(All five of this years ACM nominees for Songwriter of the Year were on hand.)
Up and coming vocal group King Calaway showed off their deep harmonies on the Copperman song World For Two.
And Jake Owen emerged to sing his hit Down to the Honkytonk, co-written by Laird.
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Akins kicked things off with the throwback crowd pleaser That Aint My Truck, his own no.
3 hit from 1995.
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