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BILL BLOG Friday, May 15, 2026   Bring on the weekend. It’s Friday! 83 will be the high today in Nashville, and we will be up near 90 this weekend.   YESTERDAY I had a great writing session with my Italian friend Lauren Mascitti at her new publishing company. She recently signed a deal with North Chapel Publishing so that’s where we wrote.   I brought a half-started song with me, she loved it, and we certainly had fun finishing it up together. Lauren is such a terrific singer, as you can hear with this fun tune she wrote by herself, “ Childless Cat Lady .”   Lots of good things are going to be happening to this young artist.     SPEAKING OF NORTH CHAPEL North Chapel Publishing is part of Quartz Records, whose big artist right now is Joe Nichols . I got word yesterday that Joe is recording a new song I wrote with my friend Brian White , along with Nathan Woodard, and Jason Severs .  Now there's some great news. The song is titled, ...

BILL BLOG Thursday, May 14, 2026   Thursday morning has arrived. And it’s going to be really pleasant in Nashville today with sunshine and a high of just 73.   YESTERDAY I had a very fun writing session with young Angus Gill at his house, and by the time I got there, he had a start on an idea I had suggested over a year ago to write a song about all the pictures some people post from a hospital bed. And so, “ Hospital Selfies ” was born, and it’s pretty danged funny. I’d rather watch a plumber bend over Or a topless fatty on a riding mower Than someone unhealthy In a hospital selfie   Angus is working on a comedy set to perform at a comedy club later this year, and this song could be part of his set that night. Can’t wait to see how that goes over.       I also got to hear an incredible recording of Angus singing a song with the great Boz Scaggs for a major project, which just knocked my socks off.     I bought t...

BILL BLOG Wednesday, May 13, 2026    We’ve hit another hump day…it’s Wednesday. We will hit 82 for a high today in Nashville. Meanwhile, out west, temperatures could hit 117 degrees!   YESTERDAY Kevin Williamson and I got together and finished up a song we had started a few months ago. A flat-out stone country song, a heartbreaker. Imagine that in country music!   We finished up in pretty short order, giving us time to catch up with each other’s lives. Kevin and his family band, “ Williamson Branch , ” have a busy summer ahead, and they play a lot of churches. He was telling me about his daughter, Melody , who plays guitar and fiddle, and her first little boy, named “ Aiden, ” who is Kevin’s first grandson.   Aiden, he says, is often stealing their shows, as he’s on stage with Melody WHILE she plays!     Now that’s family, y’all!     If you get a chance to see this family perform, by all means go. You’ll love them....

BILL BLOG Tuesday, May 12, 2026   And now it’s Tuesday. We will hit 80 for the high today in Nashville, and it’s warming up. We’ll hit 90 come this Saturday.   YESTERDAY Darin and Brooke Aldridge had to move our writing appointment that was scheduled for yesterday, as they are in the middle of a move, and needed the day for that. And that opened up some fun back-and-forth texts between Brooke and me.   I congratulated her on the duo’s new gospel album “ Soul Condition ,” which is tearing up the bluegrass-gospel charts, with songs like this, " I'm Going Up, When He Comes Down ."   And then I texted her that I could not believe that they did not record my song, “ Sometimes Religion Scares the Hell Out of Me. ” You can imagine her reaction. I sensed that she had never heard this song, which was included on my first comedy song album, so I sent it to her. And she replied, “ If there’s a rattle in the pew, you’d better think twice,  "before you ta...

BILL BLOG Monday, May 11, 2026   Another Monday morning has rolled around. A little rain is falling early this morning, but the day will bring a high of 75 with sunshine in Nashville today. Pretty near perfect.   THE WEEKEND It was pretty quiet at the Whyte House . I did get to watch my Cincinnati Reds break an 8-game losing streak. Got to the gym a couple of times, and did a little yard work. (Not my favorite thing in the world) And we quietly celebrated Mother’s Day.   My wife once told me not to buy expensive flowers, but to get a cheap arrangement. In fact, she said, “Just get me cheap flowers and dark chocolate.” So, guess what she got for Mother’s Day? This…   And this…   Made her laugh. Hope you treated the Moms in your life this well.     THE ROAD AHEAD I’ve had a little time off the road, but that’s about to change, as between now and the end of June, I’ll be busy. I’ll be playing in three towns in Illinois: Marion,...