Even though the majority of the people who come to Nashville for CMA week are country music fans, you didn’t have to be one to enjoy the BMI songwriter showcase-tailgate party yesterday at LP Field. This unique event was as much a foot stompin’ rock concert as it was country music show, and the crowd of 3000 plus concertgoers received a rare treat on this warm, sunny afternoon. 2011 EMI songwriter of the year, Rhett Akins, and 2011 BMI songwriter of the year, Dallas Davidson, also known as the Peach Pickers, have written some of the biggest chart-toppers in recent country music history, and collectively have more hits songs currently on the radio than any of the major artists they write for.

 

Hit songwriter Craig Wiseman held his annual benefit concert for the Second Harvest Food Bank in Nashville Tuesday evening (June 5), bringing along some of his favorite singers and songwriters in town. Vince Gill, Jake Owen, Florida Georgia Line, Dallas Davidson, Rhett Akins, Rodney Clawson and Chris Tompkins all joined in to help Wiseman raise funding for the hungry while serving up hit after hit for a packed house inside the historic Ryman Auditorium.