Andy Griffith Holds Court at BMI Nashville
![]() Pictured at BMI Nashville are BMI's Paul Corbin, Irving Music's Bobby Rymer, Andy & Cindi Griffith, Marty Stuart & Connie Smith, and Sparrow's Billy Ray Hearn. |
Presentations were made by Corbin on behalf of BMI, which has represented Griffith's music [from his comedy records to Mayberry-themed songs to gospel arrangements] for a half-century; by Chuck Cannon on behalf of the Nashville Songwriters Association International [NSAI]; and by Mayor Bill Purcell and Sheriff Daron Hall, who gave him a sheriff's badge. Ol' Ange delighted the awe-struck crowd by talking about his early music career and then capped the evening with some story-telling magic about a a poor juggler who gave the only gift he had to God on Christmas Day.
![]() Davidson County Sheriff Daron Hall and Nashville Mayor Bill Purcell with Andy Griffith. photo by Alan Mayor |
![]() Andy Griffith and Chuck Cannon |
![]() Andy Griffith and Terry McBride |
![]() Melanie Smith Howard, Andy Griffith, BMI's Thomas Cain |
![]() Winston Harless, Andy Griffith, AmSouth's Lisa Harless |
photos by Kay Williams
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