House
Resolution
108
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Introduced
HOUSE
RESOLUTION
NO.
108
BY
OURTH
A
Resolution
recognizing
the
life
and
work
of
musician
1
and
radio
broadcaster
Bob
Dorr.
2
WHEREAS,
Bob
Dorr
is
a
renowned
Iowa
bandleader,
3
musician,
and
radio
show
host
whose
career
spans
over
4
40
years;
and
5
WHEREAS,
Mr.
Dorr
began
his
career
in
music
6
broadcasting
on
October
2,
1972,
as
an
undergraduate
7
student
at
the
University
of
Northern
Iowa
and
student
8
broadcaster
for
the
KUNI
radio
station;
and
9
WHEREAS,
Mr.
Dorr
has
been
a
bandleader
for
over
10
40
years,
with
36
years
leading,
singing,
and
playing
11
multiple
instruments
in
his
beloved
Blue
Band,
which
12
has
traversed
the
nation
and
recorded
over
25
albums
13
and
has
performed
for
34
years
at
the
Iowa
State
14
Fair;
and
15
WHEREAS,
Mr.
Dorr
has
hosted
radio
shows
on
Iowa
16
Public
Radio
spanning
every
genre
from
classical
17
to
rock
and
blues
to
folk,
including
shows
such
as
18
Progression,
Folkways
1,
Folkways
2,
and
Collage,
and
19
is
currently
in
his
8th
year
of
hosting
“Blue
Avenue”,
20
in
his
40th
year
of
hosting
“Beatles
Medley”,
and
in
21
his
38th
year
of
hosting
the
iconic
“Backtracks”;
and
22
WHEREAS,
Mr.
Dorr
was
twice
inducted
into
the
Iowa
23
Rock
‘n
Roll
Hall
of
Fame,
first
for
his
radio
career
24
in
2000,
and
then
for
his
role
as
leader
of
the
Blue
25
Band
in
2007,
and
was
also
inducted
into
the
Iowa
Blues
26
Hall
of
Fame
in
2005
and
the
Quad
Cities
Blues
Hall
of
27
Fame
on
March
11,
2018;
NOW
THEREFORE,
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H.R.
108
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVES,
1
That
the
House
of
Representatives
hereby
recognizes
2
musician
and
radio
broadcaster
Bob
Dorr
as
an
Iowa
3
icon,
extends
its
profound
gratitude
for
his
lifelong
4
dedication
to,
and
uncommon
impact
on,
the
cultural
5
landscape
and
history
of
the
State
of
Iowa,
and
exhorts
6
the
people
of
Iowa
to
always
remember
and
appreciate
7
his
generous
and
prodigious
contribution
in
the
form
of
8
musical
composition,
live
music
performance,
artistic
9
entrepreneurship,
and
radio
broadcasting.
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