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ADOPTED
Senators Mullis of the 53rd and Brown of the 26th offered the following amendment:
Senators Mullis of the 53rd and Brown of the 26th offered the following amendment:
Amend
the Senate Transportation Committee substitute to HR 1023 by inserting between
lines 5 and 6 on page 3 the
following:
WHEREAS, impresario, music pioneer, and savvy businessman Phil Walden nurtured and gave voice to hundreds of musicians who contributed to shaping America´s music history, from Southern rock to rhythm and blues to alternative rock; and
WHEREAS, impresario, music pioneer, and savvy businessman Phil Walden nurtured and gave voice to hundreds of musicians who contributed to shaping America´s music history, from Southern rock to rhythm and blues to alternative rock; and
WHEREAS,
born in Greenville, South Carolina, on January 11, 1940, the second of three
sons to Mr. and Mrs. C.B. Walden, Phil Walden came to Macon, Georgia, at the age
of three, planting his roots deep in this state´s red clay;
and
WHEREAS,
in 1960, he opened the Phil Walden Artists and Promotions agency on Mulberry
Street in Macon, signing on a young Georgia artist named Otis Redding, who later
had one of the defining songs of the era, "(Sittin' on the) Dock of the Bay";
and
WHEREAS,
over more than four decades, Phil Walden, through his Georgia based recording
companies Capricorn Records and Velocette Records, represented and produced some
of the hottest musical talent of the times, including renowned hit-makers Sam
and Dave, Percy Sledge, the Allman Brothers Band, the Marshall Tucker Band, the
Dixie Dregs, Elvin Bishop, Wet Willie, Widespread Panic, Cake, and 311,
establishing Georgia as a haven for Southern music that draws both musicians and
music fans from around the world to Macon and Atlanta; and
WHEREAS,
through his friendships with and promotion of artists of diverse races, Phil
Walden broke down racial barriers during a time of segregation, allowing music
to become a common ground for understanding and relationship building that has
spanned generations of music fans, for which he was recognized with the 1977
Martin Luther King, Jr., Humanitarian Award and the 1978 American Jewish
Committee Human Relations Award; and
WHEREAS,
with his lifelong passion for music, his uncanny ability to recognize talent,
and his gift for promotion, Phil Walden made an indelible mark on music history
and was a true son of the South in preserving the notes and voices of some of
Georgia´s best artists, which led to him being inducted into the Georgia
Music Hall of Fame in 1986 and to being named one of the "100 Georgians to Shape
the 20th Century" by
Georgia
Trend magazine in 2000.
PART
IV
By
inserting between lines 11 and 12 on page 3 the
following:
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the interchange at I 16 and Business Route 41 at the Otis Redding Bridge be dedicated as the Phil Walden Memorial Interchange.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the interchange at I 16 and Business Route 41 at the Otis Redding Bridge be dedicated as the Phil Walden Memorial Interchange.
By
deleting
"and"
on line 17 on page 3 and by inserting the following before the period on line 18
on page 3:
, and to the family of Phil Walden
, and to the family of Phil Walden