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Mar 29, 2011 Rick Huckaby recently signed with Tracy Lawrence’s Lawrence Music Group (LMG) and stopped by BMI to ink the paperwork. Huckaby wrote Trace Adkins' top 20 single “Muddy Water” and recently released his sophomore album Hittin’ My Stride. Pictured are (front row) Tracy Lawrence and Rick Huckaby; (back row) Lawrence Music Group’s Flip Anderson and Alex Torrez, and BMI’s Clay Bradley. View Photo

Mar 25, 2011 J.T. Harding (left) and Shane McAnally (right) celebrate at the “Somewhere with You” #1 party, held Wednesday, March 23 in Nashville. View Photo

Mar 25, 2011 BMI celebrated the success of Kenny Chesney’s #1 hit “Somewhere with You” at a party held at Cabana on Wednesday, March 23 in Nashville. The three-week chart-topper is the first #1 for BMI singer/songwriter J.T. Harding and his co-writer Shane McAnally, whose creative chemistry was immediately evident: The two knocked out the smash the first day they met. Pictured are… View Photo

Mar 25, 2011 Pictured at the “Somewhere with You” #1 party are co-writer Shane McAnally, Kenny Chesney, and co-writer J.T. Harding. View Photo

Mar 25, 2011 Co-writer J.T. Harding talks about topping the charts for the first time at the “Somewhere with You” #1 party, held Wednesday, March 23 in Nashville. View Photo

Mar 25, 2011 BMI’s Jody Williams congratulates co-writer J.T. Harding at the “Somewhere with You” #1 party. View Photo

Mar 25, 2011 Jon Troast performs at BMI Buzz at the Basement on March 24 in Nashville. View Photo

Mar 25, 2011 Russell Dickerson performs at BMI Buzz at the Basement on March 24 in Nashville. View Photo

Mar 25, 2011 Kree Harrison performs at BMI Buzz at the Basement on March 24 in Nashville. View Photo

Mar 25, 2011 BMI and venue partner the Basement featured Russell Dickerson, Jon Troast, Kree Harrison, and Ella Mae Bowen, who made her Nashville debut, at BMI Buzz on March 24. The quarterly showcase allows up-and-comers to show off their songwriting chops to industry heavyweights with intimate, acoustic performances. Pictured are BMI’s Bradley Collins and Beth Laird, Dickerson, Bowen, Harrison, Troast, and BMI’s… View Photo