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BILL BLOG Thursday, April 2, 2026   Thursday morning has arrived. And it’s going to be warm with an 86-degree high.   Today’s blog is being posted later than normal, as I had a late night last night.   LAST NIGHT I had a great songwriter show last night at the Station Inn with a couple of really great songwriters, Larry Cordle and Bobby Tomberlin . The Station Inn is normally a “stage” show, but for Larry’s Songwriter Shows, which he does every so many weeks, he sets up the writer on the floor in a true “round.”     Man, the stories told alone last night were worth the price of admission. And then getting to hear Bobby sing what will be Willie Nelson’s next single " Dream Chaser " and hearing Larry talk about the huge Ricky Skaggs hit “ Highway 40 Blues ” that was Larry’s first hit in Nashville, was priceless. I think we played for 2 and a half hours last night, and the time just flew by.   Larry told us he’ll be calling me and Bo...

BILL BLOG Wednesday, April 1, 2026   It’s the first day of April, and it’s a “hump day” Wednesday. We will hit a high of 83 in Nashville today, but by Sunday, the high will be only 62.   And, it’s April Fool’s Day. Beware.   YESTERDAY I had a great day writing with Brady Seals , Spencer Hatcher , and his younger brother, Connor , yesterday. It was the second song this foursome has written.      The first time we gathered, we wrote a duet; this one is a fun up-tempo country song along the lines of Alan Jackson or Zach Top . The kind of “real” country that seems to be returning to country radio, and that’s refreshing to hear. Spencer is an artist on Quartz Hill Records , and that’s the kind of young artist he is…country. With real roots in it. He’s working on his first album, and of course, we hope this song will get strong consideration for that project.        We’ll see.   LAST NIGHT My wife and I caugh...

     Tuesday, and it’s the last day of March…already. We will hit 84 degrees for our high today in Nashville.   YESTERDAY I had a whole lot of nothing on my Monday plate, so I spent some of my time working ahead on upcoming tour dates and songwriting appointments. And I spent some time looking at my song list for tomorrow night when I’ll be a guest of the great songwriter Larry Cordle at the Station Inn, alongside my buddy Bobby Tomberlin .        Bobby has 3 of his songs on the new Willie Nelson album, so I’m sure I’ll get to hear some of that tomorrow evening, and Larry always slays the room when he sings his Diamond Rio hit “Mama, Don’t Forget to Pray For Me. ” I’m looking forward to hearing those songs as well as many others.   SONG OF THE DAY My friend Troy Engle, who now plays multiple instruments for Ricky Skaggs in Ricky’s great band Kentucky Thunder, put up a “live” version of a song we wrote together t...