A house RESOLUTION

 

TO HONOR SOUTH CAROLINA NATIVE SON TERENCE YOUNG, RENOWNED GUITARIST, BAND LEADER, AND MANAGER, TO CONGRATULATE HIM ON BEING NAMED MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR - GUITAR II BY THE JOSIE MUSIC AWARDS IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, AND TO EXTEND TO HIM BEST WISHES FOR MUCH CONTINUED SUCCESS IN THE DAYS AHEAD.

 

Whereas, the South Carolina House of Representatives is pleased to learn that celebrated guitarist, band leader, and manager Terence Young, a native of the Palmetto State, was recently selected to receive the coveted Josie Music Awards Musician of the Year - Guitar II award. Held in Nashville, Tennessee, at the Grand Ole Opry, the Josie Music Awards is the world's largest independent awards show in the field of music; and

 

Whereas, Terence Young started playing music at an early age. He took up the guitar at age ten, learning from several uncles who played gospel music in his small hometown of Elko, South Carolina. He started playing seriously in front of audiences at age fifteen while touring the quartet gospel circuit with his uncles in small towns and major cities throughout the country; and

 

Whereas, his uncles' gospel quartet also inspired Terence's love of jazz. After the young Terence heard the quartet play an instrumental of "Jesus Loves Me," he was inspired to do jazz versions of music. That early love of jazz has strongly influenced Terence's forty-year music career; and

 

Whereas, as a performer, Terence is one of the most talented and electrifying lead guitarists in the world, and he takes listeners on an unforgettable live-music experience infused with jazz and rhythm and blues (R&B). Best known for playing Prince's Purple Rain, Terence and his band, the Terence Young Experience, have shared the stage with Frankie Beverly and Maze, Roberta Flack, Gladys Knight, BabyFace, Charlie Wilson, Envogue, Morris Day and the Time, Al Jarreau, George Duke, Rachelle Ferrell, Gerald Albright, Clarence Carter, and Joe Sample; and

 

Whereas, further, Terence Young has played guitar for R&B singers such as Ashford and Simpson, Lenny Williams, Aaron Hall, and Angie Stone, to name just a few, and he has performed several times at the world's largest musicians' trade event, the NAMM Show in Anaheim, California; and

 

Whereas, Terence has not gone unrecognized. Over the course of his long career, he has received several prestigious accolades, most recently the Josie Music Awards' Musician of the Year - Guitar II honor; and

 

Whereas, appreciatively, the House takes great pleasure in celebrating the achievements of Terence Young, one of South Carolina's own. Now, therefore,

 

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:

 

That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, by this resolution, honor South Carolina native son Terence Young, renowned guitarist, band leader, and manager, congratulate him on being named Musician of the Year - Guitar II by the Josie Music Awards in Nashville, Tennessee, and extend to him best wishes for much continued success in the days ahead.

 

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to Terence Young.

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