Don Williams

The venerable singer-songwriter Don Williams has been given the Golden Note Award from the American Society of Composers, Artists and Publishers (ASCAP) for a lifetime of quality work.  Last Sunday also saw Brad Paisley honored as Songwriter/Artist of the Year for the second time by the performing rights society.

Any event that gets Brad Paisley to put on a suit and tie must be a pretty big deal, but Paisley wasn’t the only star to drop his country duds for the annual ASCAP Country Music Awards in Nashville on Sunday night. Keith Urban, Lee Ann Womack, Josh Turner and Dierks Bentley — all seen in these pictures — were among the artists who took in the show from the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Ce