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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, A notable songsmith, performer, and recording |
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artist, Paris native Leslie Satcher is being featured in the Texas |
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Songwriter Showcase taking place February 21, 2007, in Austin; and |
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WHEREAS, Hailing from a family that has been in the Lone Star |
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State for five generations, Ms. Satcher has drawn on her background |
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and life experiences to create beautiful and touching songs that |
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have been recorded by a long list of well-known country music |
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artists, including Willie Nelson, Gretchen Wilson, Reba McEntire, |
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Vince Gill, Pam Tillis, and Lee Ann Womack; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Satcher's road to songwriting success began |
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during childhood, when she gave her first performances in the |
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churches and schools of Paris; in 1989, she loaded her possessions |
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into a U-Haul trailer and drove to Nashville, taking her shot at a |
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career in the music business; she was forced to work several |
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non-musical jobs to make ends meet, but after receiving |
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encouragement from Naomi Judd and other influential figures in |
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Nashville, she landed a writing contract with a publishing company |
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and began placing her compositions with some of the biggest names in |
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country music; and |
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WHEREAS, A recording artist and performer in her own right, |
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Ms. Satcher released her first album, Love Letters, on Warner |
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Brothers Records Nashville in 2002; this critically acclaimed debut |
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sparked her solo career, and she has since issued a follow-up, |
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Creation, and performs concerts all over the United States; and |
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WHEREAS, Leslie Satcher has proven her ability to craft songs |
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that capture the ears and hearts of music lovers, and it is a |
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pleasure to welcome her as a performer at the Texas Songwriter |
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Showcase; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 80th Legislature of the State of Texas |
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hereby honor Leslie Satcher for being part of the Texas Songwriter |
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Showcase and commend her for bringing further acclaim to the |
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illustrious musical reputation of the Lone Star State; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Satcher as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives and Senate. |