As part of its popular monthly songwriter showcase at the Bluebird Cafe, ASCAP Nashville presented BMG songwriters Brett James, Neil Thrasher, busbee and other guests at a sold-out show on January 11. James was ASCAP’s 2010 Country Songwriter of the Year (he also won this award in 2006, along with the Song of the Year award for “Jesus, Take the Wheel”). Thrasher claimed the ASCAP Country Songwriter of the Year title in 2004 and his song “Why Wait” (Rascal Flatts) recently topped the country chart. busbee celebrated his first country No. 1 in 2010 with Lady Antebellum’s “Our Kind of Love.”
(L-R): singer/songwriter Andrew Pates, Cornman Music songwriter/artist Caitlyn Smith, ASCAP's Mike Sistad, busbee, Neil Thrasher, Brett James, ASCAP's LeAnn Phelan, Cornman Music songwriter/Universal Music recording artist Kip Moore. Photo: Julie Meirick
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