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    BILL BLOG Friday, April 10, 2026    Here comes the weekend…it’s Friday! Sunshine and a high of 82 on tap for Nashville today.   YESTERDAY I had a writing session with young Sonny French on Thursday morning. Sonny was fresh off a long tour with his family band, “ The French Family Band .”     Sonny told me that the family group did 25 dates out on the road. That’s a pretty good tour to say the least.   He brought a great song idea that he and our friend Alex Miller had started on, but had not finished. (More on Alex in a second) So the two of us finished up that idea, and then called and teased Alex about how his name went on a new song, and he wasn’t even there. And that made him laugh, of course.   It’s always fun writing with such great young talent like Sonny, who most surely will be a person to keep your eye on for the future.       RELEASE DAY   I’ve never had TWO major song releases ...

BILL BLOG Thursday, April 9, 2026   Thursday morning it is. And the temperature is going back up. 79 for the high today, then into the 80’s again for the rest of the week.   YESTERDAY Wednesday was a “catch-up” and working-ahead day. Details rolled in for a 3-day Freedom Sings USA event next weekend in the town of Anna, Illinois, where I’ll be joining several other Nashville songwriters to write songs with veterans, which concludes with a free concert honoring those veterans.     I did notice that we will be staying at an old High School that has been converted into an Inn.   Kind of reminds me of Elsberry High School in Missouri where I graduated.        This will be different than the normal hotel rooms we normally stay in for sure.     And, apparently, they kept the gym, so we can shoot some hoops if we want.     Looking forward to this trip.   SONG OF THE DAY My choice today is...

BILL BLOG Wednesday, April 8, 2026    A Hump Day Wednesday is on us. Sunshine and a high of 76 today here in Music City.   YESTERDAY I had quite the productive and creative writing day with Andrea Pearson , and Jamie Johnson of the highly acclaimed bluegrass band… The Grascals .     Andrea and I write a lot together, but after a long while of trying, I finally got in the writing room with Jamie, whom I first met as an umpire!   I was playing on a celebrity softball team in Cincinnati, sponsored by WUBE Radio, where I was doing the morning show at the time. One night, we played in the small town of Milan, Indiana, and guess who was calling balls and strikes? Yep, Jaimie Johnson . Some of the retired Cincinnati Reds played on that team from time to time, including Pete Rose and his brother Dave Rose. The team would go out into different communities, play a game, and raise money for a local charity—a pretty cool experience.    ...