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BILL BLOG Friday, April 17, 2026   And a good Friday morning to you from the town of Anna, Illinois. A warm 86 degrees here today in southern, Illinois.   YESTERDAY I made the trip from Nashville to the small town of Anna, Illinois drive for our Freedom Sings USA event this weekend.     First stop was the High School.     Actually, this old High School was our hotel. A former Marine and his wife turned the old High School into a hotel.      Yep, my room has a blackboard in it, and I wrote “ I will be good ” a hundred times, then clapped the erasers, just like my old High School Days. It’s really a cool place owned by nice folks.     THE VFW After settling in for just an hour or so, we drove to the local VFW, where we had dinner, and each songwriter met the veteran who they will be writing with later this morning.      My veteran was a helicopter pilot in Viet Nam. I can only ima...

BILL BLOG Thursday, April 16, 2026   Thursday morning, and it’s road trip day to Illinois. More on that later. A comfortable 78 degree high today in Nashville.   YESTERDAY My writing session was with Alex Miller and Mark BonDurant , and both Mark and I were gifted this from Alex.     The brand-new Alex Miller album.     Mark has a song on this album, and I’m blessed to have two songs, including the title track. Pretty cool vinyl gift to play on my little suitcase record player. When’s the last time you saw a YELLOW album? Thank you, Alex.        Alex is going to hold an album listening party at the Texas Troubadour Theater here in Nashville on Thursday night, May 14, at 6:30 pm. It’s free and open to the public. Alex will play every song on the album “live” with a full band, so it should be a very fun evening. Come if you can.   ANOTHER GIFT Alex also told me yesterday that our song “ More Country Th...

BILL BLOG Wednesday, April 15, 2026   Another Hump Day to get over. It’s Wednesday, and it will be warm. The high today in Music City will be 86.   And the taxman cometh.     YESTERDAY Andrea Pearson and I got together and wrote a “barn-burner” of a bluegrass song. VERY up-tempo. Something that gives the “pickers” a chance to show off their skill set.    We are targeting a specific artist who is looking for this kind of song, so fingers are crossed that the artist might like it. Andrea has been in the studio herself lately. She’s going to put out a song and video of a tune the two of us wrote with our friend Wil Nance that will be released over this upcoming Mother’s Day weekend, titled “ When You’ve Got A Good Mama .” All three of us have great “Mama’s.” Wil’s Mama is actually living with him right now, as is Andrea’s. My Mom passed many years ago, but was certainly a “Good Mama.” Can’t wait to share this song over Mama’s Day weekend...