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Mar 13, 2009 Co-writer Marty Dodson smiles for the camera with one of many awards he received during the party Wednesday, February 11 celebrating Kenny Chesney’s no. 1 song “Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven.” View Photo

Mar 13, 2009 BMI’s Jody Williams and co-writer Jim Collins show off one of Jim’s new plaques at the party Wednesday, February 11 celebrating Kenny Chesney’s no. 1 song “Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven.” View Photo

Mar 13, 2009 Pictured at the party Wednesday, February 11 celebrating Kenny Chesney’s no. 1 song “Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven” are BMI’s Jody Williams; publisher Mike Sebastian of Blacktop Music; producer Buddy Cannon; co-writers Marty Dodson and Jim Collins; BMI’s Clay Bradley; and publishers Billy Lynn and Daniel Hill of Cal IV Entertainment. View Photo

Mar 12, 2009 As part of CRS-40, Lyric Street Records and Carolwood Records co-hosted a guitar pull at the ICON in Nashville’s Gulch area. Pictured at the event are BMI’s Perry Howard, Lyric Street artists and BMI songwriters Sarah Buxton and Billy Ray Cyrus, Carolwood artist and BMI songwriter Trent Tomlinson, BMI’s Mason Hunter, Wilmington, Delaware’s WXCY-FM General Manager Bob Bloom, and BMI’s… View Photo

Mar 12, 2009 Pictured performing during the annual WCRS Live! showcase presented by BMI and Country Aircheck Thursday, March 5 are Jamey Johnson, Bobby Pinson, Paul Overstreet and Josh Turner. View Photo

Mar 12, 2009 Pictured at the annual WCRS Live! showcase presented by BMI and Country Aircheck Thursday, March 5 are BMI’s Dan Spears and Clay Bradley, performers Paul Overstreet, Josh Turner, Jamey Johnson, and Bobby Pinson, and BMI’s Jody Williams. Staged during CRS-40, the anticipated evening of live music featured a commanding set from multiple award-winning singer-songwriters. View Photo

Mar 12, 2009 Justin Townes Earle recently changed his songwriter affiliation to BMI. Earle’s 2008 album The Good Life elicited lavish praise from outlets including The New York Times, No Depression, and hometown tastemaker the Nashville Scene. His follow-up for Chicago-based indie label Bloodshot Records, dubbed Midnight at the Movies, hit streets March 3. Pictured with Justin Townes Earle are BMI’s Jody Williams… View Photo

Mar 12, 2009 Pictured at the party Thursday, March 5 celebrating the Zac Brown Band’s first no. 1 single “Chicken Fried” are BMI’s Bradley Collins, Angelika Music’s Richard Blackstone, ROAR’s Lynn Oliver and Matt Maher, co-writers Wyatt Durrette and Zac Brown, CAA’s John Huis and Matthew Morgan, ROAR’s Will Ward and BMI’s Jody Williams, with Bigger Picture Promotion’s Jeff Solima and Michael Powers… View Photo

Mar 12, 2009 Co-writers Wyatt Durrette (left) and Zac Brown (right) enjoy jokes, sweet tea and fried chicken at the BMI-hosted party Thursday, March 5 celebrating the Zac Brown Band’s first no. 1 single, “Chicken Fried.” View Photo

Mar 12, 2009 BMI’s Clay Bradley (left) grins for the camera with Zac Brown (right) at the BMI-hosted party Thursday, March 5 celebrating the Zac Brown Band’s first no. 1 single, “Chicken Fried.” View Photo