(Photos by Princess Spy)

According to our spies, BILLY RAY CYRUS (spied warming up backstage) and MILEY CYRUS (on stage with JEFFREY STEELE) were among the impressive music talent that showed up to perform and lend their support to a Nashville-area skate festival yesterday (6/29) to honor ALEX LaVASSEUR.

ALEX was a passionate and enthusiastic skater by all accounts. He is the late son of Nashville Star judge and mega songwriter JEFFREY. ALEX was only 13 when he was killed is an ATV (All Terrain Vehicle) accident in January of last year.

At the festival, JEFFREY told the crowd that the only song of his that was on his late son’s i-Pod was his song entitled “Simple Song”. Then MILEY and JEFFREY sang the song together. “Simple Song” will be on MILEY’s album “Beakout” due for release July 22, 2008.

Then after some resistance from JEFFREY, MILEY persuaded him to sing “Hollywood Girl” with her. It is a song JEFFREY wrote. Also, songwriter and artist SARAH BUXTON joined the stage to lend her support… from the looks of the photo, (see above) she even got a little up-skirt breeze.

BILLY RAY and JEFFREY work together on NBC’s popular TV program Nashville Star. Our spies reported that the event was very moving and emotional for those in attendance.