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BILL BLOG Wednesday, July 1, 2026   Can you believe it’s the first of July? You can if you step outside and feel the heat. It’s Wednesday. 97 degree high today in Nashville.   YESTERDAY I had such a great time writing with Country Music Hall of Fame member Jimmy Fortune. Jimmy was part of the most awarded country act of all time, The Statler Brothers . And the trophies and plaques that line the wall of his writing room point that out. Jimmy and his wife Nina built a new home, and the upstairs is a big room full of those trophies, guitars, lots of guitars, and comfortable places to sit and write. And yesterday we wrote a new Contemporary Christian song that we’re both proud of.   One of my favorite performances I’ve ever been a part of was the night I played at the Bluebird Café, and Jimmy was in that round of songwriters that also featured my friends Wil Nance and Brian White . And when Jimmy sang his big hit, “ Elizabeth, ” and then closed with “ Name ...

BILL BLOG Tuesday, June 30, 2026    It's the last day of June, and a hot Tuesday lies ahead. And it’s warming up for the 4 th of July. 95 today in Nashville, 97 tomorrow, and 98 on Wednesday.   It was so hot in Switzerland that they claimed a group of yodelers had to practice for a festival with their feet in a fountain. Water yodeling. You gotta love that.   YESTERDAY I wrote with my friend Troy Engle , who is now a member of Ricky’s Skagg’s great band, “ Kentucky Thunder .”   That’s Troy sitting behind the steel guitar. But he also plays guitar, fiddle, upright bass from time to time, and dobro for Ricky, and he can play banjo if they need it. Crazy.   Troy had a day off before catching the bus this morning with Ricky and the guys to head to Colorado for a show out there, so we wrote. Turned out to be something fun and catchy to add to our catalog.   Troy also showed me a video of him singing our song with Ricky and the ban...