{"id":20081,"date":"2019-11-13T09:34:40","date_gmt":"2019-11-13T16:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1814581"},"modified":"2019-11-13T09:34:40","modified_gmt":"2019-11-13T16:34:40","slug":"dwight-yoakam-receives-bmi-presidents-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/music-news\/dwight-yoakam-receives-bmi-presidents-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Dwight Yoakam Receives BMI President\u2019s Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"byline\"> by <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/morrise\/\" title=\"Posts by Edward Morris\" rel=\"author\">Edward Morris<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\"><br \/>\n1h ago<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Despite the onset of bone-chilling cold, BMI soldiered on with its awards ceremonies Tuesday night (Nov. 12), during which country traditionalist Dwight Yoakam was honored with the President\u2019s Award and \u201cRocky Top,\u201d the bluegrass classic, was cited with the newly inaugurated Evergreen Award.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo\" id=\"6516da39\">\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"> <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;img&quot;}\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/Jody-Williams-Mike-ONeill-Ross-Copperman-Nicolle-Galyon-Mike-Steinberg-1573663690.jpg?quality=0.85&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/Jody-Williams-Mike-ONeill-Ross-Copperman-Nicolle-Galyon-Mike-Steinberg-1573663690.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=481 481w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/Jody-Williams-Mike-ONeill-Ross-Copperman-Nicolle-Galyon-Mike-Steinberg-1573663690.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=660 660w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/Jody-Williams-Mike-ONeill-Ross-Copperman-Nicolle-Galyon-Mike-Steinberg-1573663690.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=768 768w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/Jody-Williams-Mike-ONeill-Ross-Copperman-Nicolle-Galyon-Mike-Steinberg-1573663690.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=980 980w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/Jody-Williams-Mike-ONeill-Ross-Copperman-Nicolle-Galyon-Mike-Steinberg-1573663690.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1200 1200w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/Jody-Williams-Mike-ONeill-Ross-Copperman-Nicolle-Galyon-Mike-Steinberg-1573663690.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1500 1500w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/Jody-Williams-Mike-ONeill-Ross-Copperman-Nicolle-Galyon-Mike-Steinberg-1573663690.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1800 1800w\" title=\"Jody Williams, Mike O'Neill, Ross Copperman, Nicolle Galyon, Mike Steinberg\" class=\" js-srcset-img shortcode-image \" alt><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"photocredit\"> Erika Goldring \/Getty Images <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The temperature, which had dropped into the mid-teens by showtime, was particularly relevant to this event since it was staged, as usual, on a broad expanse of BMI\u2019s normally unheated parking garage. On Monday, the performing rights organization sent out a warning to invited guests to dress warmly even though special use heaters had been installed. Still the crowd came. <\/p>\n<div class=\"photo\" id=\"1ba7a684\">\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"> <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;img&quot;}\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/Dan-Shay-at-BMI-1573663798.jpg?quality=0.85&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/Dan-Shay-at-BMI-1573663798.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=481 481w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/Dan-Shay-at-BMI-1573663798.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=660 660w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/Dan-Shay-at-BMI-1573663798.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=768 768w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/Dan-Shay-at-BMI-1573663798.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=980 980w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/Dan-Shay-at-BMI-1573663798.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1200 1200w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/Dan-Shay-at-BMI-1573663798.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1500 1500w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/Dan-Shay-at-BMI-1573663798.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1800 1800w\" title=\"BMI President\/CEO Mike O'Neill, Shay Mooney and Dan Smyers of Dan + Shay, Nicolle Galyon, BMI's Mike Steinberg, Warner Chappel's Ben Vaughn, BMI's Mason Hunter and BMI Vice President, Creative, Jody Williams\" class=\" js-srcset-img shortcode-image \" alt><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"photocredit\"> Erika Goldring \/Getty Images <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Held annually to recognize BMI\u2019s most performed songs of the past year, this gala cited \u201cTequila,\u201d the Dan + Shay hit, as its song of the year and Nicolle Galyon and Ross Copperman as songwriters of the year, each of whom had co-written four of the top 2019 songs. Warner-Tamerlane Publishing was declared publisher of the year with credits on 24 of the Top 50 songs.<\/p>\n<p>BMI officials Mike O\u2019Neill and Jody Williams presided over the presentations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo\" id=\"0c671ff7\">\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"> <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;img&quot;}\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/Margo-Price-and-Bob-Weir-1573664041.jpg?quality=0.85&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/Margo-Price-and-Bob-Weir-1573664041.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=481 481w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/Margo-Price-and-Bob-Weir-1573664041.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=660 660w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/Margo-Price-and-Bob-Weir-1573664041.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=768 768w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/Margo-Price-and-Bob-Weir-1573664041.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=980 980w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/Margo-Price-and-Bob-Weir-1573664041.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1200 1200w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/Margo-Price-and-Bob-Weir-1573664041.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1500 1500w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/Margo-Price-and-Bob-Weir-1573664041.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1800 1800w\" title=\"Margo Price and Bob Weir\" class=\" js-srcset-img shortcode-image \" alt><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"photocredit\"> Erika Goldring \/Getty Images <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Giving a musical context to Yoakam\u2019s award, singer Jon Pardi sang \u201cGuitars, Cadillac,\u201d Yoakam\u2019s 1986 hit. Margo Price and Bob Weir essayed \u201cFast as You\u201d (1993) and the Highwomen, backed by Jason Isbell on guitar, brought it all home with \u201cA Thousand Miles From Nowhere\u201d (1993). Yoakam composed all three songs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo\" id=\"6ca09612\">\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"> <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;img&quot;}\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/The-Highwomen-at-BMI-1573663985.jpg?quality=0.85&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/The-Highwomen-at-BMI-1573663985.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=481 481w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/The-Highwomen-at-BMI-1573663985.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=660 660w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/The-Highwomen-at-BMI-1573663985.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=768 768w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/The-Highwomen-at-BMI-1573663985.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=980 980w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/The-Highwomen-at-BMI-1573663985.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1200 1200w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/The-Highwomen-at-BMI-1573663985.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1500 1500w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/The-Highwomen-at-BMI-1573663985.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1800 1800w\" title=\"Amanda Shires, Maren Morris, Brandi Carlile and Natalie Hemby of The Highwomen\" class=\" js-srcset-img shortcode-image \" alt><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"photocredit\"> Erika Goldring \/Getty Images <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cRocky Top\u201d was a minor hit for the Oborne Brothers (not to be confused with Brothers Osborne) in 1968, but this banjo driven story of moonshining \u201cdown in the Tennessee hills\u201d quickly became a favorite on the bluegrass festival circuit as well as a football war cry at the University of Tennessee.<\/p>\n<p>The song was written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant, whose son Del, would eventually rise to head BMI and who was on hand with his brother, Dane, to accept the accolade. Ricky Skaggs and his band, Kentucky Thunder, gave new wings to the song with their breakneck rendition. The newly coined Evergreen Award is designated for \u201cthose one-of-a-kind songs that have left an unforgettable imprint on our lives.\u201d <\/p>\n<div class=\"photo\" id=\"92038a54\">\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"> <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;img&quot;}\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/Warner-Tamerlane-1573666297.jpg?quality=0.85&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/Warner-Tamerlane-1573666297.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=481 481w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/Warner-Tamerlane-1573666297.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=660 660w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/Warner-Tamerlane-1573666297.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=768 768w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/Warner-Tamerlane-1573666297.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=980 980w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/Warner-Tamerlane-1573666297.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1200 1200w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/Warner-Tamerlane-1573666297.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1500 1500w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/Warner-Tamerlane-1573666297.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1800 1800w\" title=\"Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Group\" class=\" js-srcset-img shortcode-image \" alt><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Galyon is the first female to be named BMI Country Songwriter of the Year since Taylor Swift took the title in 2010. Galyon\u2019s songwriting credits include Lee Brice\u2019s \u201cBoy,\u201d Keith Urban\u2019s \u201cComing Home,\u201d Lady Antebellum\u2019s \u201cHeartbreak\u201d and \u201cTequila.\u201d Copperman, who earned the award for the third time, has written hits such as Kenny Chesney\u2019s \u201cGet Along,\u201d Blake Shelton\u2019s \u201cI Lived It,\u201d Justin Moore\u2019s \u201cKinda Don\u2019t Care\u201d and Dierks Bentley\u2019s \u201cWoman, Amen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmi.com\/news\/entry\/2019-bmi-country-awards\">Here is a complete list of the evening\u2019s winners.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n<div class=\"description\"> Edward Morris is a veteran of country music journalism. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee, and is a frequent contributor to CMT.com. <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1814581\/dwight-yoakam-receives-bmi-presidents-award\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Edward Morris 1h ago Despite the onset of bone-chilling cold, BMI soldiered on with its awards ceremonies Tuesday night (Nov. 12), during which country traditionalist Dwight Yoakam was honored with the President\u2019s Award and \u201cRocky Top,\u201d the bluegrass classic, was cited with the newly inaugurated Evergreen Award. Erika Goldring \/Getty Images The temperature, which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-20081","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-14 14:04:03","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KRKY Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20081\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}