one of the top Tejano orquestas; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Hernández was inspired by César Chávez and the | ||
Chicano movement while performing in California, and he changed the | ||
band's name to Little Joe y La Familia to reflect his growing | ||
dedication to the cultural and political advancement of his | ||
community; the group became the leading band of Tejano's Onda | ||
Chicana, or Chicano Wave, with a lineup that included some of the | ||
top musicians in the genre; in 1972, Para La Gente showcased its | ||
lush arrangements and organic synthesis of ranchero and jaitón, and | ||
the album yielded many hit songs, among them "Qué Culpa Tengo," "La | ||
Traicionera," and especially "Las Nubes," a prime example of Onda | ||
Chicana code-switching between Spanish and English; and | ||
WHEREAS, Through the years, both the Smithsonian Institute | ||
and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts have | ||
featured Little Joe y La Familia during National Hispanic Heritage | ||
Week; the band has won many significant honors, including Grammy | ||
Awards for the Best Mexican-American Album in 1991 and Tejano Album | ||
of the Year in 2008 and 2011; in 1997, the Texas branch of the | ||
National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presented | ||
Mr. Hernández with its Governors Award for his contributions to | ||
Texas music, and he later received the Smithsonian's Lifetime | ||
Legend Award; the City of Temple celebrated Little Joe Day in 2018 | ||
and renamed part of Sixth Avenue in his honor; and | ||
WHEREAS, Little Joe Hernández has left a lasting imprint on | ||
Texas music over the course of a remarkable career spanning over a | ||
half century, and he continues to enrich the cultural scene and | ||
delight the myriad fans of La Familia; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate Little Joe Hernández on his | ||
selection as the 2019 Texas State Musician and extend to him sincere | ||
best wishes for an enjoyable tenure and continued success; and, be | ||
it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Mr. Hernández as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. | ||
Shine | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 982 was adopted by the House on April | ||
12, 2019, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||