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Apr 07, 2010 The Texas Heritage Songwriters’ Association also honored the late Stephen Bruton with the 2010 Darrel K. Royal Patron Award. Bruton, who passed away in May 2009 of cancer, was a member of Kris Kristofferson’s band for over forty years and worked with other artists such as Bonnie Raitt, Elvis Costello, and Delbert McClinton. Most recently, Bruton teamed up with T-Bone… View Photo

Apr 07, 2010 The Texas Heritage Songwriters’ Association surprises BMI’s Jody Williams with a certificate proclaiming him an Honorary Texan. Pictured at the Texas Heritage Songwriters’ Association 2010 Homecoming on March 6 are The Texas Heritage Songwriters’ Association’s Jennifer Sutton, Joe Ables, Danny King, and Terry Boothe; BMI’s Jody Williams; and the Texas Heritage Songwriters’ Association’s Mike Schneider. View Photo

Apr 07, 2010 BMI sponsored the Alabama Broadcaster Association’s 4th Annual ABBY Awards held recently in Birmingham, AL, honoring the best of radio and television broadcasting across the state. Pictured at the dinner are (back row) Raycom Media’s Wayne Daugherty, Belinda Daugherty, Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth’s Scott Johnson, Sandy Singleton, University of Alabama Dean Loy Singleton, Alabama Broadcasters Association’s Sharon Tinsley; (front row)… View Photo

Apr 06, 2010 In what has become an annual tradition, BMI provided entertainment at the Cox Media Group Sales Leadership Conference in Atlanta. Ed Roland, BMI Award-winning songwriter and lead singer of pivotal rock group Collective Soul, entertained with a lively set that included chart-toppers "Shine," "December," and "World I Know," as well as the band’s current single "You." Currently, Collective Soul is… View Photo

Apr 06, 2010 The BMI Atlanta office received almost 700 submissions from unsigned artists competing for a chance to play at the 2010 BMI Unsigned Urban Showcase. After narrowing the entries down to the 20 best, a group of top BMI songwriters, producers and industry executives will choose the four finalists who will perform at the showcase on April 20 with Drake and… View Photo

Apr 06, 2010 Big Al Anderson sits back and relaxes after showing the kids how it’s done at BMI’s Tin Pan South show on April 1. View Photo

Apr 06, 2010 Shawn Camp offers a characteristically outstanding performance at the BMI show at Tin Pan South on April 1. View Photo

Apr 06, 2010 Pat McLaughin delivers a strong set at the BMI show at Tin Pan South on April 1. View Photo

Apr 06, 2010 BMI offered a stout lineup of storytelling guitar-slingers as part of the annual Tin Pan South songwriters’ festival on Thursday, April 1. A deep crowd filled the Rutledge as Big Al Anderson, Shawn Camp and Pat McLaughlin delivered an acoustic set of originals followed by a full-band finale stacked with audience favorites. Pictured are (front row) BMI’s Clay Bradley, Al… View Photo

Apr 06, 2010 BMI’s Jody Williams recently honored Jim Beavers with a surprise presentation during the March 25 installment of the CMA Songwriters Series at Joe’s Pub. The esteemed hitmaker’s “Watching Airplanes,” recorded by Gary Allan, and “Don’t,” recorded by Billy Currington, have each generated more than one million performances. Beavers, who performed in the show’s lineup along with Bob DiPiero, Dierks Bentley,… View Photo