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BILL BLOG Friday, July 17, 2026   And…it’s Friday!   Bring on the weekend. 89 degrees high today in Music City…and back into the mid 90’s in a few days.   YESTERDAY I was in the writing room with Linda Davis and Caroline Owens yesterday, tough work, huh?     I think we did a LOT more talking than rhyming, and laughing, but we did get a great song out of it, from an idea Caroline brought. She played the guitar, Linda played piano, and I just sat in the corner and tried to look pretty.   Caroline is a big fan of Linda’s, like a lot of us are, so I was very happy that I could help make that session happen.   I have a feeling we’ll be doing this trio-writing thing again.        SPEAKING OF LINDA  My next "Evening in the Round" show with Linda and her husband Lang Scott will be August 22 at the Heritage Hall Theatre in Mountain City, Tennessee.     It's a 7 pm show. Come see us if you can! ...

BILL BLOG Thursday, July 16, 2026   Thursday morning has arrived with heat. The high will be 91 in Nashville today.   YESTERDAY I wrote a new song with Daryl Mosley , who is an award-winning bluegrass singer and songwriter, and it didn’t take us long. Daryl is a fast writer, as I tend to be. I brought a verse and a chorus that he loved. And then within half an hour, Daryl kicked out a great second verse and chorus to this new country love song we penned.      That made us joke about how EASY songwriting is. It isn’t. But a song we’re both proud of fell out in short order yesterday at my publishing company   Thanks for a great second half to this song Daryl.   LAST NIGHT My wife and I went to a little musical celebration party for my friend Lauren Mascitti , who signed a publishing deal here in Nashville. Friends of hers organized a musical evening and invited a few guest songwriters to sit in with her at a great Irish Pub, “ M...

BILL BLOG Wednesday, July 15, 2026   Wednesday morning, and I’m back home in Music City working on my first cup of coffee. And check out this new coffee mug I’m sipping from.   Yep, my wife’s book now has a danged coffee cup.      Hot today in Nashville, with a high of 90 expected.   YESTERDAY I made the trip back to Nashville after writing with 103-year-old World War II veteran Albert Wess , which was quite the honor, to say the least. For more on that, read yesterday's Blog.      CRACKER BARREL On the way home, I pulled over for breakfast at a Cracker Barrel. I got Uncle Herschel’s breakfast, AND I also got one of these CD's sitting in the top left corner of the rack.   That’s the new Dailey & Vincent album that has my song on it, “ Moon Shines on the Still, ” which I wrote with Laura Leigh Jones , that went #1 for them on a couple of bluegrass charts.   First time having a song you can buy a...