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89(R) HR 461 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

  

  

  
 H.R. No. 461

  

  

   

 R E S O L U T I O N

   

        WHEREAS, Renowned Texas musician and actor Lyle Lovett is 

  

 visiting the State Capitol on March 18, 2025, providing a welcome 

  

 opportunity to pay tribute to his myriad achievements; and

  

        WHEREAS, Lyle Lovett was raised on a horse ranch in Klein, a 

  

 town named after his great-great-grandfather, an early German 

  

 settler of the area; in ninth grade at Klein High School, he joined 

  

 his first band with his fellow FFA members, but he did not begin 

  

 writing songs until he attended Texas A&M University; following 

  

 graduation, he went on to study and play music in Germany; after 

  

 returning home, he earned a following on stages across the state 

  

 before further pursuing a music career in Nashville; he signed with 

  

 MCA/Curb Records in 1986, and later that year, he released his 

  

 eponymous debut, which spawned five singles that reached the Top-40 

  

 country charts; his popular second album, Pontiac, moved beyond the 

  

 traditions of country and western with a blend of pop, jazz, blues, 

  

 swing, and rock and roll that became his unique sound; to support 

  

 the album, he formed His Large Band, a modified big band that 

  

 included the gospel-trained backup singer Francine Reed; the group 

  

 joined him for the recording of his third album, Lyle Lovett and His 

  

 Large Band, which achieved gold certification; and

  

        WHEREAS, After moving to Los Angeles, Mr. Lovett acted in the 

  

 Robert Altman films The Player and Short Cuts, and in 2000, he 

  

 released the soundtrack of Dr.T. & the Women for the famed 

  

 director; the '90s also saw the release of I Love Everybody, a 

  

 collection of songs Mr. Lovett wrote in the early stages of his 

  

 career, The Road to Ensenada, which peaked at No. 4 on the country 

  

 charts, and Step Inside This House, a collection of covers that 

  

 highlighted the works of other Texas artists, such as his longtime 

  

 college friend, Robert Earl Keen; Mr. Lovett has received four 

  

 Grammy Awards and has published several albums on the Lost Highway 

  

 imprint along the way, and he has continued to appear in film and 

  

 television and tour with and without His Large Band as well as the 

  

 Acoustic Group in Texas and beyond; and

  

        WHEREAS, In addition, Mr. Lovett received an honorary 

  

 doctorate from the University of Houston for his extensive 

  

 philanthropic work, which has included support of the Texas A&M 

  

 community and for organizations such as The University of Texas MD 

  

 Anderson Cancer Center, Make-A-Wish Oklahoma, and Houston Ride for 

  

 Kids; he maintains his roots in Klein, where he lives with his wife, 

  

 April Kimble, and their twins, Ella and Will, in his grandparents' 

  

 old house; he is a congregant of Trinity Klein Lutheran Church, 

  

 which his great-great-grandfather co-founded; and

  

        WHEREAS, With his distinctive sound, masterful songwriting, 

  

 and vibrant live performances, Lyle Lovett has earned a special 

  

 place in the pantheon of artists from the Lone Star State, and his 

  

 outstanding accomplishments are a source of tremendous pride to the 

  

 Klein community and his fellow Texans; now, therefore, be it

  

        RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas 

  

 Legislature hereby honor Lyle Lovett for his contributions and 

  

 extend to him sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it 

  

 further

  

        RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 

  

 prepared for Mr. Lovett as an expression of high regard by the Texas 

   

 House of Representatives.

  

   

 Harless

   

   

 Burrows
 Guerra
 Morales Shaw

   

 Alders
 Guillen
 Morgan

   

 Allen
 Harless
 Muñoz

   

 Anchía
 Harris 
 Noble

   

 Ashby
 Harris Davila
 Olcott

   

 Barry
 Harrison
 Oliverson

   

 Bell of Kaufman
 Hayes
 Ordaz

   

 Bell of Montgomery
 Hefner
 Orr

   

 Bernal
 Hernandez
 Patterson

   

 Bhojani
 Hickland
 Paul

   

 Bonnen
 Hinojosa
 Perez of El Paso

   

 Bowers
 Holt
 Perez of Harris

   

 Bryant
 Hopper
 Phelan