Senate
Resolution
113
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SENATE
RESOLUTION
NO.
113
BY
DOTZLER
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
public
radio
show
host
whose
career
spans
4
over
40
years;
and
5
WHEREAS,
Bob
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,
Bob
Dorr
has
been
a
bandleader
for
over
10
40
years,
with
36
years
leading,
singing,
and
playing
11
multiple
instruments
in
Iowa’s
beloved
Blue
Band,
12
which
has
traversed
the
nation
and
recorded
over
25
13
albums
and
has
performed
for
34
years
at
the
Iowa
State
14
Fair;
and
15
WHEREAS,
Bob
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,
Bob
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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S.R.
113
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
SENATE,
That
the
Senate
1
hereby
recognizes
musician
and
radio
broadcaster
Bob
2
Dorr
as
an
Iowa
icon,
extends
its
profound
gratitude
3
for
his
lifelong
dedication
to,
and
uncommon
impact
4
on,
the
cultural
landscape
and
history
of
the
State
5
of
Iowa,
and
exhorts
the
people
of
Iowa
to
always
6
remember
and
appreciate
his
generous
and
prodigious
7
contribution
in
the
form
of
musical
composition,
live
8
music
performance,
artistic
entrepreneurship,
and
radio
9
broadcasting.
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