BMI GRAMMY-Nominated Songwriter Shares Stories and Songs with Restaurant Association Execs

Posted in News on July 21, 2025
Pictured before BMI songwriter Clint Daniels’ performance at the 2025 CSRA Summer Conference (L to R): Wisconsin Restaurant Association CEO Kris Hillmer, BMI’s Dan Spears, CSRA EVP Suzanne Bohle, BMI songwriter Clint Daniels, Alaska Cabaret, Hotel, Restaurant & Retailers Association CEO & CSRA Board Chair Sarah Oates Harlow, National Restaurant Association CEO Michelle Korsmo, Ohio Restaurant & Hospitality Alliance CEO John Barker, Connecticut Restaurant Association CEO & CSRA Board Vice Chair Scott Dolch.
Pictured before BMI songwriter Clint Daniels’ performance at the 2025 CSRA Summer Conference (L to R): Wisconsin Restaurant Association CEO Kris Hillmer, BMI’s Dan Spears, CSRA EVP Suzanne Bohle, BMI songwriter Clint Daniels, Alaska Cabaret, Hotel, Restaurant & Retailers Association CEO & CSRA Board Chair Sarah Oates Harlow, National Restaurant Association CEO Michelle Korsmo, Ohio Restaurant & Hospitality Alliance CEO John Barker, Connecticut Restaurant Association CEO & CSRA Board Vice Chair Scott Dolch.

BMI hit country songwriter Clint Daniels closed out the 2025 Council of State Restaurant Associations (CSRA) Summer Conference with an intimate set of stories and songs where he performed and talked about the genesis of some of his biggest tunes like “Some of it” by Eric Church, which garnered him a GRAMMY nomination along with his very first # 1, the Joe Nichols’ smash “Brokenheartsville.” The Florida native has also written songs for the likes of Montgomery Gentry,  George Strait, Cody Johnson and Alan Jackson. The CSRA Summer Conference was held in Girdwood, Alaska and was attended by executives from 35 state restaurant associations along with the leadership of the National Restaurant Association.

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