TX SR585

Designates May 27, 2025, as Western Swing Day in Texas to celebrate the state's official music genre

Recognizes western swing as originating at Fort Worth's Crystal Springs Dance Hall in the early 1930s, popularized by musicians Bob Wills and Milton Brown

Notes the genre blended diverse musical traditions and provided entertainment during the Great Depression

Describes characteristic western swing instrumentation including fiddle, rhythm guitar, upright bass, steel and electric guitars, pianos, drums, horns, electric mandolins, and tenor banjos

Honors western swing's role in Texas history and culture and its influence on subsequent generations of Texas musicians