First-time Grammy nominee/presenter Cam celebrated post-show at Sony Music Entertainment’s party on Monday night (Feb. 15).

 

Carrie Underwood was also among the guests in attendance at Sony Music Entertainment’s post-Grammy celebration. Underwood performed on the show with Sam Hunt.

 

BMLG artists The Mavericks appeared during the Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony on Monday to perform “All Night Long,” which earned a Grammy nomination for Best American Roots Song. They also garnered a nomination in the Best Americana Album category for Mono.

A move to Monday night (Feb. 15) and a switch to airing live across the nation didn’t hurt the viewership for the 2016 Grammy Awards, according to The Hollywood Reporter. That said, it didn’t help, either.

The 58th annual Grammy Awards, which aired on CBS, brought in 25.3 million viewers, and averaged a 16.1 overnight rating in Nielsen’s metered market households. That’s only slightly below last year’s overnight rating of 16.7, though last year’s rating was a six-year low for the Grammy awards viewership.

2016’s telecast averaged an 8.5 rating among adults 18-49.

Still, Nashville fared well during last night’s awards. Among this year’s top Nashville-related winners were Taylor Swift, Chris Stapleton, Meghan Trainor, Little Big Town, Lori McKenna, Hillary Lindsey, and Liz Rose. Meanwhile, Sam Hunt, Carrie Underwood, Swift, and more lit up the stage and red carpet.

BMI and Nashville comedy club Zanies will present Off The Record: Songs For Gilda’s Club tonight (Feb. 16) at 7:30 p.m. at Zanies. Bob DiPiero and Bobby Pinson will share some of their irreverent, humorous tracks. All proceeds from the event will be donated to Gilda’s Club Nashville.

“We’re excited to bring together our licensees and songwriters for a fun night,” says BMI’s Mark Mason, Executive Director, Writer-Publisher Relations. “Zanies is a longtime BMI licensee and we’re happy to host this entertaining evening for a worthy cause.”

Additional singer-songwriters slated to appear include Bruce Wallace, Kim Paige, Wynn Varble, Amanda Flynn, Phil Barton, Joe Denim, and Brandon Kinney. The show will be hosted by comedian and musician Andrew Dorfman.

“I am proud to be part of the ‘Off The Record’ show at Zanies for Gilda’s club. I think she would have loved the idea,” said BMI songwriter DiPiero. “This has inspired me to dig deep into the vault of my ‘THINGS YOU SHOULDN’T SING ABOUT’ collection. It’s gonna be big fun!”

“It’s an idea we’ve had for a long time. Zanies is all comedy and Nashville’s all music, so you put them together and it’s going to be really cool,” says Zanies owner Brian Dorfman. “Every musician wants to be a comedian and every comedian wants to be a musician. It’s going to be a fun night for a good cause.”

Tickets for the show are $15 and available on zanies.com or by phone at 615-269-0221. Doors open at 6 p.m.

 

Doc McGhee To Be Inducted Into Personal Managers Hall of Fame

Doc McGhee is one of 12 music managers to be inducted into the Personal Managers Hall of Fame on May 12, at Morongo Casino Resort in Palm Springs, California.

McGhee helped launch the careers of Bon Jovi, Motley Crue and Skid Row, and previously managed Darius Rucker. McGhee Entertainment has offices in Nashville and Los Angeles.

Other managers to be inducted include George “Bullets” Durgom ( Merv Griffin, Jackie Gleason, Mort Sahl), Brian Epstein (The Beatles, Cilla Black, The Cyrkle, Bill J. Kramer, Dakotas and Gerry and the Pacemakers), Albert Grossman (Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, Gordon Lightfoot, Odetta, and Peter, Paul and Mary), William “Bill” Loeb (Rose Marie, Rosemary Clooney, Mel Torme), Rushion McDonald (Steve Harvey), Patricia “Pat” McQueeney (Harrison Ford, Teri Garr, Mackenzie Phillips, Cindy Williams), Edie Robb (Calista Flockhart, Anne Heche, Mark Indelicato, Sandra Steele, Chandra Wilson), Jack Segal (Buddy Hackett, Jackie Mason, Joan Rivers), Jerry Solomon (Jackie Joyner Kersee, Nancy Kerrigan, Ivan Lendl), Larry A. Thompson (William Shatner), and Jeff Wald (James Brolin, George Carlin, Helen Reddy, Sylvester Stallone, Flip Wilson).

 

Josh Abbott Band Inks Deal With Reviver Label Services’ 1608 Promotion

Josh Abbott Band has teamed with Reviver Label Services’ 1608 Promotion.

“If you take a look at what Josh Abbott Band has been able to do on their own – with their last two albums hitting the Top 10 on the Billboard Country Albums chart, you know that the fans really seem to register and identify with what they are doing musically. Taking that next step, and bringing their new radio single ‘Wasn’t That Drunk’ into the band’s story, is what we are going to do at Reviver,” said Reviver Label Services president David Ross.

The group’s new album, Front Row Seat, was released in November, and debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Independent Albums chart.

 

Demolition Music Publishing Signs Drew Smith

Demolition Music Publishing has signed songwriter/artist Drew Smith to its roster. A Lawrenceburg, Tennessee native, Smith has had recent cuts with Randy Houser and Merle Haggard, and he has opened for Big & Rich, Lee Brice and others.

 

The Listening Room Cafe Celebrates 10 Years

One of Nashville’s favorite music rooms, The Listening Room Cafe celebrated its 10-year anniversary recently with some extra special songwriter rounds. Kristian Bush, Thompson Square’s Keifer Thompson, Craig Campbell, and Cole Taylor performed a special round to celebrate 10 years of music at The Listening Room Cafe.