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BILL BLOG Friday, March 27, 2026   Friday morning, with the weekend sneaking up. A high of 71 today in Nashville.   YESTERDAY I had no appointments on my calendar, so I had a chance to watch my Reds Opening Day game in Cincinnati.   Unfortunately, the Red Sox beat us in the first game of the 2026 season, but it felt great seeing baseball on the TV again. I failed to mention yesterday that a songwriter friend from Missouri, Gary Boevers came to see the songwriter show I was in on Wednesday night at the Station Inn for Tin Pan South.    When the show was over, he gifted me this.     That’s a Johnny Bench model bat. He knew what a Reds fan I was, and had this lying around, he said, for a long while, so he gave it to me. How cool is that?   Thank you, Gary. I wish Johnny had been in the lineup yesterday with that bat!   MARCH MADNESS Illinois, Arizona, Purdue, and Iowa all advanced to the Elite 8 after Sweet 16 pl...

BILL BLOG Thursday, March 26, 2026   Thursday morning, the day after a Tin Pan South show. Warm today in Nashville with a high of 86 on tap.   YESTERDAY And what a great songwriter show it was last night at the Station Inn for Tin Pan South. We had a great crowd in front of us, and it was fun for me to be on stage with three other folks with whom I write a lot of songs. That would be Kristy Cox, Alex Miller , and Jerry Salley .     Kristy was just back from a long trip to Ireland, but it was awesome. She even sang a song about killing somebody, in William Henry Johnson, which seems to happen for some reason in a lot of bluegrass songs.   Alex Miller just tore them up with his song, sense of humor, and guitar picking. Especially during his song, “ Give Em’ The Byrd ”, which he recorded with Tracy Byrd himself.   And of course, Jerry Salley slayed with some big hits from folks who have recorded his songs, including the Chris Staple...

BILL BLOG Wednesday, March 25, 2026   Hump Day…Wednesday arises, and we’ll have sunshine with a high of 76 to look forward to today in Music City.   YESTERDAY I was online yesterday with bluegrass great Tim Stafford , who was at home in Knoxville, and instead of writing a bluegrass song as we normally do, we wrote a song that’s more of a country ballad.        Tim is a member of the often-rewarded and highly acclaimed bluegrass band that is “Blue Highway”, and they’ve been together since 1994. That’s a long time for any band.      The band just released its latest album, which is a collection of some of its favorites over the years.      One of those is the band’s new single, “ Tears Fell On Missouri ”, my home state! Tim also confirmed to me yesterday that he will be recording more than one of our co-writes on his own solo album that he’s getting ready to record. Some great news there.   Always, ...