Andy Griffith Holds Court at BMI Nashville
Pictured at BMI Nashville are BMI's Paul Corbin, Irving Music's Bobby Rymer, Andy & Cindi Griffith, Marty Stuart & Connie Smith, and Sparrow's Billy Ray Hearn. |
Presentations were made by Corbin on behalf of BMI, which has represented Griffith's music [from his comedy records to Mayberry-themed songs to gospel arrangements] for a half-century; by Chuck Cannon on behalf of the Nashville Songwriters Association International [NSAI]; and by Mayor Bill Purcell and Sheriff Daron Hall, who gave him a sheriff's badge. Ol' Ange delighted the awe-struck crowd by talking about his early music career and then capped the evening with some story-telling magic about a a poor juggler who gave the only gift he had to God on Christmas Day.
Davidson County Sheriff Daron Hall and Nashville Mayor Bill Purcell with Andy Griffith. photo by Alan Mayor |
Andy Griffith and Chuck Cannon |
Andy Griffith and Terry McBride |
Melanie Smith Howard, Andy Griffith, BMI's Thomas Cain |
Winston Harless, Andy Griffith, AmSouth's Lisa Harless |
photos by Kay Williams
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