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The BMI Holiday Countdown: Buck Owens, “Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy”

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Buck Owens, “Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy” Written by Buck Owens and Don Rich Buck Owens was a young truck driver the first time he passed through Bakersfield—a flat, hardscrabble stretch of central California whose musical identity he’d soon shape. Inspired by the heartfelt honky-tonk of Wynn Stewart and the double Texas fiddles of Bob…


From News, posted 12.01.11

Troy Olsen, More Than a ‘Summer Thing’

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Growing up in rural Arizona, Troy Olsen’s family always kept the radio dial on a small-town country station. As a result, the aspiring singer-songwriter still has a soft spot for 80s country – particularly George Strait and Don Williams. But about halfway through that decade, a new class arrived on the country charts that changed his life. “Dwight Yoakam and Pete…


From MusicWorld, posted 4.22.10

Keith Gattis & Adam Hood Kick-Off ‘BMI Presents’ at 12th & Porter

BMI will launch a free and fresh showcase series Tuesday, October 21 dubbed BMI Presents at 12th & Porter. Slated for 6 p.m. every other month, the recurring showcase will highlight the lifeblood of the Nashville music community: songwriters. Tapped by BMI in recognition of their current potency or potential, the artists featured will reflect the diverse hive of creators impacting today’s country charts and the evolving Music Row hit-making…


From News, posted 10.15.08

Dwight Yoakam: Honky-Tonk Experiments

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An exponent of West Coast honky-tonk whose success as a mainstream country artist helped redefine country’s relationship to its past, Dwight Yoakam has enjoyed an exemplary, far-ranging career as a singer, songwriter and film actor. Born in the eastern Kentucky town of Pikeville on Oct. 23, 1956, Yoakam grew up in Ohio, where he absorbed traditional country, Buck Owens and the…


From MusicWorld, posted 6.23.08

Adam Hood

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The American South has a long history of serving as a fertile breeding ground for singer/songwriters who instinctively meld the various musical elements of their environs. Alabama native Adam Hood carries on that tradition. Like a really good gumbo, there are a lot of subtle flavors mixing together in his personal brand of Southern music – blues, folk, country, rock – all wrapped around lyrics that sound…


From MusicWorld, posted 2.04.08

Dwight Yoakam Kicks Off Partnership with The Bicycle Music Company at the Gibson Guitar Showroom

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Country mega-star Dwight Yoakam kicked off his new partnership with The Bicycle Music Company with a special, impromptu performance at a reception in his honor. The event was held on June 28 at the Gibson Guitar Showroom on Civic Center Drive in Los Angeles. Bicycle recently acquired Yoakam’s seminal Coal Dust West Music catalogue, spanning nearly two decades of gold and platinum hits, including 11 BMI award-winning…


From News, posted 7.03.07

Big Kenny Signs Damien Horne to Big Love Music

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The music of BMI songwriter Damien Horne flows lavishly from an enormous melting pot: traces of soul, pop, rock and rap weave in and out of the young writer's deft compositions. The panoptic Muzik Mafia took notice, and Damien became their Mista D. Horne went on to open shows for Hank Williams, Jr. and Dwight Yoakam, leaving a growing constituency of new fans in his wake, including Big…


From News, posted 1.19.07

Country Legend Buck Owens Dies at 76

Legendary country singer and original "Rhinestone Cowboy" Buck Owens, known to millions of fans as host of "Hee Haw," died March 25 at his home in Bakersfield, Calif. He was 76. The night before his death, the long-time BMI songwriter was scheduled to perform with his Buckaroos band at the Crystal Palace, the dinner club he owned in Bakersfield, which is located about…


From News, posted 3.27.06

BMI Artists Outstanding in Bluegrass Field at IBMA Awards

Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver were triple winners at the recent 14th Annual International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Awards, an evening capped by Entertainer of the Year honors for the Del McCoury Band and a surprise invitation. Upon accepting his eighth top Entertainer prize (1994-2000, 2002), McCoury was asked to join the cast of the Grand Ole Opry; the induction ceremony is set for October 25.


From News, posted 10.14.03

BMI Country Awards Honor Top Music Makers On November 4

The most popular country songs of the past year will be honored when performing rights organization BMI presents the 51st annual BMI Country Awards on Tuesday, November 4. The black-tie dinner and awards ceremony, staged at the company's Music Row home, salute the songwriters of the 50 most performed songs of last year, and will culminate in the announcements of Songwriter of the Year, Publisher of the Year, and Most…


From News, posted 10.14.03

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Oct 21 2008BMI Presents at 12th & Porter: Nashville