2008 BMI Country Awards: Event Photos

Pictured are (l-r): Phil Graham, Sr. VP Writer/Publisher Relations; BMI Country Publisher of the Year Troy Tomlinson, President & CEO Sony/ATV Music Publishing Nashville; BMI Country Songwriter of the Year Casey Beathard; Hank Williams, Jr.; Taylor Swift, Del Bryant, Jody Williams (credit John Russell)

BMI Song of the Year recipient Taylor Swift, Kid Rock and Robert Randolph at the 2008 BMI Country Awards (credit: John Russell)

Sony/ATV Music Publishing staff gather to accept BMI’s Country Publisher of the Year Award (credit John Russell)

BMI Country Song of the Year recipient Taylor Swift and BMI Country 2008 Icon Hank Williams Jr. (credit: Rick Diamond)

BMI Songwriter of the Year Casey Beathard (credit Steve Lowry)

Pictured are (l-r): BMI Vice President, Writer/Publisher Relations, Nashville Jody Williams, Casey Beathard, and BMI President & CEO Del Bryant. (credit: John Russell)

Jamey Johnson (left) commandeers Channel 2’s microphone to interview Heidi Newfield (right). (Photo by Rick Diamond)

Pictured are (l-r): Brooks & Dunn’s Ronnie Dunn, wife Janine Dunn and BMI’s Catherine Brewton.

Carrie Underwood (left) and Miley Cyrus (right) smile for the camera.

Award-winners Miranda Lambert (left) and Carrie Underwood (right) pause for a photo.

Pictured are (l-r): former BMI President & CEO and Country Music Hall of Fame member Frances Preston, BMI Icon Hank Williams, Jr. and Country Music Hall of Fame member Mel Tillis.

Pictured are (l-r): Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton.

Lynyrd Skynyrd jams during the tribute to Hank Williams, Jr.

Gregg Allman delivers “Come and Go Blues.”

Kenny Chesney performs Hank Williams, Jr.’s “Old Habits.”

Robert Randolph performs “Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound.”

Pictured are (l-r): Dailey & Vincent’s Jamie Dailey, BMI’s Jody Williams, Dailey & Vincent’s Darrin Vincent, and manager Don Light. (Photo by John Russell)

Pictured are (l-r): Billy Ray Cyrus, BMI President & CEO Del Bryant, Barbara Brooks, Kix Brooks and BMI Vice President, Writer/Publisher Relations, Nashville Jody Williams. (Photo by John Russell)

Pictured are (l-r): BMI President & CEO Del Bryant, Rascal Flatts’ Jay DeMarcus and BMI Vice President, Writer/Publisher Relations, Nashville Jody Williams. (Photo by John Russell)

Pictured are (l-r): Tim McGraw, Faith Hill and BMI President & CEO Del Bryant. (Photo by John Russell)

Christiev (left) and Big Kenny Alphin (right) grin for the camera. (Photo by John Russell)

Pictured are (l-r): BMI President & CEO Del Bryant, Kid Rock and BMI Vice President, Writer/Publisher Relations, Nashville Jody Williams. (Photo by John Russell)

Pictured are (l-r): BMI President & CEO Del Bryant, Nicole Kidman, Keith Urban and BMI Vice President, Writer/Publisher Relations, Nashville Jody Williams. (Photo by John Russell)

Christiev and Kenny Alphin, BMI’s Alison Smith, Keith Urban, Nicole Kidman, Universal South’s Fletcher Foster, and Sylvia Roberts (credit: John Russell)

Pictured are (l-r): Big Machine & The Valory Music Company’s Scott Borchetta, BMI President & CEO Del Bryant, Taylor Swift and BMI Vice President, Writer/Publisher Relations, Nashville Jody Williams. (Photo by John Russell)

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban arrive at the 2008 BMI Country Awards (credit: Rick Diamond)

Mary Jane Williams, Katie Williams, BMI’s Del Bryant, Sam Williams, Hank Williams, Jr., BMI’s Jody Williams and Clay Bradley (credit: John Russell)

BMI’s Clay Bradley and Hank Williams Jr. (credit: John Russell)