{"id":64148,"date":"2015-11-03T23:31:11","date_gmt":"2015-11-04T05:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=64148"},"modified":"2015-11-03T23:31:11","modified_gmt":"2015-11-04T05:31:11","slug":"elvis-songwriter-mac-davis-honored-by-bmi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/11\/03\/elvis-songwriter-mac-davis-honored-by-bmi\/","title":{"rendered":"Elvis songwriter Mac Davis honored by BMI"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mac Davis (Photo from Wikipedia<\/a>\/Carol Highsmith)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

NASHVILLE, Tennessee \u2013 Songwriter Mac Davis, who wrote the Elvis Presley classic \u201cIn the Ghetto,\u201d was honored at the BMI Country Awards in Nashville, Tennessee, on Tuesday with tributes from Luke Bryan and Little Big Town.<\/p>\n

Davis was given the BMI Icon award for penning five decades of hits in the pop and country worlds including \u201cMemories,\u201d \u201cA Little Less Conversation\u201d and \u201cTexas in my Rearview Mirror.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Lubbock, Texas-native was also a film and stage actor, TV and radio personality and had a solo career as a singer. Davis said he was in awe of Elvis\u2019 personality and thanked him for helping him as a songwriter and later as an artist.<\/p>\n

\u201cI watched him when he first came to Lubbock, Texas, and he stood on the back of a flatbed truck; and the girls were just screaming and yelling and climbing up and trying to get to him,\u201d Davis told the crowd of songwriters, artists and music industry representatives. \u201cAnd I said, \u2018Man, I want to do that.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Rascal Flatts performed Davis\u2019 song \u201cBaby, Don\u2019t Get Hooked on Me,\u201d while the four-part vocal group Little Big Town performed the softly poignant \u201cIn the Ghetto.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI also want to know how you wrote a lyric that tells a woman to shut her mouth,\u201d Bryan said, before breaking into his best Elvis impression of \u201cA Little Less Conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rodney Clawson was named songwriter of the year for his writing credits on seven top country songs, including Kenny Chesney\u2019s \u201cAmerican Kids,\u201d and Lady Antebellum\u2019s \u201cBartender.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBeat of the Music,\u201d performed and co-written by Brett Eldredge, was named the song of the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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