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"5 O’clock" Named ASCAP Country Song of the Year

From Billboard.com:
http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000709223

Brad Paisley, Chris DuBois, Neil Thrasher, Emmylou Harris and EMI Music Publishing were the top honorees at the 42nd Annual ASCAP Country Music Awards, held last night (Nov. 8) at Nashville’s Opryland Hotel. The Alan Jackson/Jimmy Buffett hit “It’s Five O’clock Somewhere” was named ASCAP Country Song of the Year at the annual gala.

“It’s Five O’clock Somewhere,” penned by ASCAP’s Jim “Moose” Brown and BMI’s Don Rollins, was named ASCAP Country Song of the Year. The tune spent eight weeks at No. 1 on Hot Country Singles & Tracks. In addition to his songwriting, Brown is an accomplished session keyboard player who has worked with Darryl Worley, Hank Williams Jr., Trick Pony, Chely Wright and Phil Vassar.