Pictured (L-R): BMI songwriter Sundance Head, SunTrust’s Dusty Miller, BMI Icon and Mountain High Music Festival’s Dean Dillon, SunTrust’s Earle Simmons and BMI’s Mason Hunter. Photo: Dusty Demerson
Dean Dillon hosted several of his songwriter friends for the Mountain High Music Festival, held Jan. 11-15 in Crested Butte, Colorado. Sponsored by BMI and SunTrust Bank, the festival featured four days of country writers sharing stories and songs in one of the most scenic locations in the US. Festival performers included BMI songwriters Sundance Head, Jamey Johnson, Alison Krauss, Sonia Leigh, Ashley Monroe, Travis Meadows, Wendell Mobley, and more, and was hosted by Sirius XM’s Storme Warren.
Pictured (L-R:) BMI songwriters Jody Booth, Dean Dillon, Travis Meadows and Sundance Head perform at the Mountain High Music Festival. (Photo by Dusty Demerson.)
BMI songwriter Jamey Johnson plays guitar as fellow BMI writer Alison Krauss looks on after her turn at the Mountain High Music Festival. Photo: Dusty Demerson
BMI songwriter Ashley Monroe at the Mountain High Music Festival
BMI songwriters Sonia Leigh and Wendell Mobley sing at the Mountain High Music Festival. Photo: Dusty Demerson
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