[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 139 (Monday, September 9, 2024)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E869]
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        HONORING THE MUSICAL TALENT OF MISSISSIPPI NATIVE, HARDY

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                           HON. MICHAEL GUEST

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, September 9, 2024

  Mr. GUEST. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize ``Nashville's nu-
metal king,'' Hardy, from my home state of Mississippi. Hardy was born 
in Meridian and grew up in Philadelphia, Mississippi, where he attended 
Neshoba Central High School. Born on September 13, 1990, to Mike and 
Sarah Hardy, Hardy started playing guitar around age 13. When he was in 
high school, he took pen to paper to write his first song to,``Impress 
a Girl.'' His song writing skills gave him an opportunity to move to 
Nashville in 2010. While in Nashville, Hardy penned the words to the 
well-known country song made famous by Blake Shelton called, ``God's 
Country.'' in 2013, Hardy landed a publishing deal with Relative Music 
Group. Hardy is the pride of Philadelphia, Mississippi, and has earned 
his reputation as ``a promising purveyor of keeping the spirit of 
classic heavy Southern rock alive,'' according to American Songwriter. 
He is a five-time ACM award winner and two-time CMA award winner. In 
2022 he was named the BMI Country Songwriter of the Year.
  Music has always been the heartbeat of Mississippi, and I am proud to 
see Hardy soaring to the top like other Mississippians have done before 
him. I thank Hardy, for his dedication to the art of music and 
contributions to our great Nation through song writing.

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