BILL BLOG
Tuesday October 14, 2025
Hello Tuesday morning. Up to a 79-degree high today here in Music City.
YESTERDAY
I wrote a new song with the husband and wife team, Adam and Amy Pope. And we chased an idea that Adam brought to the table that turned out great. The two of them stay busy. They home school their two kids, and they travel and play music, and the kids get to go along for the ride.
Yesterday, we talked about one of our favorite places in the country. Montana, Wyoming, and Yellowstone Park. They just played there a few weeks ago in a place I played at once, “The Music Ranch”, where from the stage you’re looking out at the mountains.
And then there’s the Beartooth Highway that runs from Livingston, Montana, where the Music Ranch is located, into Yellowstone National Park.
I highly recommend taking that little journey if you are ever near there. Spectacular.
SNEEK PEAK
Check out my friend Jenny Tolman here in this VIDEO teasing her upcoming run on “The Road” TV show on CBS that starts this weekend on October 19. Yesterday I mentioned that Jenny will be singing at least one of our songs that we’ve written together with her husband, Dave Brainard. Click on the video and you’ll hear her singing a bit of one of those songs, “I Know Some Cowboys”. Go Jenny!
CHRISTMAS MOVIE
I attended the premiere of a new Christmas movie, “Music City Mistletoe,” that was written by my friend Shantell Ogden. Shantell reached out to me and my friend Victoria Venier one day and asked us to help her write this Christmas song idea she had. We had no idea that it would become the title track for this Christmas movie. But it was. And it played at the first of the movie, and it plays again at the end of this holiday movie.
It has a Hallmark, Lifetime kind of feel, and the movie was very fun to watch. Several songwriter friends of mine have songs in the movie as well, and a couple of them have parts in the movie. I’m not sure yet where you’ll be able to find the movie, but I’ll let you know. And congrats to Shantell and everyone involved.
That’s Shantell and part of the cast after the film wrapped up last night. Pretty cool evening.
SONG OF THE DAY
With that, today’s song is “Music City Mistletoe”. The title track to the Christmas movie is sung by the writer and creator of the film, Shantell Ogden. Thanks for asking me to help write this song Shantell!
HEALTH NOTES
Why are some pill bottles colored orange? I didn’t know either. It turns out that orange protects the pills from light.
A new study reveals what some might have suspected. Kids who use social media score lower on reading and memory tests.
The Global Retirement Index reveals that Luxembourg is the best country to retire to for great health care. The rest of the Top 5 countries are Ireland, Sweden, Norway, and Switzerland.
HERE’S YOUR SIGN
Who knew?
FOOTBALL CHANGES
Here in Nashville, they fired another head football coach. Brian Callahan of our Tennessee Titans. Hopefully, he had the same contract payout that Penn State coach James Franklin had, who was just let go at Penn State. They have to pay James Franklin 49 million for being fired!
Man, I would so like to be fired once on that kind of contract!
HOLIDAY SEASON
You can tell it’s that time of year because Amazon just hired 250,000 workers for the upcoming season. There’s going to be a LOT of Prime boxes on doorsteps.
GOLFING FUN
Anytime Bill Murray plays golf, hilarity could ensue on the course. This is such a FUN VIDEO of some of those moments from one of my favorite actors and comedians.
FAST DRIVE THRU
Fastest drive-thru in America? That would be Taco Bell, according to a study from Intouch. Customers spend, on average, about four minutes in line to get a Taco.
And while Chick-fil-A was the slowest, it ranked highest in satisfaction, tied with Dutch Bros.
The DMV doesn’t have a drive-thru, fortunately. If it did, it would be by FAR the slowest.
TODAY’S QUOTE
From Tina Fey:
“A Harvard Medical School study has determined that rectal thermometers are still the best way to tell a baby’s temperature. Plus, it really teaches the baby who’s boss.”
TODAY
I’ll be back at the songwriting table with my friend Daryl Mosley again. Something good always seems to come from sharing and writing ideas with Daryl. Here’s a little SAMPLE of what Daryl does best.
Have a great Tuesday!
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