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\n\tIndustry events are often staid affairs, full of long-winded speeches and by-the-numbers performances. That\u2019s never the case at the BMI Troubadour Award dinner, the unofficial kickoff of AmericanaFest week in Nashville, which this year honored John Fogerty<\/a> for \u201cartistry that has transcended genres and generations while shaping the American musical landscape.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tWhile past Troubadour recipients like Robert Earl Keen, ZZ Top\u2019s Billy Gibbons<\/a>, and last year\u2019s honoree, John Oates, mingled over cocktails in the lobby of the BMI building on Music Row, artists like Lainey Wilson<\/a>, the War and Treaty<\/a>, and Jesse Welles<\/a> prepared to take the stage to sing some of the Creedence Clearwater Revival <\/a>leader\u2019s best-known songs \u2014 backed by a full band at maximum volume. After dinner, servers handed out earplugs to attendees.<\/p>\n