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[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 214 Introduced in House (IH)]

105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 214

Recognizing the contributions of the cities of Bristol, Tennessee, and 
 Bristol, Virginia, and their people to the origins and development of 
                 Country Music, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 11, 1998

   Mr. Jenkins (for himself and Mr. Boucher) submitted the following 
concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education 
                           and the Workforce

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

 
Recognizing the contributions of the cities of Bristol, Tennessee, and 
 Bristol, Virginia, and their people to the origins and development of 
                 Country Music, and for other purposes.

Whereas the cities of Bristol, Tennessee, and Bristol, Virginia, have long been 
        a gathering place for musicians from the nearby mountainous countryside;
Whereas phonographic recordings made in Bristol in August of 1927 launched the 
        careers of the Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers, who are recognized as 
        the first commercially successful modern Country Music artists;
Whereas these recordings have been called the ``Big Bang of Country Music'' by 
        the Country Music Foundation in its publication ``Country, the Music and 
        the Musicians'';
Whereas Jimmie Rodgers has been named the Father of Country Music and was the 
        first artist to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame;
Whereas the original members of the Carter Family have been recognized as 
        Country Music's First Family in part because their works have had an 
        unparalleled influence on succeeding generations of Country Music 
        artists;
Whereas ``The Roots of Country Music'', a three-part television series which 
        aired nationally on the Turner Broadcasting System in June of 1996, 
        recognized the significant contribution of the cities of Bristol to the 
        development and commercial acceptance of Country Music;
Whereas in 1984 the Tennessee Senate recognized Bristol as the ``Birthplace of 
        Country Music''; and
Whereas in 1995, the Virginia General Assembly recognized Bristol as the 
        ``Birthplace of Country Music'': Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That the Congress--
            (1) recognizes the critical contributions of the cities of 
        Bristol, Tennessee, and Bristol, Virginia, and their residents 
        to the origins and development of Country Music;
            (2) congratulates the cities of Bristol, Tennessee, and 
        Bristol, Virginia, for launching with the Bristol recordings of 
        1927 the careers of the Nation's first widely known Country 
        Music artists; and
            (3) acknowledges and commends the cities of Bristol, 
        Tennessee, and Bristol, Virginia, as the birthplace of Country 
        Music, a style of music which has enjoyed broad commercial 
        success in the United States and throughout much of the world.
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