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BILL BLOG Monday, November 9, 2026    Monday morning, on the way home to Nashville from Gulf Shores.   THE WEEKEND It was quite a busy weekend with shows at the Frank Brown Songwriters Festival .        FRIDAY Friday evening Brian White and I played outdoors on the stage at the Woodside Restaurant .      We had a great crowd, and there were several familiar faces and friends out front, including my longtime friend Brent Burns.     We got Brent up at one point, and he sang this funny song of his, “ Dead People’s Clothes. ” And as always, the audience laughed hard. It was a great first show.   SATURDAY I had two shows. The first was at the Point Restaurant with Brian White and Jerry Vandiver in Pensacola.     We had such an enthusiastic crowd to play to while they were enjoying their dinner and drinks.   And I know I’ve done my job on stage when I can make a fellow s...

BILL BLOG Friday, November 6, 2026   Good morning from beautiful and balmy Gulf Shores, Alabama, home of the Frank Brown Songwriters Festival. 76 degrees will be the high on the beach today.   YESTERDAY Brian White and I drove down to Gulf Shores for the festival. I’m playing 4 shows with Brian and others this time around.   We found our condo, threw our bags in, and went out to a little bar in Orange Beach where my friend Wil Nance was playing with two of my old band members, Gary Nance (Wil’s brother) and Joe Engle , who played guitar for me for many years.      Both Gary and Joe sort of retired down here but still play some music together down here.      And they sounded great last night!    So good to see them.  Then Brian and I had some seafood at one of my favorite places in the Gulf Shores area.   (Pic)  Flounder, with red beans and rice was the order. Delish.  Then it was l...

BILL BLOG Thursday, November 5, 2026    Thursday morning, I’m packed and heading back to Gulf Shores for this year’s Frank Brown Songwriter’s Festival . More on that at the end of today’s blog.   Just 68 degrees for a high here in Nashville today. 80 will be the high today down in Gulf Shores.   YESTERDAY I was online writing with great bluegrass writer Tim Stafford , who was named Bluegrass Songwriter of the Year a few weeks ago. So, it gave me a chance to applaud him before we wrote a fun idea that Tim had.   I did not know that Tim did some impressions until yesterday. If you don’t follow bluegrass, you may not know some of these folks, but he was spot on with his Larry Cordle , Del McCoury , and Lester Flatt from Flatt and Scruggs.   I think I laughed more than I wrote yesterday.   SONG OF THE DAY Since I wrote with Tim yesterday, here’s a song he and I wrote with another bluegrass artist, Becky Buller , that Nick Dumas re...