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BILL BLOG Friday, June 26, 2026   Here comes the last weekend of June. It’s Friday, and we will hit a warm 87 degree high today in Nashville.   Hard to believe that next weekend will be the 4 th of July weekend. I’m stocking up with sparklers already.   YESTERDAY I had a great songwriting session at North Chapel Music with artist Spencer Hatcher , his younger brother Connor , and my friend Steve Dean. We spent a little time celebrating that Spencer’s new song “ Hot Weather and Cold Beer ” will be released July 3 rd as his new summertime single, which the 4 of us wrote together. And then we sat down and wrote a hardcore “country record that references the late great country artist Keith Whitley . Spencer is a big fan, so am I, so it was fun to chase that idea in the room yesterday. Spencer’s idea.   WHILE I WAS THERE My old publisher, Joe Cornett , who is now the publisher at North Chapel, where Spencer and Connor write, gifted me this. ...

BILL BLOG Thursday, June 25, 2026   Thursday morning has arrived, and it’s warming up. A high of 89 today, and next week they are calling for “excessive heat”, with temperatures in the 90’s.   YESTERDAY I had a very fun co-write with Kevin Williamson from the Williamson Branch Family Band . We wrote a “summer” time, to tapper of a song, one that might fit this great musical family. Kevin has become a proud grandpa recently, so we spent some time writing, catching up, and oh yeah, me listening to some Grandpa stories. A full day in the songwriting room with Kevin.   MUSIC NEWS It’s nice to see “ Here Comes The Sun ” getting some attention overseas on this broadcast that will feature the French Family Band , who recorded this song that I wrote with “ Sonny” from the group and Angus Gill.   And we found out that the song is in the #2 slot on the Australian Country Music Chart right now as well.     Little hard to see in that picture...

BILL BLOG Wednesday, June 24, 2026   Another Hump Day is here to get over; it’s Wednesday.   84 degrees for a high today in Music City, but by Sunday? 94.   YESTERDAY I spent a session online with a new songwriter who lives near Birmingham yesterday as a songwriting consultant for Songwriter Pro, a songwriting service offered by songwriter Brent Baxter.     Once in a while, I’ll get a chance to offer advice to other folks who are learning the craft. Carrie Bishop , whom I worked with, has a full-time job, but loves to write when she can…poetry, and lyrics for songs. And she sent me three songs to look at she had written.   Songwriting is a very hard business to monetize these days, but it sure brings a lot of joy to many, as it does for Carrie. I could tell she loved it within a minute of chatting with her online.   So I hope I offered a “nugget” or two that she can use to help make her songwriting stronger. It was fun getting t...