Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions

HR 846 - Exley, J.W., Jr.; commend

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1. Purcell  147th         2. Dixon  150th            3. Murphy  18th
4. Connell  115th


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HR 846                                             LC 21 3709






                             A RESOLUTION

  1- 1  Commending Mr. J.W. Exley, Jr.; and for other purposes.

  1- 2  WHEREAS, Mr. J.W. Exley, Jr., was born in 1932 in Clyo,
  1- 3  Georgia, the son of J.W. Exley, Sr., a farmer, timber man,
  1- 4  and sawmill man, and Ruby Wilson Exley; and

  1- 5  WHEREAS, at the age of five, young J.W. got his first
  1- 6  guitar, a Sears and Roebuck model, which the untutored but
  1- 7  talented left-handed boy taught himself to play left-handed
  1- 8  with the high E string on top, in the fashion of the
  1- 9  legendary blues man, Albert King, and throughout his
  1-10  childhood he played his guitar, graduating to bands as a
  1-11  young man; and

  1-12  WHEREAS, in the 1950's he performed live on radio in
  1-13  Swainsboro, Georgia, where he played  with such
  1-14  professionals as Webb Peirce and Jerry Lee Lewis, and he
  1-15  played in the band backing Hank Williams, Jr., when young
  1-16  Hank had to stand on a Coca-Cola crate to reach the
  1-17  microphone, and he later moved to Nashville, where he became
  1-18  friends with the great musician and guitar builder Shot
  1-19  Jackson, who built J.W. a first-of-a-kind left-handed and
  1-20  backward pedal steel guitar to accommodate J.W.'s unique
  1-21  playing style; and

  1-22  WHEREAS, realizing a dream, he recorded an album featuring
  1-23  two of his original compositions, and he was invited to
  1-24  perform on the ShoBud Showcase at the Nashville Auditorium,
  1-25  where country music greats Roy Clark, Chet Atkins, and Ray
  1-26  Price also played, and he also played on the WSM Grand Ole
  1-27  Opry, where he was introduced by country music legend Roy
  1-28  Acuff, and later he played on a Savannah television show,
  1-29  The Georgia Drifters Show; and

  1-30  WHEREAS, J.W. still enjoys playing and listening to his
  1-31  music on his album.

  1-32  NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF
  1-33  REPRESENTATIVES that the members of this body commend Mr.
  1-34  J.W. Exley, Jr., for his musical career and for the
  1-35  enjoyment he has brought to so many people through his
  1-36  music.



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                                                  LC 21 3709

  2- 1  BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of
  2- 2  Representatives is authorized and directed to transmit an
  2- 3  appropriate copy of this resolution to Mr. J.W. Exley, Jr.













































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