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Wednesday March 12, 2025 


Wednesday be here. We’ll have a 78-degree sunny day in Nashville. And the days are longer!

 

YESTERDAY

I spent time with my friend Steve Dean, one of the founders of Freedom Sings USA, the organization that pairs up songwriters with veterans to turn those veteran’s personal stories into songs.



 

Yesterday I laid vocals down for songs I’d written with three separate veterans over the past few years at Veteran retreats. All three of these songs will be on a Freedom Sings album soon. Musicians in Arkansas had already laid down some great musical tracks for these songs, so all I had to do was lay down the vocals.



 

 Thank you to the vets who share their amazing stories with us.

 

MUSIC NEWS

My friend and frequent co-writer Jenny Tolman is going to be part of a new talent competition show called “The Road” that is being produced by Blake Shelton and Taylor Sheridan who’s the creator of “Yellowstone” “Landman” “Tulsa” and more. I received notice that parts of three or maybe even 4 songs I’ve written with Jenny and her husband Dave Brainard could be used on the show. That’s pretty cool.



 

Keith Urban will also be part of this TV show to air on CBS. They’re filming the show now, but it won’t air until this Fall on CBS.

 

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AND THEN…

I also got the news that filming has begun here in Nashville for an independent Christmas movie titled “Music City Mistletoe” produced by Shantell Ogden. I’m going to have the movie title theme song on it that I wrote with Shantell and my friend Victoria and maybe one other. Stay tuned for more on that come this Christmas.

 

SONG OF THE DAY

Today’s song is “Grow” from my cowboy friend Paul Bogart. Paul and his wife Tanya were about to have their first child and Paul mentioned something about how fast kids grow. And they certainly do as any parent knows. And that thought turned into this song that Paul recorded about kids and other things that grow. Watch this video by hitting the link and you’ll see some great shots of Paul, with his family.



 

HEALTH NOTES

A Norovirus outbreak sickens 82 people on a Princess Cruise ship for the SECOND time this year.

 

RFK Jr. is warning against vaccinating birds amid avian flu saying, “You turn those flocks into mutation factories.”

 

A new study claims that red wine is no healthier than white wine.

 

 

HERE’S YOUR SIGN



 

FLYING

Man, weird flying news just continues. Southwest Airlines was nice enough to send me an email informing me that they will now charge me for my bags when I fly Southwest. What made Southwest different than the other major carriers is gone.

 

At the Newark Airport, they caught a guy trying to stick a live turtle down his pants before he boarded a plane.

 

The NTSB revealed yesterday that there were 15,000 near misses between helicopters and planes at the DC Airport 3 years before that crash that claimed 67 lives.

 

Again, it’s been an odd month for the Airline industry for sure.

 

FASHION

The Paris fashion show is going on. This is one of the dresses spotted on the runway.



 

Since I played French Horn in High School I was hoping a model would wear a dress with that on the front…but no.

 

SANDWICH

Canadians are poking back at Donald Trump over his tariffs with humor sometimes. One restaurant in Canada now offers up the Donald Trump sandwich that features lots of Russian dressing with a small pickle.

 

IN NEW YORK

Reportedly rat sightings are up 119%! Every part of the Big Apple is seeing an increase. That won’t look good on a tourism poster for sure.

 

Makes me feel more comfortable about the skunk we’ve been seeing in our backyard recently.

 

I THINK I NEED THIS T-SHIRT



 

Maybe?

 

HEADLINE OF THE DAY

Fire Crews Called After Smoke Seen In Sky…Turned Out To Be A Cloud. (Cumulus Nimbus I suspect)

 

TODAY

I’m writing online today with my Paris, Missouri friend Becky Denton who’s working on new songs to add to an upcoming album of hers. Wish us luck.


 

 

Have a great Wednesday.


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