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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

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 Pictured backstage on Saturday, June 9 at the BMI Tailgate Party during the 2012 CMA Music Festival are BMI’s Penny Everhard, Chancie Neal, and BMI’s Bradley Collins. View Photo

Jun 14, 2012 A large crowd gathered at LP Field to hear some of their favorite contemporary country hits, provided by Dallas Davidson and Rhett Akins, on Thursday, June 7 at the BMI Tailgate Party at the 2012 CMA Music Festival. View Photo

Jun 14, 2012 The World Famous Headliners prepare for their set on Sunday, June 10 at the BMI Tailgate Party during the 2012 CMA Music Festival. View Photo

Jun 14, 2012 The World Famous Headliners perform on Sunday, June 10 at the BMI Tailgate Party during the 2012 CMA Music Festival. View Photo

Jun 14, 2012 Pictured on Friday, June 8 at the BMI Tailgate Party during the 2012 CMA Music Festival are Sony ATV Music Publishing’s Troy Tomlinson, Two Foot Fred, BMI’s Clay Bradley, Jerry Lawler, and The New Row Mob’s Ken McMahon and Dave Kennedy. View Photo

Jun 14, 2012 Pictured backstage at the BMI Tailgate Party at the 2012 CMA Music Festival are BMI’s Jody Williams, Dallas Davidson, EMI Music Publishing’s Tom Luteran, Rhett Akins, EMI Music Publishing’s Ben Vaughn, and BMI’s Leslie Roberts and Mark Mason. View Photo