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A Trio...A Parrothead Gathering...A Loss

BILL BLOG

Tuesday August 5, 2025 

 

Hello Tuesday morning. Today will be the 3rd shortest day of the year. And as I begin this blog, it’s only 66 degrees in Nashville, but the high will be 80 later today.

 

YESTERDAY

It was an uneventful Monday with no writing appointments scheduled. But after being on the road for a couple of days, it’s always nice to have one of those days to catch up and reset. And that’s pretty much what I did.

I did book a couple of future writing appointments and tweaked a couple of tunes. Lazy Monday.

 

NICE MUSIC SURPRISE

The girls in the musical trio “Three Times A Lady” are seen HERE singing a song that I wrote with two of the girls, Kennedy Scott, and Victoria Camp. Hannah Blaylock is the third member. They’re singing our song “Do Me Like That” at their show, Third and Lindsley, just a couple of nights ago. I did not know the trio had worked u the song, so what a pleasant surprise. 


 


Thank you ladies!

 

TROP ROCK

I did cast my votes for this year’s Trop Rock Awards, which will happen this October 22-26 down in Gulf Shores at MOTM. “Meeting of the Minds” is the big gathering of Parrot Head fans and Trop Rock entertainers each year.



 

 This year, I will once again be a co-emcee of this big event, and I’ll be performing a couple of times as well. Looking forward to that. I’m already shopping for loud tropical shirts to wear on stage.



 TODAY’S SONG

Sadly, I’ll be attending a funeral for my friend Mark Houser, who was also a co-writer of mine. Mark lost his battle to cancer a few days ago, and was truly one of the good guys.



A few days ago, I posted a song that I wrote with Mark that he put on his Gospel Train CD that was released earlier this year. Our song it titled “Where You Choose To Go”…and I’m surely proud to have written that with Mark. 

 

 

Today I’m choosing the song I did not write. Mark wrote “I Will Stand” that’s on that same album. On this track, you’ll hear my friends Linda Davis and Lang Scott singing on this wonderful song. This evening, the two of them will be singing at Mark’s funeral as we say goodbye. All three of us are proudly sentimental about having a song on this last album from Mark.


 

Someday, sooner than later, I hope we find a cure for cancer.

 

HEALTH NOTES

Officials are cautioning against swimming in waters along the Gulf Coast as “flesh-eating bacteria” cases spike in the South, leaving eight people dead so far in Florida and Louisiana.

 

A least 2 people are dead in NYC as Legionnaire’s cases more than double to 59.

 

A survey reveals that 40% of us trust medical advice from AI Chatbots.

 

HERE’S YOUR SIGN



Hopefully, it’s not the obvious!

 

THEM AND US

Tesla just gave Elon Musk a 30 BILLION dollars-worth of stock to stay with the company, after he warned he could leave unless they gave him greater control of the company.

 

I think I remember being given a few dollars to LEAVE a company. Elon got a much better deal.

 

MORE DOLLY

Dolly Parton’s new wine bar just opened in Nashville, selling “Dolly Wine”. One more place to visit when you come to Nashville.  



 

If you like pink…this is your kind of place.



 

They should hold Mary Kay gatherings in this place.

 

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

The first game is sneaking up. August 23, Iowa State will play Kansas State over in Dublin, Ireland to kick off the 2025 season.

 

And ESPN has ranked the top teams this year. Here’s the Top 5 for now.

 

5…Notre Dame

4…Georgia

3…Penn State

2…Ohio State

1…Texas

 

One husband had the courtesy to ask his wife, “Do you have anything to say before the college football season begins?”

 

PART OF THE JOB…I GUESS

The TSA folks are asking people to stop hiding animals in weird places on their bodies after turtles were found in a woman’s bra. True. Can you imagine some of the stories TSA agents laugh about when they’re on break?  Here are some other weird things they’ve found.

 

A gun hidden inside a raw chicken.

 

A human skull inside clay pots.

 

Cattle prods in guitar cases. (I have SO got to do that!)

 

And then there were the two “live” snakes they found in a man’s pants at the Miami airport.

 

I’ve pretty much decided not to apply to be a TSA agent. Nope.

 

HALLOWEEN

How big is Halloween? So big that Universal will open a year-round Haunted House in Las Vegas, with a second one to open in Chicago in 2027.  



 

And yes, there’s a nod to the “Chainsaw Massacre” movie here. And I thought rolling dice in Vegas was scary.



 

I think I’ll pass, thank you.

 

FOR SALE

You can buy a nude swinger’s resort in Palm Springs now if you’d like to. Makes me wonder if the potential buyers will be wearing clothes when they make their bids for the place.

 

A Trop Rock friend of mine from California named Bob Karwin might be the guy who should buy it after his experience playing at a nudist resort with his band once. He told me and my frequent co-writer Brent Burns about his experience. In the contract, he and his band had to wear clothes. Everyone else was naked. The sight from the stage while singing was unforgettable. And that led to this song that the three of us wrote, titled “Suntans In Strange Places”.

 

A PICKLE

How about the lady in New York who exchanges a jar of pickles for books for her little bookstore? The store is called “Sweet Pickle Books”. A bunch of celebrities love the place, and she’s not outsourcing pickle production because of the unexpected popularity of her store. You just never know what might catch on in business.



 

TODAY’S HEADLINE

Again, this one from the fake news folks at Babylon Bee.

 

Man With Strong Urge To Eat Wicker Basket Settles For Triscuit Instead. (Good plan)

 

TODAY

As mentioned earlier, I’ll be paying my respects to my friend we lost a few days ago.

 

Have a great Tuesday!

 

 

 

 

 

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