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Oct 02, 2009 The National Alliance of State Broadcasters Association (NASBA) recently turned 25 years-old, and in order to help the organization commemorate the milestone, BMI’s Margaret Vann (r) presented a gold record to NASBA President Christine Merritt (l) at the NASBA’s fall meeting. View Photo

Oct 02, 2009 Shown at the NBC studios after a taping of The Jay Leno Show are BMI’s Michael Crepezzi and Linda Livingston, the show’s longtime band leader and BMI composer Kevin Eubanks, and BMI’s Alison Smith. View Photo

Oct 02, 2009 Daniel Hill of Cal IV Music Publishing congratulates the writers and Aldean on their success at the “Big Green Tractor” #1 party on September 29. Pictured are BMI’s Jody Williams, Cal IV’s Cal Turner IV and Daniel Hill, co-writer Jim Collins, Jason Aldean, and Broken Bow’s Benny Brown. View Photo

Oct 02, 2009 Co-writer Jim Collins is interviewed atop BMI’s Nashville office at the “Big Green Tractor” #1 party on September 29. View Photo

Oct 02, 2009 Jason Aldean is all smiles at the “Big Green Tractor” #1 party in Nashville on September 29. View Photo

Oct 02, 2009 Jason Aldean thanks his family and friends for joining him in celebrating his hit #1 “Big Green Tractor” on September 29 at BMI. Pictured are co-writer David Lee Murphy, Jason Aldean, and co-writer Jim Collins. View Photo

Oct 02, 2009 Music Row revelers rallied around a large piece of farm equipment parked in front of BMI on Tuesday, September 29 to celebrate the chart-topping success of Jason Aldean’s “Big Green Tractor.” Co-written by BMI hit-maker Jim Collins and David Lee Murphy and co-published by Cal IV Music Publishing, the song dominated the country charts for four consecutive weeks, and became… View Photo

Sep 29, 2009 Critically acclaimed singer/songwriter Miranda Lambert recently performed her entire new album, Revolution, in sequence to a sold-out crowd at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. An inspired honky tonk torch-bearer, Lambert released the album—her third—on Tuesday, September 29. Pictured at the show are BMI’s Jody Williams, Miranda Lambert, and Sony Nashville’s Joe Galante. View Photo

Sep 29, 2009 Songwriting legend Jerry Chesnut recently received a BMI Million-Air certificate honoring the more than 4 million performances of his song, “T-R-O-U-B-L-E,” recorded by Elvis Presley and later by Travis Tritt. Chesnut also wrote signature songs and unvarnished classics for Jerry Lee Lewis (“Another Place, Another Time”), George Jones (“A Good Year for the Roses”), Del Reeves (“Looking at the World… View Photo

Sep 29, 2009 Houston County, a recent addition to the Stroudavarious record label, recently played an acoustic set for BMI’s Nashville staffers. The trio’s performance included “I Can’t Make It Rain,” the first single off their self-titled debut. Pictured are BMI’s David Preston and Jody Wililams; Good Ole Delta Boy Music’s Jimmy Metts; BMI’s Clay Bradley; Houston County’s Zack Hooper, John Milldrum, and… View Photo