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Tuesday October 21, 2025

 

And a good Tuesday morning to you from Gulf Shores, Alabama, known to some as LA, “Lower Alabama”. 81 and sunny down here on the coast today.

 

YESTERDAY

I had a little 4-hour trip over to Gulf Shores on a sunny day. I’m now hanging with my longtime beach buddy Brent Burns at his house, as all this week the Parrot Heads are in town for their big festival and awards show.

 

Last night I sat in with Brent at Lulu’s. Brent will be playing there every Monday now through the all of the winter as he always does when the Snowbirds arrive. And he always sings “If It’s Snowbird Season, Why Can’t We Shoot Em’” to all the snowbirds coming south to get out of the cold. And he did it last night as well. It was Brent’s first time back at Lulu’s after recovering from back surgery (and he’s still recovering). But he did so well, and of course, the crowd loved him. It was great seeing him do his thing that he’s done for years at Lulu’s…20 years and counting



 

And the two of us had great fun doing a set together on stage.



 

Brent and I have a couple of shows together this year for the festival, including this one.



 

And Wednesday night, I’ll sing on the Big Stage at the Hangout to sing a song Brent and I wrote to honor Brent. They are celebrating the legends of Trop Rock Music, and Brent is certainly one of those. He’s had back surgery and is still recovering, so he has had to cancel a couple of appearances because of that. So, I’ll be honoring him Wednesday night with one of our songs. And I’m honored they asked me to do that.



 

WORLD SERIES

I got back to Brent’s house in time to watch the comeback from the Toronto Blue Jays as they beat the Seattle Mariners in a game 7 winner-take-all all championship. Great game to watch. I was kind of rooting for Seattle as they’ve never been to the World Series before.

 

Now it’s the Jays vs the Dodgers and their 400 million dollar payroll lineup. Hard to bet against the Dodgers right now. 


 

 

SONG OF THE DAY

Let’s make it a Brent Burns classic that I helped him write, “Don’t Come Knockin’ If The Tiki Hut’s Rockin’, that was the Trop Rock Song of the Year a few years ago. That’s the song I’ll be singing this Wednesday night to honor him.

 

HEALTH NOTES

The Google building in New York is “searching” for bed bugs as an outbreak has hit their building.

 

Some health experts say you should eat a balanced meal, focusing on anti-inflammatory foods before getting a COVID shot, and then say hydrated after to lessen any side effects from the shot.

 

Two new studies agree that Cannabis relieves back pain.

 

HERE’S YOUR SIGN



Uh…once again…spell check is such a good idea.

 

BILL AND STEVE MISTLETOE

This is me and my buddy Steve Dean.



 

They put us under the danged mistletoe. That was to help promote the movie “Music City Mistletoe”. Each of us has a Christmas song in this movie. Mine is the title track that I wrote with the movie producer Shantell Ogden and my friend Victoria Venier.  If you’re curious, you can hear it HERE.



 

PANCAKE ART

Yep, it’s a thing.



 

They have contests, some pay up to $10,000 for the winning pancake.



Who knew?


 

 

TEXAS TECH

They have banned the Texas Tech tradition of throwing tortillas at football games. It’s a thing there. The problem is, the students threw them on the field, penalizing their team a couple of times. So I guess some security guy will be scanning for tortilla shells at the front gate from now on.



 

SPEAKING OF TORTILLAS

You can buy one of these on Amazon.



 

It’s a throw pillow, believe it or not. And if you don’t like that item…maybe this one?



 

And just in time for Thanksgiving.



Amazing what can be delivered to your front door from Amazon.

 

TODAY’S QUOTE

From Reba McEntire:

“To succeed in life, you need three things. A wishbone, a backbone, and a funny bone.”

 

TODAY

It’s the calm before the storm this week of shows and emcee duties. Today I have a planning meeting with my co-emcee and one of the festival coordinators at Lulu's to assign the stage times for each of us this week, emceeing shows taking place on 2 separate stages. It's going to be a very busy, and fun week.

 


 

 

Have a great Tuesday!

 

 

 

 

 

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