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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.    ...

BILL BLOG Tuesday, April 7, 2026    Tuesday it is…all day long. Sunshine with a high of 66 in Nashville today.   YESTERDAY I got a new song started with Kevin Williamson of the family group Williamson Branch yesterday.      Their family band has been busy for the first quarter of this year, which is always a good thing if you’re a musician. We still have work left over on this idea Kevin brought with him. We’ll do that sometime next month when we get back together.   Sometimes songs just fall out, and you complete them quickly; others require more time and patience to get them just right, as this one does.   CHAMPS Turned out that UConn gave Michigan a run for its money last night in the college basketball championship game, but in the end, Michigan still claimed the trophy. Final score 69-63. Different era of college basketball for sure, as the players are now getting paid. And Michigan was one of the top payers, with it...

BILL BLOG Monday, April 6, 2026   Monday has rolled around again. We had some rain over the weekend, and that cooled us down a bit. In fact, it’s just 37 degrees as I start the Blog this morning, a high of 70 coming up later today. Heck, I had to drag the space heater out one more time this morning.   THE WEEKEND On Good Friday, I got a “good” text from some old friends, Kevin Stone and his wife, Lisa Shaffer . Lisa was the original girl singer in our songwriter trio “Hits & Grins.”   They and their three growing kids were on their way to New Orleans to take a cruise, and they stopped for lunch in Nashville. They own a little farm now up in Northern Kentucky, near Cincinnati, and it was a treat getting to see them again and catch up on their lives.     I surely miss sitting alongside Lisa singing harmony to some of her great songs like THIS ONE .  It was a great way to start the weekend.   HALLELUJAH ANYWAY On the Friday Blo...

BILL BLOG Friday, April 3, 2026   Friday morning brings the first weekend of April with it. And, it’s Easter weekend as well.   We will hit 86 for a high today in Nashville, but on Easter Sunday, the high will only be 63 degrees.   YESTERDAY I had a blast writing a new up-tempo bluegrass song with Brian White and Andrea Pearson . The kind of song they call a “ barn burner. ” We targeted a bluegrass artist I know who is looking for an up-tempo number to finish up a new album they are working on. We hope they like it. Time will tell.     I brought part of the new song with me, and Brian and Andrea loved it, jumped in, and we finished it. And then, before we left, Brian gave me and Andrea another dozen eggs apiece, as he did the first time the three of us wrote together.  He and his wife Karyn have a flock of chickens laying lots of eggs. Gosh, if I can just write enough with Brian, I’ll never have to buy eggs again!   So yesterda...