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BMI Celebrates Luke Laird, Frankie Ballard’s Hit “Sunshine and Whiskey”

Posted in News on April 15, 2015
Pictured (L-R) Back row: BMI’s Clay Bradley, Sony/ATV’s Troy Tomlinson, Warner Music Nashville’s John Esposito, ASCAP’s Evyn Mustoe, Universal Music Publishing’s Cyndi Forman and Creative Nation’s Beth Laird. Front row: BMI songwriter Luke Laird, BMI singer/songwriter Frankie Ballard, songwriter Jaren Johnston and producer Marshal Altman
Pictured (L-R) Back row: BMI’s Clay Bradley, Sony/ATV’s Troy Tomlinson, Warner Music Nashville’s John Esposito, ASCAP’s Evyn Mustoe, Universal Music Publishing’s Cyndi Forman and Creative Nation’s Beth Laird. Front row: BMI songwriter Luke Laird, BMI singer/songwriter Frankie Ballard, songwriter Jaren Johnston and producer Marshal Altman

Broadcast Music, Inc. was proud to help celebrate BMI songwriter, and recently named ACM Songwriter of the Year, Luke Laird, who along with songwriter Jaren Johnston, wrote Frankie Ballard’s number one hit, “Sunshine and Whiskey.” Music industry executives gathered at the City Winery venue in Nashville to laud the song, which is the title track off of Ballard’s latest album, and second song from the album to hit number one. Joining BMI writers Florida Georgia Line, Ballard will tour the U.S. throughout the summer on the “Anything Goes Tour.”