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Captured at BMI Country Awards 2001
Musicians Hall of Fame Inducts BMI Pioneers

Industry admirers, peers, and contemporary stars gathered to salute the 2009 class of virtuosos inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame on Monday, October 12 at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center in Nashville. BMI legends Chet Atkins, Fred Foster, Charlie Daniels, Billy Cox, and band Toto all became members of the prestigious club that already includes…
Joey + Rory: Together, Successful and Not Changing a Thing

“Whatever you do, don’t change.” That advice, offered by Naomi Judd to country duo Joey + Rory during their stint on CMT’s Can You Duet competition, is a sentiment shared by a growing legion of fans of the husband-wife team. Amazingly, the Nashville-based couple had never considered a career as a duo prior to their appearance on the CMT reality show. For the past decade-plus, Rory Feek…
2009 Inductees Announced for Musicians Hall of Fame

The 2009 inductees into the Musicians Hall of Fame include a slew of BMI legends: Chet Atkins, Fred Foster, Charlie Daniels, Billy Cox, and band TOTO will all become members of the prestigious club that already includes Booker T. & The MGs, The Crickets, Duane Eddy, Al Kooper, The Memphis Horns, The…
Jimmie Rodgers Earns Inaugural Star on New Mississippi Walk of Fame
In an effort to celebrate Mississippi natives’ substantial contributions to the arts, the state recently revealed plans for the official Mississippi Arts and Entertainment Center (MAEC) Walk of Fame, which will line the streets of downtown Meridian. BMI legend and Meridian native Jimmie Rodgers earned the first star, unveiled Sunday, February 15, just outside Mississippi State University’s Riley Center. Esteemed singer, instrumentalist, music historian and BMI songwriter
Chapman, Haun, Stewart Aim High With Dove Nominations
Nominees for the 35th Annual Dove Awards were announced recently at a press conference at Nashville's Gaylord Entertainment Center, and BMI songwriter/artists led the way in multiple nominations. Wayne Haun Steven Curtis Chapman Pete Stewart …
Golden Voice Nominees Honor BMI Country Greats
BMI country legends dominated the nominations for the fifth annual Golden Voice Awards, with Bobby Bare, Freddie Hart and Ray Price claiming two mention each (4/11). Presented by the Performers Benefit Fund, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping senior performers with ongoing hospitalization needs, the Golden Voice Awards and Brunch With the Stars will be held on Thursday, June 5 at 10 a.m. Jimmy Dean and Barbara Fairchild are hosts…
Andy Griffith Holds Court at BMI Nashville
It was an unheard-of scene on Music Row -- during presentations, remarks and thank yous at a party at BMI Nashville, you could have heard a pin drop. But with Andy Griffith as guest of honor, no one wanted to miss a word. Griffith was in Nashville recording a Christmas gospel album for Sparrow with Marty Stuart producing, and Stuart, Irving Music and BMI co-hosted the celebration.…
BMI Legend Harlan Howard Dies
By Robert K. Oermann Legendary BMI writer Harlan Howard, a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame, died suddenly on Sunday evening , March 3, in Nashville. He was 74. photo: Beth Gwinn In…
CMA Announces 12 New Members to Hall of Fame
The Country Music Association has announced the 12 luminaries who will become the newest members of the coveted Country Music Hall of Fame. The 12 honorees include 10 special inductees selected earlier this year and two new members normally scheduled to be inducted for 2001. The special inductees are: The Delmore Brothers, The Everly Brothers, Don Gibson, Homer and Jethro, Waylon Jennings, The Jordanaires, Don Law, The Louvin Brothers,…
Marty Stuart

Need a renaissance man? Grammy-winning vocalist and instrumentalist, hit songwriter and producer, acclaimed photographer, writer-journalist - and Hollywood Hillbilly - that's Marty Stuart. Newly inducted into the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame, Stuart tallied hits on major labels and crafted such ambitious projects as his critically acclaimed concept album The Pilgrim. "My bedrock is all of the above, and what I'm doing at the moment,"…
