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Friday October 3, 2025

 

Friday morning, and here comes the first weekend of October. An 84-degree high is expected today for Nashville.

 

YESTERDAY

I got to spend some writing time with two of my favorite creative folks in this town, Jenny Tolman and her husband, Dave Brainard. Jenny is in the studio right now, recording tracks for her next album, and I found out that a couple of the songs we’ve written will make the new project—music to a songwriter’s ear.

 

The new album has a theme that I can’t share yet, but we wrote towards that theme yesterday from a great idea Jenny had.

 

Next week, the two of them are on a plane out to beautiful Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where they were married a few years ago.



 

Jenny hosts an all-girls music festival every year at the Million Dollar Cowboy Bar. That’s the bar on this album cover of hers that had 4 songs of ours on it…including the title track.



 

And this year, her headliner is one of the “it” girls of country music, Ella Langley, who sold her night out in just two minutes when tickets went on sale. 


 

 

Fun day with the two of them yesterday.

 

WORKING AHEAD

It looks like I’ll be playing a show in Biloxi for the first time. That will happen next September with my friend Brent Burns at a big Parrot Head festival in Mississippi known as the "Bilox Box Set Music Festival."The promoter of that festival has seen me and Brent work together before and tried to get us to Biloxi last year, but that date was already booked for me. I appreciate them asking again, and I’m looking forward to being on the Mississippi coast next year.



 

NEXT SHOW

That would be next weekend, when I’ll be in Huntsville to write with veterans for Freedom Sings USA. This will be the second trip to Huntsville for the organization.



 

Last year, I wrote Air Force retiree Master Sergeant Bill Cole’s military story into a song. These were a couple of lines in his song.

 

One day, my boss asked how about Korea for a year

And I said How’d you’d like to kiss my Air Force rear?

 

Looking forward to writing another veteran’s story into song next weekend.

 

SONG OF THE DAY

And since I just talked about Jenny Tolman's  last album, here’s “Working Woman’s Blues” that we wrote that made the album. I love the fact that her husband, Dave, added a horn section to this recording.

 

HEALTH NOTES

A new study suggests that giving blood can help lower your risk of heart disease.

 

Research from UCLA is showing that patients receiving a radioactive drug plus radiation stay cancer-free for more than twice as long.

 

Another study claims that rheumatoid arthritis silently starts years before pain. 

HERE’S YOUR SIGN



Pretty sure that sign fits me.  

 

TEETH TUG

How about this Egyptian wrestler who just pulled a 700-ton ship…with his teeth!



 

They call him Kabonga. They’d be calling me “Toothless” if I tried that.

 

TAYLOR

How popular is Taylor Swift? Swifties were lined up at midnight last night at Target Stores to grab her new album “Showgirl”. And Spotify crashed because so many of her fans were trying to order at the same time.



 

And yes, there’s a song about her fiance’Travis Kelce, on the album…of course. And apparently, it should be rated PG-13 at best. The song is titled “Wood”. Uh huh.

 

And, you can bet if Travis ever treats her wrong, he’ll wind up in another song.

 

RETIRED

The publication StarInsider just listed the top 25 cities to retire in here in the US. It was filled with cities in Florida, of course, but look where the Top 5 cities are located.

 

5…Allentown, PA

4…Scranton, PA

3…Lancaster, PA

2…Reading, PA

1…Harrisburg, PA


 

 

Who knew? The tax is affordable for seniors in Pennsylvania, and the cost of living is affordable. But doesn’t it get cold up there?!

 

MEANWHILE

Travel and Leisure just listed the top countries to retire in.

 

Norway is number one.



 

Ireland, Switzerland, Iceland, and Denmark round out their top 5. The United States? 21st.

 

LAINEY WILSON

Here’s a funny and ironic story about country star Lainey Wilson. She got a speeding ticket when she was young, driving in her hometown of Baskin, Louisiana. They just named that highway after her.



 

Got to love that if you’re Lainey.

 

TODAY’S QUOTE

This one from Ben Franklin”

“Do you love life? Then do not squander time, for that’s the stuff life is made of.”

 

TODAY

I’ve got an off day, so basically I have a three-day weekend that starts…now. Baseball playoffs, and lots of football. I think that’s why they call it the “weekend”.

 

Have a great weekend yourself.

 

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