VA House Joint Resolution 435

Agreed to by the House of Delegates, February 4, 1995
Agreed to by the Senate, February 21, 1995

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 House of Delegates, the Senate 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 House of Delegates 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."