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BILL BLOG Tuesday, June 2, 2026   Tuesday morning it is. The temperature will hit a high of 81 today in Music City.   YESTERDAY On a rainy Monday, I drove over to Thomm Jutz’s home-studio and joined Thomm and Caroline Owens. Caroline just played the Bluebird Café, which is a big deal for any songwriter, so it was really nice to be able to congratulate her on that success.    Besides being a recording artist, songwriter, and noted guitar player, Thomm also teaches songwriting classes at Belmont University, where my daughter graduated. School is out for now, so he has a little more time to write.    We ended up writing a heartbreaking song for Caroline about ending a relationship that turned out great from a start to an idea I had with me, and then everyone jumped in to finish up a pretty cool tune.   A very good way to start the first of June.   TOP OF THE CHART Yesterday, a songwriter friend texted me this GREAT news....

BILL BLOG June 1, 2026   Monday morning, back home in Nashville. And it’s the 1 st of June.   82 for the high today with a slight chance of bad weather.   THE WEEKEND Friday morning, our group of 5 songwriters got up for breakfast at a place that was recommended near our hotel in Elmhurst, Illinois where we were staying for Freedoms Sings USA retreat. And what a great recommendation it was. If you’re ever in Chicago, check out one of these places. Then it was off to O’Hare with 5 guitars, and some downtime waiting on our Southwest Flight home. We certainly had a great time writing with veterans up in Elmhurst, Illinois, and playing for those folks.   NEXT I’ll be back on a plane this Friday for a two-day Freedom Sings USA retreat in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina—our first trip to that city to write with veterans.     NEW TRIP I just found out that our Freedom Sings USA group will be returning to Greensburg, Indiana, ...