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BILL BLOG Thursday, June 4, 2026   And it’s Thursday morning, and time to pack for a flight tomorrow morning to Durham. More on that at the end of today’s Blog.   A high of 86 today in Nashville.   HAPPY ANNIVERSARY I’ll be celebrating another anniversary with this beautiful woman today.   Happy happy anniversary to my wife Kathy, whom I met in Cincinnati all those years ago while playing a gig with my band. She walked in, and that was it. And now, she’s an author!   Love you, baby.    YESTERDAY It was an exciting Wednesday. I got my ears lowered—a truly exciting day.   CMA FEST It begins in earnest today. Nashville has been invaded once again with a kazillion country music fans, here to party, go to Fan Club parties, catch concerts by all their favorite artists, and more. I can’t quit calling it Fan Fair, though they changed the name to CMA Fest many years ago.      CMA Fest is the weekend that b...

BILL BLOG Wednesday, June 3, 2026   Here comes the first “Hump Day” of June, it’s Wednesday. The high will be 84 today in Music City.   YESTERDAY Wednesday was a day for pivoting. I was scheduled to write with the great Jimmy Fortune , but Jimmy called and could barely talk as he’s down with something. We decided to stay away from each other and reschedule for another day.     But a long-time friend, Gerald Smith , had sent me a song that was mostly written, and he wanted to fine-tune a little, so we wound up online and finished that idea.   It was great seeing Gerald, “The Georgia Quacker ,” as we had not written together for a very long time.     HERE COMES THE SUN AGAIN I mentioned yesterday that The French Family Band had just released their new single, “ Here Comes The Sun Again ,” which I wrote with Sonny French from the band and our mutual friend Angus Gill. I also mentioned that they had filmed a video of the song. Th...

BILL BLOG Tuesday, June 2, 2026   Tuesday morning it is. The temperature will hit a high of 81 today in Music City.   YESTERDAY On a rainy Monday, I drove over to Thomm Jutz’s home-studio and joined Thomm and Caroline Owens. Caroline just played the Bluebird Café, which is a big deal for any songwriter, so it was really nice to be able to congratulate her on that success.    Besides being a recording artist, songwriter, and noted guitar player, Thomm also teaches songwriting classes at Belmont University, where my daughter graduated. School is out for now, so he has a little more time to write.    We ended up writing a heartbreaking song for Caroline about ending a relationship that turned out great from a start to an idea I had with me, and then everyone jumped in to finish up a pretty cool tune.   A very good way to start the first of June.   TOP OF THE CHART Yesterday, a songwriter friend texted me this GREAT news....