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Gulf Shores Festival...Redneck Bottle Opener...New Seals & Crofts2 Single

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Friday November 8, 2024

 

And a good Friday morning from beautiful Gulf Shores, Alabama home of the 40th Annual Frank Brown Songwriters Festival.

 

YESTERDAY

Songwriters Bill DiLugi and Steve Dean jumped in a car with me and we made the 7 hour or so trip down to Gulf Shores for the songwriters festival. By the time we checked into our condo the sun had gone down, but this morning even with clouds you can see we have a beautiful view.



 

And we’ll be able to soak in the ocean views until Tuesday morning of next week when we return home.


 


 

So we unloaded our stuff in the condo and then went to dinner at one of my favorite places down here.



 

My brother Gary years ago had me try the whitefish basket instead of the shrimp basket that I would normally order…so I owe him a favor. Delish.


 

 

REDNECK BEER GUYS

After that it was a run to the grocery store and Steve and I grabbed a couple of six packs of beer to celebrate arriving last night. Then we found out we had a major CRISIS on our hand. The beer we bought did not have twist off caps. And the condo unit had no church key or bottle opener. What to do!?

 

And once again we found out there’s nothing you can’t fix from a You Tube video.



 

Yep…we popped it with a tablespoon. And all the world was right. An appropriate technique considering we’re hanging out for a few days on the Redneck Riviera.


 

 

SONG OF THE DAY

I’m excited to share this new single “Running To The Sun” that was released today from Seals & Crofts 2…Brady Seals and Lua Crofts…kin to the originals. I’ve loved this song ever since I wrote with Brady several years ago…and these two just slayed the song. So glad folks are going to get to hear this. Click the link and listen to our song with the lyrics scrolling about running away to the sunshine in California.


 

 

HEALTH NOTES

Heart defects affect 40 thousand babies every year, but cutting edge stem cell and AI will save lives and even cure them in the womb according to researchers in Australia.

 

The US Food and Drug Administration has proposed to remove oral phenylephrine, widely used in cold and cough syrups, as an active ingredient in over-the-counter drugs for nasal congestion, stating it is not effective.

 

A wave of doctors are already using AI assistant to take notes during their Zoom calls with patients.

 

HERE’S YOUR SIGN



 

My favorite destination.

 

MORE DRONING

Now there’s a company that will airborne a drone for you in exotic places like over Africa and the wildlife or fly over a volcano for example and YOU get to fly the drone on your computer. You take a 10 minute lesson on line, they airborne the drone, and you can control the direction and fly the danged thing.



 

How about fly over of the Grand Canyon?  Pretty cool technology.

 

NASHVILLE TO FLORIDA

Our airport BNA keeps getting bigger. And with that comes a new cheap airline Avelo.



 

Which means we can fly to Florida for as low as $49 one way. Cool. The bad news is the seats are on the wings…but hey…it’s cheap!

 

MAY THE FORCE

Good news for Star Wars fans. A new trilogy is being planned and developed. I’m not sure another film made my jaw drop more than the first Star Wars film I watched in a theater. I’ve got my light saber lit up and I’m ready to watch.

 

HEADLINE OF THE DAY

Arrest made in connection to British cheese heist of 48,000 pounds of cheddar. (My guess is the criminal was “bound up”…and carted off to jail.)

 

TODAY
I have two shows today at the songwriters festival.

 

5 pm at the Woodside Restaurant…outdoors…with my longtime friend Brent Burns.


 

 

And then an 8:15 show with songwriter Wil Nance at the Warrior Beer Company in Pensacola. Incidentally…big time congrats to Wil who is one of the writers on this great new Chris Janson single just released “Cheap”.

 

THE WEEKEND

Saturday I have a show at the Perdido Beach Resort at 7 pm with Steve Dean & Rhonda Hart. First time meeting and playing with Rhonda who plays a lot down here on the Gulf Coast.

 

And then Sunday a 7 pm show at the Main Listening Room at the world famous roadhouse that is the Flora-Bama with Steve Dean and Brent Burns.

 

Fun to be back at this great music festival.


 

 

Have a great weekend!

 

 

 

 

 

 


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