BILL BLOG
Thursday September 12, 2024
And a good Thursday morning to you from Lufkin, Texas. It will be 81 and cloud here in east Texas today.
YESTERDAY
I jumped in the van with my friends Linda Davis and Lang Scott and made the long trip to east Texas where tonight we’ll have an “Evening in the Round” show here in Lufkin, TX at the Pines Theater.
We left at 7:30 AM and hit our hotel rooms at about 8 pm last night. Traffic accident, and some rain from Hurricane Francene slowed us down a little. The hurricane came onshore in Louisiana as a Category 2 and we drove through some of wet after effect to get to Texas.
Long road trips don’t feel so long when you’re traveling with great friends and that was the case yesterday. We stopped at one of our favorite burger places that’s located in Benton, Arkansas…the Burger Shack.
Old school kind of place with great burgers, shakes, fries and more and the restaurant uses no computers. Old school at the register. Love that.
And then there was this sign in the Men’s Room that made me laugh.
I asked God if he wouldn’t mind looking the other way.
ROAD AHEAD
So I’m in east Texas for a show today, and it’s the start of a lot of road dates. Here’s a peek at where I’ll be next.
September 27 at Dosey Doe’s in Woodland, Texas with Linda Davis and Lang Scott. (Yep…we get home and then we come right back to Texas.)
September 28 in Corsicana, Texas with Linda Davis & Lang Scott
October 2 and 3 in Orange Beach, Alabama with Freedom Sings USA.
October 4 at in Pensacola at the Native Café for the Pensacola Songwriters Festival with bluegrass greats Larry Cordle and Jerry Salley.
October 5 at the Casino Beach Bar in Gulf Breeze, Florida at the Pensacola Songwriters Festival with Larry Cordle and Jerry Salley.
October 18 in Effingham, Illinois with Linda Davis & Lang Scott.
October 24-26 at MOTM “Meeting of the Minds in Gulf Shores, Alabama…the big Parrothead festival.
Complete details on all of these shows is available in the TOUR section here on my website.
SONG OF THE DAY
Today I’m choosing the song “Blue Ain’t Just A Color” that I wrote that landed on one of Kristy Cox’s albums. How many different ways can you reference the color blue in a song? That’s what I asked myself the day I sat down and wrote this tune that Kristy now sings in a lot of her shows. Thank you for loving the song Kristy!
HEALTH NOTES
UK researchers are saying that “laughter therapy” relieves depression, anxiety, and chronic pain while strengthening the immune system. (I’ve always said that nobody is hurting when they’re laughing)
The CDC is warning that hurricane Francine’s aftermath could lead to a rise in bacterial infections in the south. (Great…we just drove through that yesterday)
The CDC also says that watercress is the healthiest vegetable one can eat. (Next to mac and cheese of course.)
USE WHAT YA GOT
A Panera bread worker picked up a bread pan and whacked a customer who after the man assaulted patrons in Minnesota.
Good for her. Good thing he wasn’t in my Grandma’s kitchen back when a cast iron skillet was handy.
TOE -TO- TOE
The town of Ashbourne, Derbyshire in the UK is the toe-wrestling capital of the world for the last 50 years and counting.
Just thought you should know. I can’t remember the last time I asked someone, “Do you want to toe wrestle" without getting a really strange look.
HERE COMES THE MAIL
In a brand new fresh design mail truck.
The driver are raving about them. But I’m pretty sure they are not going to win any beauty pageants anywhere soon.
YOU’RE A BABY BOOMER IF…
The folks at Buzzfeed put together a list. Here’s a few. You’re a Baby Boomer if:
If you’ve ever adjust rabbit ears on a TV set.
If you’ve ever put an external speaker inside your car so could watch a movie at a drive-in theater.
If you ever bought a 45 rpm record.
Brent Burns and I wrote a song called “Baby Boomers” that adds a few more to that list. Click the link to listen.
GREAT COMEBACK LINE
A guy says, “Babe, if you keep lifting weights, you’re going to look like a man”.
Her response, “Well…it hasn’t worked for you”.
TODAY
It’s all about our Evening in the Round show here in Lufkin, Texas tonight at 7 pm at the Pines Theater. We are expecting to see a lot of Linda’s Texas family and friend, and I have a couple of friends who live in Texas who will also be attending tonight’s show. Looking very forward to it.
Have a great Thursday!
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