True, her clarion-call voice is one of country music’s most distinctive. But what truly sets Loretta Lynn apart is her songwriting ability. As her self-penned Van Lear Rose collection demonstrated in 2004, she is a composer of uncommon vision and depth.

A BMI affiliate for 45 years, Lynn launched her career in 1960 with her self-composed “I’m a Honky Tonk Girl.” The song brought her to Nashville and was her springboard to stardom. When Bradley signed her to Decca Records, he realized at once that she had a highly personal and singular style as a writer. He encouraged this individuality.

So she was soon topping the charts with feisty female classics she wrote, including “You Ain’t Woman Enough” (1966), “Don’t Come Home a Drinkin’” (1966), “What Kind of Girl (Do You Think I Am)” (1967), “Fist City” (1968),  “Your Squaw Is on the Warpath” (1968), “You Wanna Give Me a Lift” (1970), “I Wanna Be Free” (1971) and “You’re Lookin’ at Country” (1971).

“I was the first one to write it like the women lived it,” she said of her forceful songs. “Probably I was different in writing about things that nobody would even talk about in public. I didn't realize that they didn't. I thought, ‘Well, gee, this is what's going on; I'll write about it.’ I was writing about life. And, of course, I had a lot of songs banned.” Singles like 1969’s “Wings Upon Your Horns,” 1972’s “Rated X” and 1975’s “The Pill” were all considered controversial.

Although best known for her chin-out, self-assertive numbers, Lynn’s songs cover a much wider range. She wrote for all 29 albums she created between 1962 and 1974, crafting gospel pieces, Christmas tunes, duets with Ernest Tubb and songs in a variety of other styles. Consider the diversity of such hit Lynn compositions as 1969’s “To Make a Man,” 1966’s “Dear Uncle Sam” and 1970’s “I Know How.”

She also wrote for others, notably Tubb’s “I’m Gonna Make Like a Snake” (1968), Charlie Louvin’s “Sittin’ Bull” (1970), sister Crystal Gayle’s disc debut “I’ve Cried the Blue Right Out of My Eyes” (1970) and tunes for The Wilburn Brothers, Warner Mack, sister Peggy Sue and brother Jay Lee Webb. In all, there are more than 150 songs in Lynn’s BMI catalog.

To spotlight its star’s talent, Decca titled a 1970 LP Loretta Lynn Writes ‘Em and Sings ‘Em . She drove the point home with her very next single, her autobiography in song, “Coal Miner’s Daughter.”

Her best-selling book and Oscar-winning film of the same title chronicled her rise from Appalachian poverty, marriage at age 13, career exhaustion and ultimate triumph. They also made Loretta Lynn an international idol in the 1970s.

She continued to appear on the country charts throughout the 1980s. She provided “Wouldn’t It Be Great” to her 1993 Honky Tonk Angels trio album with Dolly Parton and Tammy Wynette. She also wrote songs for her 2000 comeback CD Still Country , including “I Can’t Hear the Music,” her moving elegy to husband “Mooney” Lynn, who died in 1996. The acclaimed 2004 Van Lear Rose CD found her at a new peak of her powers as a tunesmtih.

Loretta Lynn entered the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1983 and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1988. Now she becomes one of the rare songwriters who have been named a BMI Icon. But this legendary lady’s head has never been turned by accolades and honors.

“I ain’t no star,” she has said. “A star is something up in the night sky. People say to me, ‘You’re a legend.’ I’m not a legend. I’m just a woman.”

BMI saluted the premier country music songwriters, artists and publishers at its 2004 Country Awards, staged last night (11/8) at the BMI offices on Music Row in Nashville.

Country Awards Song List

Country Awards Event Photos

Crystal Gayle; BMI President & CEO Del Bryant; Shania Twain; Kitty Wells, Casey Beathard; Toby Keith, Loretta Lynn; Universal Music Senior VP/GM Pat Higdon; BMI President Emeritus Frances Preston; and Sony/ATV Music Publishing Nashville President & CEO Donna Hilley.

Shania Twain's "Forever and For Always" was proclaimed Country Song of the Year. Casey Beathard earned the title of Country Songwriter of the Year, with superstar Toby Keith collecting Country Songwriter/Artist of the Year honors. Sony/ATV Music Publishing Nashville was named Country Publisher of the Year. A highlight of the gala was a tribute to Loretta Lynn, who was named a BMI ICON for "her enduring influence on generations of music makers."

The black-tie ceremony was hosted by Del Bryant, BMI President and CEO. Frances W. Preston, President Emeritus, and Paul Corbin, Vice President of Writer/Publisher Relations, Nashville, assisted with the presentations to the BMI-affiliated writers and publishers of the 50 most performed songs in the country music format.

Loretta Lynn	Shania Twain

"Forever and For Always," written and recorded by Shania Twain, won the 36th Robert J. Burton Award as Most Performed Country Song of the Year for tallying the most US broadcast performances during the eligibility period. Included on Twain's 10-times platinum Mercury Nashville album, UP!, "Forever and For Always" was published by her company Loon Echo, Inc., and by Universal-Songs of PolyGram International, Inc., and was co-written with her husband, Robert John "Mutt" Lange (share not licensed through BMI).

Casey Beathard	Toby Keith

"Forever and For Always" is Twain's fourth BMI Song of the Year win. It was named Song of the Year at the 2004 BMI London Awards, and her smash "You're Still the One" received the honor at both the 1999 BMI Pop and Country Awards. She was also named BMI Songwriter of the Year at both the 1999 and 2000 Pop and Country Awards and now owns a total of 28 BMI Awards.

The BMI Country Songwriter of the Year trophy went to Casey Beathard, who placed five titles on the most performed list: "Drinkin' Bone" (recorded by Tracy Byrd), "Hot Mama" (Trace Adkins), "The Love Song" (Jeff Bates), "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems" (Kenny Chesney) and "Walk a Little Straighter" (Billy Currington).

Toby Keith was crowned BMI Country Songwriter/Artist of the Year on the strength of his #1 hits "American Soldier," "Beer For My Horses" and "I Love This Bar." Keith, who now has 15 BMI Awards, was also named Songwriter/Artist of the Year in 2001.

Eight songwriters were double winners, contributing two songs each to the most-performed list: Bob DiPiero, Scotty Emerick, Tony Martin, Wendell Mobley, Tim Nichols, Tom Shapiro, Jeffrey Steele, and Twain.

Other writer/artists earning awards were Keith Urban, Sara Evans, Lonestar's Richie McDonald, Clint Black, Kix Brooks & Ronnie Dunn, Buddy Jewell, Craig Morgan, Pat Green, Jeff Bates, and Sherri� Austin.

Sony/ATV Music Publishing Nashville was named BMI Country Publisher of the Year by accumulating the highest percentage of copyright ownership in award songs. Donna Hilley, President & CEO, accepted on behalf of the publisher, which boasted 18 songs on the most-performed list (through its companies Sony/ATV Acuff Rose and Sony/ATV Tree).

Other publishers with multiple award-winning songs included Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (8); Universal-Songs of PolyGram International, Inc. (6); EMI-Blackwood Music, Inc. (4); Careers-BMG Music Publishing, Inc./Zomba Songs Inc., and Tokeco Tunes (3 each).

President Emeritus Frances Preston was recognized with the President's Award; BMI's Del Bryant led the tribute, joined by Kris Kristofferson, Vince Gill, and Alabama's Randy Owen. Preston, who joined BMI in 1958 and created the Country Awards in 1959, served as President & CEO from 1986 until August of this year. The award, given to those in the entertainment industry deserving of special recognition, has previously been bestowed on the group Alabama, Merv Griffin, Earle Hagen, Harlan Howard, Willie Nelson, Billy Sherrill, Pete Townshend and Brian Wilson.

The evening culminated in the ICON tribute to Loretta Lynn, which included an introduction by Preston, remarks from Kitty Wells, and performances by Crystal Gayle, Lynnís sister (singing Coal Minerís Daughter�) and Martina McBride (�You Ainít Woman Enough�). A BMI affiliate for 43 years, the Kentucky-born Lynn launched her career in 1960 with her self-composed "I'm a Honky Tonk Girl." Soon she was topping the charts with the feisty female classics she wrote, including "You Ain't Woman Enough" (1966), "Don't Come Home A-Drinkin'" (1966), "What Kind of Girl (Do You Think I Am)" (1967), "Fist City" (1968), "Coal Miner's Daughter" (1970), "You're Lookin' at Country" (1971), "Rated X" (1972) and "The Pill" (1975). The first woman ever to become the Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year, she released her 71st album, the acclaimed Van Lear Rose, earlier this year.

Lynn joins a distinguished list of previous BMI ICONS, including country songwriter/artists Bill Anderson and Dolly Parton; pop songwriting master Brian Wilson; R&B legends James Brown, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Bo Diddley, Isaac Hayes and Al Green; Motown songwriting trio Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland; and blues/rock/soul artist Van Morrison.

BMI's Joyce Rice, Jim McBride, BMI's Paul Corbin. photo by Brian Tipton

His other #1 songs include "Rose In Paradise" by Waylon Jennings and four by Alan Jackson: "Chasin' That Neon Rainbow," "Someday," "Chattahoochee" and "Who Says You Can't Have It All." "Chattahoochee," which he co-wrote with Jackson, was named Song of the Year at the 1994 CMA Awards.

McBride has also provided hits for Alabama, Johnny Cash, George Jones, Brenda Lee, Anne Murray, Reba McEntire, Jerry Lee Lewis, Randy Travis, Crystal Gayle, Travis Tritt and Patty Loveless. He has received several songwriting honors from the Nashville Songwriters Association International and was presented with the Music Creator Award from the Alabama Music Hall of Fame in 1995.]]> 2003-01-28T17:00:01-05:00 http://www.bmi.com/musicworld/entry/233312 Artists, Buffett, Jimmy, Gayle, Crystal, Prestwood, Hugh, Travis, Randy, Musical Styles, Country, Folk, Pop, Rock, Musicworld, Feature Everyone knows that songwriters should flock to Nashville if they’re writing for the country market, New York to pen Broadway scores and other recording centers for different genres. Someone forgot to give Hugh Prestwood that advice before he left El Paso, Texas for New York City, and, eventually, Long Island, where he currently lives, crafting country hits.

“I don’t co-write, so I don’t have to go down to Nashville much, though I love it,” explains Prestwood. His unusual method has paid off with BMI Country, Pop and Million-Air awards, including the 1991 Robert J. Burton Country Song of the Year, “Hard Rock Bottom Of Your Heart,” recorded by Randy Travis. “There’s a lot of advantages being in Nashville, especially for co-writing,” he admits. “But this works for me.”

“I had success without moving to Nashville, and turned it to my advantage by creating a mystique about it,” he says. “I’m kind of an unknown quantity.”
After his move to New York, Judy Collins launched Hugh’s first hit, “Hard Times For Lovers,” in 1978, and recorded five more Prestwood tunes. While chasing a songwriting and singing career, he worked temporary jobs and performed in Greenwich Village folk venues. He landed writing gigs at New York publishers, and a number one country hit with Crystal Gayle, “The Sound of Goodbye.” After Michael Johnson reached the top with “The Moon Is Still Over Her Shoulder,” artists and producers sought him out for songs.

Now signed to BMG Music, Prestwood has enjoyed cuts by such artists as Anne Murray, Collin Raye and Trisha Yearwood, whose version of “The Song Remembers When” won BMI awards along with Song of the Year honors from the Nashville Songwriters Association. Recent successes include songs recorded by Jimmy Buffett (“Savannah Fare You Well”) and James Taylor (“The Suit”).

Prestwood also teaches advanced songwriting at the New School in New York. His advice to wannabe country song-slingers? Move to Nashville to pursue your dreams. “There’s a whole colony of my former students who have done that,” says the man who doesn’t take his own advice.

Jerry Douglas	David Rawlings and Gillian Welch
Lonesome Bob	The Flatlanders	Kenny Vaughan
Webb Pierce	Ralph Stanley and Jim Lauderdale	Chris Thile

Sponsored in part by Rounder Records and the First Amendment Center, the event will take place at Nashville's Downtown Hilton Suites on September 13, in the midst of the Americana Music Association Conference (12-14). The evening's host will be Jason Ringenberg of pioneering roots-rockers Jason & the Scorchers.

Congratulations to BMI's nominees:

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Gillian Welch, Time (The Revelator)
The Flatlanders, Now Again
Dale Watson, The Jordanaires, Mandy Barnett, George Jones, Dwight Yoakam, Joy Lynn White, Allison Moorer, Crystal Gayle, Del McCoury Band, Lionel Cartwright, Gail Davies, Willie Nelson, BR5-49, Deborah Pierce, Trent Summar, Billy Walker and Pam Tillis, Caught In The Webb: Tribute to Webb Pierce

SONG OF THE YEAR
Jim Lauderdale, Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys, "She's Looking At Me"
Lonesome Bob, "Heather’s All Bummed Out"
Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, "I Want To Sing That Rock and Roll"
The Flatlanders, "My Wildest Dreams"

ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Jim Lauderdale
Gillian Welch and David Rawlings
The Flatlanders

INSTRUMENTALIST OF THE YEAR
Jerry Douglas
Chris Thile
David Rawlings
Kenny Vaughan

Celebrating are (l to r) engineer Denny Jiosa, BMI's Joyce Rice, Crystal Gayle, producer Steve Ivey, Madacy Entertainment's Sandy Gardner, manager Bill Gatzimos.

photo by Morello/Ghergia

A professional songwriter since age 19, Stephenson wrote or co-wrote numerous hits, including BlackHawk's "Every Once In A While," and earned numerous BMI Country and Pop Awards, with five songs certified Million-Airs.

Henry Paul, Van Stephenson and Dave Robbins with gold plaques for their Arista album BlackHawk (1994). photo by Alan Mayor

His BMI Award-winning songs are

• "All My Life" Country/Pop/Million-Air
• "Almost A Memory Now" Country/Million-Air
• "Big Dreams In A Small Town" Country/Million-Air
• "Bluest Eyes In Texas" Country/Million-Air
• "Heartbreak Kid" Country Award
• "If The Fall Don't Get You" Country Award
• "Til I Loved You" Country/Million-Air
• "You've Got A Good Love Comin'" Country Award
• "Your Kisses Will" Country Award

An Ohio native, Stephenson moved to Nashville at age 10. He cut two solo albums as a rock musician in the 1980s but sold his first song to country singer Crystal Gayle. BlackHawk -- the trio of Stephenson, Dave Robbins and Henry Paul -- formed in 1992 on Arista Nashville and proved one of the most successful country groups of the 1990s, with such hits as "Goodbye Says It All" and "That's Just About Right."

Stephenson retired from the band in February 2000.

''We knew we couldn't replace him,'' Robbins said in an interview with The Tennessean. The band elevated bass player Randy Threet to Stephenson's vocal role. ''It would have been very hard to go out and hire somebody,'' said Robbins, a close friend and writing partner for 15 years.

BMI President & CEO Frances Preston grew to know Stephenson first as a writer associated with Warner/ Chappell Music and then as a volunteer entertainer at Country In The Rockies, an annual fundraiser for the Frances Williams Preston Laboratories at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center.

''He really felt that he was not dying in vain, but that he had made a contribution to others who will develop the same disease,'' she said. ''He will be sorely missed as an artist and even more so for his humanitarian deeds.''

Stephenson, a seminary graduate, also was a minister, said Karen Stephenson, his wife of 25 years. Music, she said, ''took him from the ministry but not his faith.'' He continued to baptize people and teach Bible study until nearly the end of his life, she said.

Besides his wife, Stephenson is survived by three children, Katie Dodson of Spring Hill and Julie and Wes Stephenson of Brentwood.

Visitation is 4-7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 10 at Brentwood Funeral Home, 9010 Church Street East, Brentwood. The funeral is at 1 p.m. Thursday, April 11 at Belmont Church in Nashville. Both are open to the public, but the graveside service is private.

Memorials can be sent to the American Cancer Society, attention of Brentwood Relay for Life.

Some information in this article appeared in the April 10 Tennessean.

BMI songwriters swept all five slots for Song of the Year, with writing partner Larry Cordle and Larry Shell posting two songs in the category:

• "Born With a Hammer In My Hand" -- written by Tim Stafford
• "Murder On Music Row" -- written by Larry Cordle and Larry Shell
• "Black Diamond Strings" -- written by Larry Cordle and Larry Shell
• "Tall Pines" -- written by Damon Black
• "John & Mary" -- written by Wayne Benson, Russell Moore and Donnie Carver

BMI-associated Entertainer of the Year finalists are The Del McCoury Band, Lonesome River Band, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver and IIIrd Tyme Out, each recieving mulitiple nominations.

Reigning Entertainers of the Year The Del McCoury Band received 10 mentions, including nods for Vocal Group, Instrumental Group and Entertainer of the Year. Ronnie McCoury also picked up a couple of nominations for Instrumental Album of the Year and Recorded Event of the Year, for his participation in Bluegrass Mandolin Extravaganza, a two-CD set of mandolin music he co-produced with David Grisman for the Acoustic Disc label. In addition to Grisman and McCoury, mandolinists (and BMI affiliates) Sam Bush, Bobby Osborne, Frank Wakefield, Jesse McReynolds are featured on the critically acclaimed set, joined by Del McCoury on guitar.

The Lonesome River Band, which has released a new album, Talkin' To Myself (Sugar Hill), has been nominated for six awards, including Vocal Group, Instrumental Group and Entertainer of the Year.

Six-time winner of the award for Vocal Group of the Year, IIIrd Tyme Out was nominated in five categories this year, including Entertainer of the Year and Vocal Group. As a result of extensive radio air play with the single, "John & Mary" from the Rounder Album by the same name, the group also received nominations for Song of the Year and Album of the Year. Blue Highway has been nominated in four categories this year, including Song of the Year for "Born With A Hammer In My Hand," from their self-titled album on the Ceili Music label, and Vocal Group of the Year.

Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, a long-time favorite to bluegrass audiences who have expanded into the gospel market the past couple of years, received nominations for Entertainer of the Year, Vocal Group and Gospel Recorded Event of the Year for the album, Winding Through Life. Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time, whose song "Murder On Music Row" currently tops the Bluegrass Unlimited radio air play chart, was nominated for three awards (the song is also in contention for Song of the Year honors from the Country Music Association). The members of Nickel Creek, whose video "Reasons Why" is airing on CMT, and buegrass banjo stylist J.D. Crowe and his band, The New South, were also nominated for three awards each. Rhonda Vincent and Dolly Parton, who currently have the #2 and #4 albums, respectively, on bluegrass radio according to Bluegrass Unlimited, both received nods for Female Vocalist of the Year and Album of the Year. Parton's The Grass Is Blue is the Country Music Hall of Fame member's first all-bluegrass album; Vincent's Back Home Again is exactly that--her return to bluegrass music after two country albums for Giant Records. Marshall Wilborn, who appears with the Lynn Morris Band, and legendary guitarist Doc Watson also picked up two nominations each.

The first Bluegrass Hall of Honor inductees in the new millennium include BMI-affiliated songwriter Doc Watson. In the 1960s Doc (Arthel) Watson's clean, melodic flat-pick lead guitar style inspired and profoundly influenced many younger players, helping establish the guitar as a lead instrument in bluegrass. Born March 3, 1923, Watson grew up near Deep Gap in the western North Carolina mountains, surrounded by family and friends playing old-time music. Though sightless, he learned guitar in styles ranging from fiddle tunes to blues and popular country music. After years of performing locally as a rockabilly electric guitarist, he began recording and touring as an acoustic folk artist in the early 1960s, quickly reaching headliner status. Doc's son, Merle, accompanied him on guitar until Merle's death in 1985. While not representing himself as a bluegrass performer, Watson earned respect in bluegrass for his guitar mastery, expressive vocals, invigorating harmonica and clawhammer banjo playing. Doc Watson's discography of several hundred recordings includes a stunning version of the instrumental, "Black Mountain Rag" and frequently requested ballads such as "Little Stream Of Whiskey," "The Train That Carried My Girl From Town," "Tennessee Stud" and "Little Sadie."

The recipients of the 2000 International Bluegrass Music Awards will be broadcast by radio around the world to more than 300 U. S. Markets and 14 foreign networks, thanks to the leadership and support of BellSouth. The awards are voted on by the professional membership of the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA), a professional trade association dedicated to promoting and expanding the success of bluegrass music. The Awards Show is the centerpiece of IBMA's week-long Trade Show and Bluegrass Fan Fest, slated for October 16-22. For additional information on World of Bluegrass Week registration and tickets. For more information, contact IBMA at 888-GET-IBMA or (270) 684-9025.

BMI's 2000 International Bluegrass Music Awards Nominees

Bluegrass Hall of Honor Inductee
Doc Watson

Entertainer of the Year
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
Lonesome River Band
The Del McCoury Band
IIIrd Tyme Out

Instrumental Group of the Year

J. D. Crowe & The New South
Lonesome River Band
The Del McCoury Band
Nickel Creek

Vocal Group of the Year

Blue Highway
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
Lonesome River Band
The Del McCoury Band
IIIrd Tyme Out

Female Vocalist of the Year

Claire Lynch
Lynn Morris
Dolly Parton
Rhonda Vincent

Male Vocalist of the Year

Ronnie Bowman
Dudley Connell
Del McCoury
Russell Moore
Dan Tyminski

Song of the Year

"Born With a Hammer In My Hand"
Blue Highway
written by Shawn Lane and Tim Stafford

"Murder On Music Row"
Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time w
ritten by Larry Cordle and Larry Shell

"Black Diamond Strings"
Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time
written by Larry Cordle and Larry Shell

"Tall Pines"
written by Damon Black

"John & Mary"
IIIrd Tyme Out
written by Wayne Benson, Russell Moore and Donnie Carver

Album of the Year

Blue Highway

Blue Highway, artist/producer

Murder On Music Row

Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time, artists/producers

The Grass Is Blue

Dolly Parton
Steve Buckingham, producer

John & Mary

IIIrd Tyme Out, artist/producer

Back Home Again

Rhonda Vincent, artist/producer

Gospel Recorded Performance of the Year

"Memories That Bless and Burn"
Dry Branch Fire Squad

"Pieces Of Our Past"
The Isaacs
Ben Isaacs, producer

"Winding Through Life"
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
Doyle Lawson, producer

Instumental Album of the Year

Bluegrass 2000

Jeff Autry, Wayne Benson, Mark Schatz, Ron Stewart, Scott Vestal
Scott Vestal, producer

Bluegrass Mandolin Extravaganza

David Grisman, Ronnie McCoury, Sam Bush, Frank Wakefield, Bobby Osborne, Jesse McReynolds
David Grisman, Ronnie McCoury, producers

A Man Must Carry On

Aubrey Haynie, artist/producer

Root 5

Marshall Wilborn, artist/producer

Instrumental Performers of the Year

Banjo

J. D. Crowe
Earl Scruggs

Bass

Missy Raines
Marshall Wilborn

Guitar

Jim Hurst
Tony Rice
Doc Watson

Dobro

Mike Auldridge
Jerry Douglas
Rob Ickes

Fiddle

Stuart Duncan
Aubrey Haynie
Bobby Hicks
Ronnie Stewart

Mandolin

Wayne Benson
Sam Bush
Chris Thile

Recorded Event of the Year

"Meet Me By The Moonlight"
Dudley Connell, artist/producer

"Bluegrass Mandolin Extravaganza"
David Grisman, Ronnie McCoury, Sam Bush, Frank Wakefield, Bobby Osborne, Jesse McReynolds
Ronnie McCoury and David Grisman, producers

"The 'Big Tiger' Roars Again, Part 1"
Benny Martin, Tom T. Hall, Earl Scruggs, Vince Gill, Del McCoury, Crystal Gayle, John Hartford, Jim & Jesse McReynolds, Johnny Russell, Jerry Douglas
Benny Martin, producer

"Rice, Rice Hillman & Pedersen"
Tony Rice, Larry Rice, Chris Hillman, Herb Pedersen

"Third Generation Blues"
Doc Watson
Doc Watson, T. Michael Coleman, producers

Emerging Artist of the Year

Dale Ann Bradley & Coon Creek
Jim Hurst & Missy Raines
Nickel Creek
Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show
Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike