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BILL BLOG Thursday July 25, 2024   And here comes a Thursday. 83 will be our high today. We’ve had some rain over the past few days, and a few more days of it are on tap…literally.   YESTERDAY I got to write with Thomm Jutz again and we got on a roll out at his studio and wrote not one but TWO songs yesterday to add to our growing catalog. One from an idea I brought, a second from an idea Thomm had in his back pocket. Most of my co-writers will tell you that I tend to be a fairly fast writer but Thomm is even faster. Unreal actually. So writing with him is always a great experience because we’re kind of on the same train.   Thomm moved over here from Germany several years ago now. He studied classical music in Germany…learned to play piano and flute before he heard Bobby Bare in concert one evening in Germany singing the old classic “ Detroit City ” that Mel Tillis wrote and decided at that moment to learn guitar and write country-folk-Americana type son

BILL BLOG Wednesday July 24, 2024   It’s “Hump Day” Wednesday y’all. 82 will be the high in Nashville today with a chance of some rain again.   YESTERDAY I had the pleasure of sitting with and writing with two very talented ladies Lauren Mascitti and Kristen Leigh Bearfield . The three of us have had a little luck having some songs we’ve written together get recorded so we were trying to write another one that someone will love enough to record. And I think we may have done that.   Both girls are REALLY busy. Lauren just recorded a new duet with young Kenny Haas, and artist from Chicago called “ Drive Me Crazy ” that’s so good.     And Kristen is on a plane to Norway this weekend for a two and a half week tour over there with our mutual friend Kinsey Rose . Kristen was recently named the TV host of “ Faith, Country and Bluegrass ” which will be a TV series out soon. She and I and Tim McGraw’s guitar player Bob Minner wrote the theme song for the TV s

BILL BLOG Tuesday, July 23, 2024   Tuesday is rolling in. We had some rain yesterday, more coming today with a high of 82.   YESTERDAY I wrote with Alex Miller again yesterday…tore into a “country” song idea Alex brought with him in his back pocket that turned out to be something fun to chase in the writing room. The former American Idol kid is staying busy with dates back home in Kentucky and up in Ohio this weekend. He’s been in studio some as well and will be releasing a couple of new singles before the first of the year, one being a VERY fun country duet with “Voice” star Emily Ann Roberts that the 3 of us wrote one day that really shows off both of their fun and “country” personalities. Can’t wait for that to come up out.   SOMETHING NEW After we finished we grabbed lunch at a close local diner, the Music City Cafe that draws a lot of locals as well as a lot of country stars through the years. I had a “Monte Cristo” for the first time. Ham, c

BILL BLOG Monday July 22, 2024   In the words of the Mama’s and The Papa’s …”Monday Monday, can’t trust that day”. 83 will be our high in Nashville today with a little rain mixed in.   THE WEEKEND Friday morning I wrote with my Aussie friend Angus Gill at my publishing company Billy Blue.   And Angus brought a funny idea with him Friday morning which I loved. Angus loves the “Retired” song that I wrote with Brent Burns that Ray Stevens recorded. Brent also recorded THIS VERSION of it as a duet with Ray, and I put it on one of my albums as well. The spin Angus wanted to put on our song was to concentrate on all the retired folks who sell their homes and travel the country in a rolling RV.   So we did that and laughed a lot in the process. THAT always makes for a fun day of songwriting.   LOT OF GOOD NEWS Right before I left for my songwriting appointment Friday morning the Bluegrass Today Gospel Chart came out and “ Blue Collar Gospel ” by Jer