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SENATE
JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 292

Recognizing the City of Bristol as the "Birthplace
of Country Music."

WHEREAS, the August 1927 Bristol Recording Sessions launched the careers
of country music legends, The Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers; and

WHEREAS, these artists are widely recognized as the first commercially
successful country music performers; and

WHEREAS, Jimmie Rodgers is recognized as the "Father of Country
Music"; and

WHEREAS, the Country Music Foundation, through its publication, "Country,
the Music and the Musicians," has called the Bristol Recording Session
the "Big Bang of Country Music"; and

WHEREAS, in 1984, the State of Tennessee recognized the City of Bristol
as the "Birthplace of Country Music"; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the Senate, the House of Delegates concurring, That the General
Assembly hereby recognize the City of Bristol as the "Birthplace
of Country Music"; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this
resolution for presentation to the Birthplace of Country Music Alliance
so that its members may be apprised of Bristol's designation as the "Birthplace
of Country Music."