BILL BLOG
Friday June 20, 2025
Back home in Nashville, ready for the weekend. There’s a little fog outside the windows as I’m starting the Blog this morning.
83 for the high today in Music City. Then this weekend, a “heat dome” covers us, and the temperatures are going to start going up to near 100 degrees. Yikes.
And today Summer Solstice hits us with the longest day of the year, and the shortest night.
YESTERDAY
It was about a 6.5-hour trip back home from Heyworth, Illinois, after our group of five Nashville songwriters wrote songs with five veterans in that wonderful community near Bloomington.
4 of us rode home in the same vehicle, packed with guitars and suitcases. The conversation in the SUV makes the miles fly by. And I think we should sell tickets to those who want to hear some funny conversations. We did pass one more of those gigantic metal wind blades that you tend to see all over Illinois.
Once again, thank you the those in Heyworth who worked so hard to make us feel welcome. I feel honored every time I get to do this, and it’s just heartwarming to see a town turn out and give standing ovations to their proud veterans.
We can’t wait to come back again next year.
NEXT
That would be the 9 pm show at the Bluebird Café here in Nashville that’s already sold out. Every show is sold out instantly at the Bird. But myself, Jimmy Fortune, Wil Nance, and Brian White are looking very forward to this songwriter round, which promises to be pretty danged good…if I do say so myself.
Then July 5, I’ll be entertaining folks for a big 4th of July celebration in Louisiana, Missouri, that will feature a full day of music, fireworks, and the burning of a Mo Mo The Missouri Monster, whose legend still lives on.
And yes, I’ll be singing the first song I ever recorded, “Mo Mo”. And folks will be singing along. Loudly. Amazing.
Then Sunday, July 6, I’ll travel to Florida, Missouri, to play the Florida Winery & Resort that my musical friends and co-writers Becky & Wil Denton booked me for. Just me, the guitar, the stories, and lots of wine.
AMERICAN DREAM TEASE
Here’s another VIDEO TEASE of the song “American Dream” from Katrina Burgoyne, a song we wrote together, that’s being released June 27th. Check it out. Really fun song, and I’m happy to be her co-writer on this.
SONG OF THE DAY
I noticed on the drive up to Illinois and back that the price of gas has jumped up again. Geez. Seems like the perfect time to listen to my “Dipstick Song” that points a finger at who I think is to blame.
HEALTH NOTES
Cutting-edge technology could eradicate Down syndrome, according to Japanese scientists. (Wouldn’t that be a wonderful thing?)
Islands.com just named Berkley, California, the healthiest city in America. It’s sunny there 265 days a year.
Some health experts suggest that walking can ease your back pain.
HERE’S YOUR SIGN
Careful how you arrange the letters on your sign.
SOMETHING YOU DON’T SEE EVERY DAY
That’s a big ole weather dome that fell out of the sky during a storm in Indiana. Fortunately, it dropped onto a road in Indianapolis and nobody got hurt. Chicken Little was close. “A weather dome is falling, a weather dome is falling!”
SPEAKING OF CHICKENS
How about this Chicken that walked across the road to a Buffalo Wild Wings?
Uh, not the greatest stopping place if you’re a chicken. Animal rescue came and got him, and he avoided becoming part of the menu.
NO DRIVERS NEEDED
An Amazon factory announced that it’s now big enough to start rolling out 10,000 of those driverless Robo Taxis per year. The company Cruise has already announced that Nashville will be the next city on its list to have those.
I’ll get in one, I’m sure. But I know I’m going to struggle trying to figure out a proper tip.
AND THAT’S NOT ALL
Nashville is talking with Elon Musk about building a tunnel between our airport and downtown to help ease the traffic congestion here that keeps getting worse as the city just keeps growing and growing. One day, when you come to Nashville, you might be able to hail a driverless car and ride it into a tunnel that pops out in downtown Nashville. Dylan nailed it. The times they do keep on a-changin’.
TODAY’S HEADLINE
I’m fairly certain the writer meant “ambidextrous”. Pretty sure.
TODAY
I’ve got a day free to recharge for next week…and the same for the entire weekend!
Have a great weekend.
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