[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 4816]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         HONORING MEMPHIS SOUL

  (Mr. COHEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, tonight PBS and the Grammys will continue a 
series of concerts at the White House, and tonight's concert will 
feature Memphis soul. Memphis is a city known around the world for 
music, whether it's Sun Records and Elvis Presley and Sam Phillips or 
the studios which will be featured tonight, Stax Records and Hi 
Records. Sam Moore, Justin Timberlake, Mavis Staples, Charlie 
Musselwhite, Ben Harper, Sam Moore of Sam and Dave, they'll all be 
there.
  Memphis music is part of America's cultural history, a living, 
breathing part of our culture. We're pleased that PBS and the Grammys 
chose Memphis soul to be featured tonight. The President will be there. 
Without Al Green, he'll have to do ``Let's Stay Together'' by himself. 
We look forward to that.
  We ask all of you to come to Memphis, Tennessee, and visit America's 
great reservoir of music history.

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