Alan Mayor Memorial Scheduled at BMI Today

Longtime MusicRow photographer Alan Mayor, will be remembered at BMI’s Nashville headquarters this afternoon (April 20) from 4:00-7:00 p.m. during the public memorial. Misty Loggins and friends will sing songs in his memory.

Mayor was laid to rest at a private ceremony. He died Monday, Feb. 23 of complications of a stroke. He was 65.

The renowned photographer had an extensive archive of country music’s elite that cannot be rivaled. He captured images of nearly every country music singer to enter the scene in the past 30 years, contributed photos to multiple books, and established lasting relationships with artists, labels, managers and publicists up and down “The Row.”

Some of his many career highlights include capturing Paul and Linda McCartney on stage with Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner and his photographs of Tim McGraw and Faith Hill‘s wedding. Mayor took great pride and pleasure in the trusted relationships he built in the music community over the years and none was more substantial than his relationship with Garth Brooks. Mayor collected many of his most historically significant photographs in his 1999 book, The Nashville Family Album: A Country Music Scrapbook, for which Brooks wrote the introduction.

In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to T.J. Martell Foundation in Nashville, Tenn.; MusiCares in Nashville, Tenn.; Opry Trust Fund (2804 Opryland Drive in Nashville); St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital; Meals on Wheels, or to Fifty Forward Meals on Wheels in Green Hills-Nashville.

Read MusicRow‘s LifeNotes piece on Mayor’s life here.