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Nov 06, 2013 BMI Icon Dean Dillon and Josh Turner pause for a photo at the 2013 BMI Country Awards, staged November 5 at the organization’s Music Row offices. View Photo

Nov 06, 2013 Little Big Town pause for a photo at the 2013 BMI Country Awards, staged November 5 at the organization’s Music Row offices. View Photo

Nov 06, 2013 ABC Nashville's Sam Palladio and Charles Esten pause for a photo at the 2013 BMI Country Awards, staged November 5 at the organization’s Music Row offices. View Photo

Nov 06, 2013 Rodney Clawson claims his BMI Country Songwriter of the Year Award. Pictured are (l-r): BMI CEO Mike O'Neill, Rodney Clawson, with BMI's Jody Williams. View Photo

Nov 06, 2013 Luke Bryan performs the classic “Unwound” during the BMI Icon tribute to Dean Dillon at the 2013 BMI Country Awards in Nashville. View Photo

Nov 06, 2013 Kenny Chesney delivers his rendition of “Holes Up in Some Honky Tonk” during the tribute to BMI Icon Dean Dillon at the 2013 BMI Country Awards in Nashville. View Photo

Nov 06, 2013 Pictured at the 2013 BMI Country Awards on November 5 in Nashville are BMI Icon Dean Dillon and Toby Keith. View Photo

Nov 06, 2013 Pictured at the 2013 BMI Country Awards on November 5 in Nashville are George Strait and Dean Dillon. View Photo

Nov 06, 2013 Kenny Chesney delivers his rendition of “Holes Up in Some Honky Tonk” during the tribute to BMI Icon Dean Dillon at the 2013 BMI Country Awards in Nashville. View Photo

Nov 06, 2013 George Strait performs a medley of “The Chair,” “Marina Del Ray,” and “Here for a Good Time” in a tribute to newly crowned BMI Icon Dean Dillon at the 2013 BMI Country Awards in Nashville. View Photo