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Remembering Liz Anderson, 1930-2011
Longtime BMI songwriter Liz Anderson has died. She was 81. The writer behind Merle Haggard’s “(My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers” and “Just Between the Two of Us,” which Haggard recorded with Bonnie Owens, Anderson also penned songs for Jerry Lee Lewis, Del Reeves, Roy Drusky, Waylon Jennings, and others, including her daughter, Lynn Anderson, whose career gathered…
From News, posted 11.03.11
TGen Creates Waylon Jennings Research Fund to Combat Diabetes
The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) has established the Waylon Jennings Research Fund to help fuel the fight against diabetes. In partnership with the BMI legend’s wife Jessi Colter and son Shooter Jennings, TGen will use the Waylon Jennings Research Fund to raise awareness and capital benefiting its research, which is focused on the genetic factors that cause or contribute to complications due to…
From News, posted 10.04.11
Randy Rogers Band: It’s Always About the Songs
“It’s frustrating to me sometimes when people classify us as Texas music,” says Randy Rogers, lifting his cowboy hat to drag a hand through cropped curls. Ah, but Randy, the association’s just too easy to make. The Randy Rogers Band frontman was born and raised in Cleburne as the son of a Baptist preacher; honed his chops out of high school with open mic nights at San…
From MusicWorld, posted 12.15.10
Randy Houser: Country Music’s Straight Shooter
Randy Houser is asked to describe his music and can’t think of what to say. After a few moments he says, “The truth.” The country artist might sound a bit too proud, but Houser doesn’t intend to. What he means to say is: You won’t catch me crooning a clichéd love song or wearing shiny Gucci shoes. And another thing: I’m done trying to please other people.…
From MusicWorld, posted 9.21.10
Jamey Johnson, His Way
The year was 2008. In the bowels of Nashville's LP Field stadium, the stars of the CMA Music Festival were making their media rounds. One after another, country music's elite stepped to the microphone and said that everything they do is for their fans, smiling humbly as they explained that coming to the festival was a way to give their thanks for this support. Every performer, that is, except one.…
From MusicWorld, posted 9.13.10
Hank Cochran Dies
Iconic songwriter Hank Cochran died Thursday morning at his home in Hendersonville, Tennessee. The writer behind country standards including “Make the World Go Away,” “She’s Got You,” “I Fall to Pieces,” “The Chair,” “Ocean Front Property,” “Don’t You Ever Get Tired of Hurting Me,” “Is It Raining at Your House,” “That’s All That Matters,” “Set ‘Em Up Joe,” “This Ain’t My First Rodeo,” and many more, Cochran…
From News, posted 7.15.10
Harlan Howard’s Chart Magic
When British troupe One Eskimo shot to the top of AAA charts, present and past collided. The band’s “Kandi” is a combination of freewheeling cover, inspired original, and DJ-sampling savvy: As One Eskimo frontman Kristian Leontiou’s lilting vocals launch into the familiar refrain of “He Called Me Baby,” he is suddenly joined by Candi Staton’s original recording. Her delivery aches just as acutely more…
From MusicWorld, posted 5.24.10
Inaugural 30A Songwriters Festival Slated for January 15-17 in Florida
The first annual 30A Songwriters Festival will debut January 15-17 along the resort highway on the Florida panhandle between Destin and Panama City Beach. More than 50 songwriters, including Jeffrey Steele ("The Cowboy in Me" for Tim McGraw, "What Hurts the Most" for Rascal Flatts), BMI Icon John Oates ("Sara Smile", "Everytime You Go Away"), virtuosic mandolin player…
From News, posted 12.04.09
Kris Kristofferson, Taylor Swift, Bobby Pinson, and More Honored at 2009 BMI Country Awards
The 57th Annual BMI Country Awards celebrated the genre’s top hit-makers tonight in Nashville. In addition to toasting the writers and publishers of the past year’s 50 most-performed country songs from the BMI repertoire, the ceremony honored Kris Kristofferson as a BMI Icon; named Taylor Swift’s “Love Story” Song of the Year, Bobby Pinson Songwriter of the Year, and Sony/ATV Music Publishing Publisher of…
From News, posted 11.10.09
Musicians Hall of Fame Inducts BMI Pioneers
Industry admirers, peers, and contemporary stars gathered to salute the 2009 class of virtuosos inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame on Monday, October 12 at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center in Nashville. BMI legends Chet Atkins, Fred Foster, Charlie Daniels, Billy Cox, and band Toto all became members of the prestigious club that already includes…
From News, posted 10.14.09
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