Crockett Texas...Flying...Jay Leno Moment

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Friday March 7, 2025

 

Friday morning and I’m in Crockett, Texas. It will be mostly sunny with a high of 78 here in east Texas today!

 

 

YESTERDAY

It was a long drive from Nashville to Crockett, Texas yesterday. We left around 7:15 AM and got into our hotel room last night around 7:15 pm. I was in great company though with Linda Davis and Lang Scott. We often joke that the REAL shows take place inside the car. Yesterday was no exception.

 

We are settled in and ready for our soundcheck at about 4 pm tonight before our “Evening in the Round” show tonight at Bear Hall at 7:30 pm.

 

SONG OF THE DAY

Today I’m selecting a song by Australian artist TC Cassidy “Love Hate Love Again”. It’s an up-tempo fun song from an idea I shared with producer-writer Angus Gill who was looking for an up-tempo song for TC. Angus, who lives in the States now, but was in Australia at the time. We wrote it pretty quickly on the computer. He sent it to TC and she loved it and recorded the song then released it as a single in Australia where it did very well. Check it out by hitting the link.

 

LIVING THE AMERICAN DREAM

Speaking of Aussies…my friend Katrina Burgoyne, who is also from Australia and now lives in the States posted another tease of the song the two of us wrote that she’ll be releasing on a new project coming out later this year. She and her husband bought a little home that they’re constantly working on that sits on a little land just outside of Nashville. It’s Katrina, her husband, and their baby girl. All of that is covered in this fun song we wrote “Living the American Dream.” Check it out.

 

HEALTH NOTES

A new study says drinking three cups of green tea daily may reduce dementia risk.

 

A 2^nd measles death has been reported. An adult in New Mexico who was unvaccinated passed.

 

Willie Nelson who is 92 jokingly says that his secret to living a long life may be waffles. Willie admits, “I never met a waffle I didn’t like.”

 

HERE’S YOUR SIGN

 

BYOW…Bring your own woman.

 

SOME KIND OF JET

How about this new passenger jet coming from Delta Airlines?

 

250 passengers will fit inside. They say it will be quieter than other jets, will have better fuel mileage, and, will be emission-friendly as well. Should be flying by 2027 they say.

 

MEANWHILE

On a Southwest flight headed to Phoenix a female passenger strips naked and starts walking up and down the aisle. Uh-huh. In-flight entertainment I suppose.

 

My daughter worked for American Airlines for about 5 years as a flight attendant and she shared some unreal stories about passengers. I’m sure every flight attendant could write a book about really weird things they’ve seen on board.

 

AND…

Then there’s the Australian teenager dressed up in a security outfit who got on board a plane with a shotgun. Three passengers took him down until police could get there.

 

It’s been a weird time for flying lately.

 

TOP COUNTRY SONGS

The publication “Taste of Country” just listed what they think are the top country songs over the last 10 years. They listed the Chris Stapleton song “Tennessee Whiskey” as #1. I have no argument with that. That song penned by Dean Dillon was a huge hit for George Jones first before Chris brought the house down with it during a CMA Awards show moment with Justin Timberlake that was truly an UNFORGETTABLE TV moment that launched Chris from a “barely known” artist to the public…to a superstar. 

 Several years before this moment I opened a show singing before the group Steeldrivers...a bluegrass group that Chris was part of at the time. Marty Raybon of Shenandoah closed out that show that evening that had a small crowd. After I finished my set, I sat out on the lawn and watched the Steeldrivers. And I remember my mouth dropping open as I listened to Chris sing for the first time. Pretty much all of the country did the same thing later at that CMA Awards moment.

 

I might have chosen their #4 song “Humble and Kind” by Tim McGraw as my favorite. Lori McKenna masterfully wrote that song. Check out her version HERE.

 

THEM AND US

It’s no secret that Jay Leno loves cars or almost anything with wheels on it. His garage is now valued at a BILLION dollars. He’s collected 181 cars and 160 motorcycles so far.

 

I was in Hollywood one time many years ago covering the Academy of Country Music Awards Show. While out driving one day with my radio partner Jay Leno passed us driving a car that looked like this.

 

We waved…he waved back. And there is my one and only Jay Leno story.

 

NO!

Cicadas are returning to 13 states this year. Tennessee is one of them. In fact, Tennessee and Kentucky will get the most. Sigh. We had enough of those noisy red-eyed things last year. It sounds different when you walk during a cicada outbreak. Crunch would be the word. The 4^th week of April is when they’ll be arriving.

 

I think I’ll book a vacation and return when things quiet down.

 

HEADLINE OF THE DAY

Statistics Show That Teen Pregnancy Drops Off Significantly After Age 25. (You don’t say?)

 

TODAY

It’s all about getting ready for our Evening in the Round show tonight at Bear Hall here in Crockett, Texas. Looking forward to it.

 

 

Then tomorrow night we’ll be in Marshall, Texas for a show where we hear they’ve sold a lot of tickets. So that will be fun as well before we head back home on Sunday.

 

 

Don’t forget to set your clocks forward this weekend. I’m looking forward to more hours of daylight!

 

Have a great weekend!