05.15.07

“Glenna Bell Day” in Texas

Posted in Events, GHDC Blog at 8:28 pm by M Beauregard

Glenna lives in 2nd Ward and we hope she will play at our next social event, which we plan to hold at the end of the month!!
State Represenative Jessica Farrar and the Texas House of
Representatives
will honor the music of
Glenna Bell
with a House Resolution
presented to her next Tuesday, May 15, at the Capital in Austin!

R E S O L U T I O N
       WHEREAS, A talented singer and songwriter, Beaumont native
Glenna Bell is drawing attention for her stark yet beautiful songs
that conjure up the heartfelt essence of traditional country music
while expressing a fresh, contemporary perspective; and

WHEREAS, Ms. Bell has recorded three albums to date, Nobody’s Girl,
which appeared in 1998, Face This World, from 2006, and The Road Less
Traveled, which is scheduled to appear in 2007; each features her
haunting songs that present tales of heartache, love, and loss in a
stripped down and powerful style; and

WHEREAS, Glenna Bell’s music is colored by the sounds that she grew
up with in East Texas: a cappella hymns sung in her family’s church
and old-school country music that she discovered in her relatives’
record collections; with the help of veteran Texas musicians such as
John Evans, who has produced Ms. Bell’s last two albums, and Johnny
Bush, who sings on The Road Less Traveled, Glenna Bell has distilled
her influences into moving songs that are receiving airplay on country
and Americana radio stations across the country; and

WHEREAS, Carrying forward the classic, unembellished style that has
graced so much great music from Texas, Glenna Bell has emerged as a
musician and storyteller of great promise and stands as an exciting
addition to the musical tradition of the Lone Star State; now,
therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas
Legislature hereby honor Glenna Bell for her musical accomplishments
and extend to her best wishes for continued success; and, be it
further

RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for
Ms. Bell as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of
Representatives.
Farrar

______________________________

Speaker of the House

       I certify that H.R. No. 1304 was adopted by the House on April 13, 2007, by a non-record vote.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

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