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May 10, 2010 BMI’s Clay Bradley and songwriters Lori McKenna, Jesse Walker, Liz Rose and Lisa Carver enjoy the Key West Songwriters Festival. View Photo

May 10, 2010 Robert Earl Keen, Jamey Johnson, and Raul Malo close-out the first evening of performances at the 2010 Key West Songwriters Festival View Photo

May 10, 2010 Hanging out at the Green Parrot in Key West: Bug Music’s Sara Johnson, Kacey Musgraves, BMI’s Beth Mason, Luke Laird, Kelly Archer, Combustion’s Chris Van Belkom, with Cornman Music's Nate Lowery, front and center. View Photo

May 10, 2010 Thompson Square performs at Sloppy Joe’s on Friday, April 30 during the 2010 Key West Songwriters Festival. View Photo

May 10, 2010 Jamey Johnson fields questions from GAC’s Storme Warren during the Key West Songwriters Festival. View Photo

May 10, 2010 Pictured at the 2010 Key West Songwriters Festival are (back row) BMI’s Jody Williams, Raul Malo, Key West Songwriters Festival director Charlie Bauer, and BMI’s Charlie Feldman and Mark Mason; (front row) Key West Songwriters Festival’s Dani Holliday and Nadene Grossman. View Photo

Apr 28, 2010 Acclaimed multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Phil Madeira recently made the switch to BMI. Madeira has had songs recorded by Toby Keith, Alison Krauss, Ricky Skaggs, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and many others, while the lengthy list of musicians with whom Madeira has performed includes Buddy Miller, Solomon Burke, Elvis Costello, Emmylou Harris, Vince Gill, and Patty Griffin. Pictured are Phil Madeira… View Photo

Apr 28, 2010 On April 12, BMI took 2006 BMI Country Songwriter of the Year Vicky McGehee to dinner to celebrate a number of her songs achieving over a million performances each. The list of McGehee’s hits that have been heard over a million times includes Toby Keith’s “God Love Her”; Faith Hill’s “Like We Never Loved At All”; Gretchen Wilson’s “When I… View Photo

Apr 22, 2010 Friday, April 23 would have been rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Roy Orbison’s 74th birthday. In addition to helping spread the word about activities scheduled to celebrate the late icon, BMI is commemorating Orbison’s birthday by showcasing this legendary photo, which captures the camaraderie of the historic 1963 tour featuring Orbison and the Beatles. Pictured are John Lennon, Orbison… View Photo

Apr 20, 2010 Shown enjoying the NAB convention in Las Vegas are BMI Board Chairman Jack Sander, Graham Nash, Colbie Caillat, Willie Nelson, Toby Keith, and BMI President & CEO Del Bryant. View Photo