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Jun 14, 2012 Kenny Vaughan performs on Sunday, June 10 at the BMI Tailgate Party during the 2012 CMA Music Festival. View Photo

Jun 14, 2012 Pictured backstage at the BMI Tailgate Party on Thursday, June 7 at the 2012 CMA Music Festival are BMI’s Bradley Collins, along with Brent Cobb and his band. View Photo

Jun 14, 2012 Pictured backstage on Friday, June 8 at the BMI Tailgate Party during the 2012 CMA Music Festival are BMI’s Penny Everhard, BMI songwriter Brandon Kinney, and BMI’s Mark Mason View Photo

Jun 14, 2012 2011 BMI Songwriters of the Year Rhett Akins and Dallas Davidson perform at the BMI Tailgate Party on Thursday, June 7 at the 2012 CMA Music Festival. View Photo

Jun 14, 2012 Florida-Georgia Line performs on Saturday, June 9 at the BMI Tailgate Party during the 2012 CMA Music Festival. View Photo

Jun 14, 2012 Kristen Kelly performs on Friday, June 8 at the BMI Tailgate Party during the 2012 CMA Music Festival. View Photo

Jun 14, 2012 Pictured backstage on Friday, June 8 at the BMI Tailgate Party during the 2012 CMA Music Festival are BMI’s Jody Williams, Tennessee Titans’ Craig Stevens, and Karen Williams. View Photo

Jun 14, 2012 BMI recently debuted the BMI Tailgate Party at the 2012 CMA Music Festival. Running from Thursday, June 7 to Sunday, June 10, the stage featured rising stars, songwriters behind the hits, honky tonk heroes and guitars gods, each serving as rowdy warm-ups before the nightly shows at LP Field. The stage, which was BMI’s first foray into the hugely successful… View Photo

Jun 14, 2012 Pictured backstage on Saturday, June 9 at the BMI Tailgate Party during the 2012 CMA Music Festival are BMI’s Clay Bradley, Chancie Neal, Redlight Management’s Kerri Edwards, and BMI’s Bradley Collins. View Photo

Jun 14, 2012 2011 BMI Songwriter of the Year Rhett Akins performs on Thursday, June 7 at the BMI Tailgate Party at the 2012 CMA Music Festival. View Photo