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Tuesday May 27, 2025

 

Up early this Tuesday morning, headed back to Nashville from a great Freedom Sings USA weekend in Pensacola.

 

YESTERDAY

It was some kind of great Memorial Day concert at the Warrior Beer Company in Pensacola with Freedom Sings USA.



 

4 songwriters sang 4 songs on stage, written with veterans this past Sunday morning. And I got to sing mine, that I wrote with long-time friend Larry Hudson.


 


The song went over so great, and Larry got a standing ovation. And then every veteran that was there walked over and shook his hand. A goose-bump kind of moment for him…and me as well.



 

Thank you to Gary Hefner at Warrior Beer Company for getting behind such a special event. Word is, we may be back down here to write with other veterans come this November. Stay tuned for details.

 

Oh…and our accommodations were great. You can’t beat a room with a view of a rooster or two. 


And you can’t beat having dinners with a view like one gets when they come down to the beautiful Gulf Coast.


 

 

Heck, sometimes a Pirate Ship will float by while you’re sipping on your crab bisque!



 

SONG OF THE DAY

Today’s song is “Train,” which was recorded by bluegrass star Kristy Cox. But it was also recorded by one of my co-writers on this fun song…Daisy Mallory. Daisy’s version is more contemporary country. Check out her version right HERE.



 

SPEAKING OF SONGS

My longtime friend and hit writer Steve Dean, who I’m riding home to Nashville with right now, had some pretty great news roll in recently. Rodney Atkins re-recorded his smash hit “Watching You” with his son Elijah, whom Rodney was singing about in the original hit. An all-new version.



 This version with his now-grown-up boy looks like it might be a hit a second time…20 years later. In just a few days, the VIDEO has racked up 137 MILLION views…and counting. I could not be happier for my friend Steve Dean and his co-writers, Brian White and Rodney. Check out the new version by hitting the link.

 

NEW RELEASE

And here’s a new “tease” of the song “Living The American Dream” that I wrote with Katrina Burgoyne, who will be releasing the full song in just a few days now. Really fun. Click the link to listen.   



 

HEALTH NOTES

A team of Swedish researchers has discovered a drug traditionally meant for Type 2 diabetes shows immense promise in keeping prostate cancer at bay. The drug is pioglitazone.

 

Ready-to-eat chicken sold in 3 states has been labeled deadly by the USDA.

 

Some of those weight loss drugs are finally dropping their price. Wegovy dropped 23% in March for all cash-paying customers. That means it will cost you $499 a month right now.

 

HERE’S YOUR SIGN

No problem.

 

BEAUTIFUL CITIES

The publication Wanderlust Storytellers listed the “Most Beautiful Cities One Needs To See In The U.S”. Here’s their Top 5.

 

5…New Orleans

4…Seattle

3…Savannah, GA

2…Charleston, SC

 

And their number one city is San Francisco.

 

Despite all the traveling I’ve done, I’ve only been to two of these cities. New Orleans and San Francisco.

 

AMA

At the AMA Awards last night Beyonce won the award for “Best Female Country Artist” and “Best Country Album” for “Cowboy Carter”. Uh huh. Right.



 

3-TENORS

What happens when a Golden Retriever listens to the 3 Tenors? Look at this VIDEO. The dog makes them the 4 Tenors now.

 

TODAY’S HEADLINE

A fake headline from the folks at Babylon Bee: “Wife Warns Husband Of Political Fallout If He Doesn’t Approve Her Spending Bill”.

 

TODAY

Road tripping home to Nashville after 3 great days down here on the Gulf Coast.  

 

Have a great Monday!

 

 



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