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BILL BLOG Friday, September 4, 2026   It’s Friday!   Getting ready to leave New Mexico for Midland, Texas.   A little shorter Blog today because the wheels are getting ready to roll.   88 is going to be the high temperature here in Ruidoso, New Mexico, but it will be 98 in Midland. Meanwhile, back home in Nashville, there were school closures because of the heat hovering around 110 yesterday.   YESTERDAY It was show day, or rather show night, here in New Mexico. Our Evening in the Round trio loaded into the Spencer Theater at 1 pm for an 8 pm show last night.   The first half of our show last night was with a full band, so we rehearsed the old classic country songs we were each going to sing. For me, that was “Tiger by the Tail,” “Mama’s Don’t Let Your Cowboys,” and the Merle Haggard song, “ You Take Me for Granted .”   I can’t tell you how much fun it was to sing those classic country songs in front of the amazing band we ...

BILL BLOG Thursday, September 3, 2026   Good morning from Ruidoso, New Mexico. 89 for a high today in the mountains, but tonight’s low is a comfortable 65 with zero humidity. I see why a lot of folks choose to live here.   YESTERDAY I caught an early flight from Nashville to Austin, then on to El Paso, where Buddy Hyatt and I rented a car and drove to beautiful Ruidoso, New Mexico.        Buddy is a great piano player and will be the bandleader for the first half of our “Evening in the Round” show tonight at the Spencer Theater in nearby Alto. And I found out during our layover in Austin that Buddy loves Salt Lick BBQ , and after tasting it, so do I.  Buddy has had quite the musical career. He’s played on tons of hit records; he’s currently the band leader for the bluegrass duo Dailey & Vincent , which means that he’s playing my song “ Moonshines on the Still ” a LOT- the song that I wrote with Laura Leigh Jones .    ...