Chris Waters http://www.bmi.com/affiliate/rss/C793 This BMI RSS feed contains news articles, events, and musicworld articles for a specific affiliate or group. en affiliates@bmi.com Copyright 2008 2008-08-27T20:08:01-05:00 BMI Honors ‘Real Good Man’ http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/233916 Artists, McGraw, Tim, Steele, Jeffrey, Verges, Troy, Waters, Chris, Musical Styles, Country Tim McGraw's 21st #1 single, "Real Good Man," written by BMI writer George Teren with Rivers Rutherford. The song is featured on McGraw's platinum Curb album Tim McGraw and The Dancehall Doctors. The song's publishers, Teren It Up Music and Zomba/Careers-BMG Music Publishing Inc., were honored at the party, along with producers Byron Gallimore and Darran Smith. Teren's catalog also includes the Million-Air- and BMI Award-winning songs "Busy Man" (Billy Ray Cyrus), "Running Out Of Reasons To Run" (Rick Trevino), and "She's Sure Taking It Well" (Kevin Sharp).


Tim McGraw, BMI's Joyce Rice, songwriters George Teren and Rivers Rutherford


Michelle Metzger, BMI's Perry Howard, Katie Dalton, Kent Earls, Gary Hannan


George Teren, 2003 BMI Songwriter of the Year Jeffrey Steele, Rivers Rutherford


2002 BMI Songwriter of the Year Troy Verges, George Teren
Chris Waters, BMI's Joyce Rice

photos by Kay Williams]]> 2003-12-07T17:00:01-05:00 Tommy Lee James and Chris Waters http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/233367 Artists, Brooks & Dunn, Clark, Terri, James, Tommy Lee, McBride, Martina, McGraw, Tim, Waters, Chris, Musical Styles, Country At a BMI-hosted celebration dinner, songwriters Tommy Lee James and Chris Waters received pewter BMI #1 cups for their hit "What I Really Meant To Say." The debut release from Capitol Nashville's Cyndi Thompson, "What I Really Meant To Say" is published by Still Working Music, Sony/ATV Tree, Chris Waters Music, and Tommy Lee James Songs. Among Waters's other BMI Award-winning songs are "You're Easy On The Eyes" and "Better Things To Do" (Terri Clark), "She Never Lets It Go To Her Heart" (Tim McGraw) and "That Ain't My Truck" (Rhett Akins). James also scored BMI honors with the hits "If You See Him/If You See Her" (Brooks & Dunn with Reba McEntire), "Wrong Again" (Martina McBride) and "A Man This Lonely" (Brooks & Dunn).


BMI's David Preston, Mary Beth & Tommy Lee James, Vicki McGehee, Chris Waters, BMI's Joyce Rice
]]> 2002-04-14T18:00:00-05:00 Much Ado About ‘Nothin’ http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/232993 Artists, Brooks & Dunn, Byrd, Tracy, Shapiro, Tom, Waters, Chris, Wright, Mark, Musical Styles, Country Songwriters Tom Shapiro and Rivers Rutherford celebrated their 6-weeks-at-#1 smash "Ain't Nothin' Bout You" at BMI Nashville (7/10) with a host of family and friends, receiving special thanks from Brooks & Dunn for the biggest single of their career. Number One presentations were also made to publishers Wenonga Music and Sony/ATV Tree Music Publishing, and Arista Records.


Kix Brooks, Ronnie Dunn, Tom Shapiro, Sony/ATV Tree's Woody Bomar, Arista's Bobby Kraig, BMI's Joyce Rice, producer Mark Wright and BMI's Paul Corbin

Shapiro is a 3-time BMI Country Songwriter of the Year and has collected more than 30 BMI Country Awards and 20 Million-Air certifications. Among his hits are "Wink" (1995 BMI Country Song Of the Year), "That Ain't My Truck," "When Boy Meets Girl," "She Never Lets It Go To Her Heart" and "You're Easy On the Eyes." Rutherford is also on the charts with the Tracy Byrd/Mark Chesnutt collaboration "That's A Good Way To Get On My Bad Side." Brooks & Dunn are currently on tour with their Neon Circus & Wild West Show in support of their album Steers and Stripes.


Sony/ATV Tree's Donna Hilley, Kathy Wright, BMI's Joyce Rice 		 
Sony/ATV Tree's Chris Waters and Tom Shapiro


Claire Douglas with songwriter dad Tom ("Grown Men Don't Cry')
Sam, Diane and Tom Shapiro


Ali & Rivers Rutherford		  
Mark Wright and Family Admire #1 Plaque From Tree

photos by Kay Williams

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