More Stars Than There Are in the Heavens.
That was the saying about the MGM lot during Hollywood’s golden age in the ‘30s and ‘40s. If there’s an organization in country music that can say the same in this golden age of country music, it is surely BMI. The performance rights organization’s 57th annual Nashville banquet (11/10) positively glittered with stardust.
We entered on the red carpet directly behind twinkling Taylor Swift, who held her red-ribbon medallion award against her form fitting cream-colored sheath for every photographer who asked. It meant that the line moved slowly, but it was fascinating to see how kind and patient she was with the demands of celebrity.
Once inside, we encountered super novas and baby stars alike. Joey + Rory, Jack Ingram, James Otto, Jake Owen, Jeffrey Steele, Jamey Johnson and Jimmy Wayne were mingling. So were Steve Cropper, Ray Stevens, Shawn Camp, Craig Morgan, Gary Chapman, Steve Wariner, Radney Foster, The Band Perry, American Idol’s Danny Gokey (whose debut single had dropped that day), Keith Urban, Lady Antebellum, Suzy Ragsdale, Miranda Lambert & Blake Shelton, Sugarland’s Kristian Bush, Billy Burnette and Keith Anderson.
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