BILL BLOG
Monday October 28, 2024
Monday morning and I’m back home in Nashville from Gulf Shores with an 80 degree sunny high today on tap. It’s almost as if I never left the beach.
THE WEEKEND
Friday was my last day at this year’s “Meeting of the Minds” with all the Parrot Heads.
I had a noon time show on the big stage at the Hangout with my friend Kelly McGuire and his great band in front of a big crowd of Parrot Heads. He had a couple of my co-writers get up before me…Jessie Ritter being one of those who sang a couple of our co-writes which was very cool. Including the song “My Favorite Color”.
And then this year’s Female Vocalist of the Year Aubrey Wollett was on stage with the band…and we are frequent co-writers as well. It was great seeing both of them play.
I had so much fun…and Kelly’s musicians are so talented. I closed with “My Wife’sGonna Leave You” which had a couple of Parrot Heads running to get to me before I left for my second gig…both of them wanting THAT funny song. I had a couple of CD’s in my bag and quickly sold them before flying by the great Mac McAnally who was doing sound check with Jimmy Buffett’s Band the “Coral Reefers” who had a huge show there Friday night doing all those great Jimmy songs as only Mac and the Reefers can do.
LULU’S
Then I was on stage with Brent Burns at Lulu’s.
We had
a raucous, stupid, funny 40 minutes or more together as we always do on stage
before the Entertainer of the Year “Sunny Jim White” took the stage with Brent. And
then the Male Vocalist of the Year Mike Nash joined in.
Just a great way to spend a beautiful sunny day in Gulf Shores…making music with talented friends.
Heck, I even got to hang for a bit with danged Parrot! Hard to believe it’s the last week of October.
FRIDAY EVENING
I was on the couch at Brent’s place and we got into Game 1 of the World Series between the Dodgers-Yankees. GREAT game one. I watched 9 innings but went to be with the score tied because I had to get up early to get home. So I missed the incredible FREDDY FREEMAN hitting a Grand Slam to win the game! Sigh.
SATURDAY MORNING
And then I was up at dark for the 7 hour trip home to Nashville. What a great few days in Gulf Shores with so many nice folks. I’m already looking forward to next year.
THE ROAD AHEAD
Up next will be the Frank Brown Songwriters Festival back down in Gulf Shores November 8-11. I’m part of 5 shows during the festival this year.
Nov 8... I have two shows.
5 pm at the Woodlands Restaurant with Brent Burns…outdoor show.
8:15 pm with Wil Nance at the Warrior Beer Company in Pensacola
Nov 9
Perdido Beach Resort with “Hits & Grins” Steve Dean & Victoria Venier at 7 pm
Nov 10 at the Flora-Bama Main Listening Room with “Hits & Grins” at 7 pm.
Nov 11 with Freedom Sings USA at the Coastal Arts Center for a 7 pm show honoring our veterans with some of the songs written with them on Veterans Day.
SPEAKING
OF FREEDOM SINGS USA
It’s shaping up to be a busy 2025 for the organization that takes songwriters
out to write with veterans. We will be returning to Marion and Heyworth and
Shiloh, Illinois on separate retreats.
New towns and cities on the schedule include Huntsville, Alabama a couple of times next year, Mountain View, Arkansas, Chickamauga, Georgia and a potential return to Montrose Colorado, and a possible 4-day retreat in Houston.
More details on all of these dates are coming and will be posted in the Tour Section of my website as they become available. But I’m looking forward to spending more time with more veterans in 2025 for sure.
SONG OF THE DAY
Today I’m selecting “Blue Ain’t Just A Color” by Kristy Cox that I wrote by myself. It’s not often you get a cut that you wrote solo so that makes this recording a little special. And it’s one that Kristy performs in most of her shows. I didn’t know it at the time, but blue is Kristy’s favorite color and she loves the word “blue” and that word shows up in more than one of her songs. So the song was truly meant for her I think.
Originally the song was written for a guy to sing…so I had to change just a few words to make it work for Kristy. And I’m surely glad I did.
HEALTH NOTES
Boston researchers are saying that getting injured after a fall for older adults could be a warning sign of dementia.
Scientists say you should walk right after you eat if you want to lose weight. It’s the most effective way to reduce both blood sugar and glucose levels. Don’t wait to digest otherwise the excess glucose in your bloodstream will be stored by insulin and may be stored as fat.
Whooping cough cases are on the rise in Oklahoma.
WELL…SHE LOVES HER DOG
HOME SUPPLY
Word is that homes are in short supply. So much so that there are 30 renters for every house that goes on the market right now. Good time to be a landlord I suppose.
BIG SNAKES
Have I ever mentioned how much I hate snakes? Big time. I’m an even bigger hater after reading about a large python that swallowed a 77 pound deer. True.
Have I ever mentioned how much I HATE snakes?!
HALLOWEEN
Some folks are into Halloween. REALLY into Halloween.
Heck, I don’t put up any Halloween decorations. Don’t even have a pumpkin. I’m so disinterested in Halloween that one year I took out a can of Halloween Pumpkin Filling and drew a smile on it and stuck a candle on the top of the can and set it on our front doorstep. Bad…I know.
LADY LUCK
So a carpenter walks out of a Speedway store in North Carolina and finds $20 on the ground. He picks it up, goes back in and buys a $25.00 scratch off ticket using his new found money. He won a MILLION dollars on that ticket!
When you’re lucky…you’re just lucky. He’s going to retire as a carpenter, and when the lotto folks asked him what he was going to do with his winnings he gave a great reply. “We are going straight to Golden Corral and eat everything they’ve got”!
HEADLINE OF THE DAY
Investigation Opens After A Kentucky Man Wakes Up Before Organ Donation. (Yikes. That must have been quite the conversation.)
TODAY
Back to writing. Today I’ll be with my young Kentucky American Idol buddy Alex Miller which is always a fun time.
Then tonight I’m going to watch and see if the Yankees can get back into the World Series after going down 2-0 to the Dodgers out in LA.
Have a great Monday!
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