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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...

BILL BLOG Monday, March 30, 2026   The last Monday in March has arrived. A high of 77 with sunshine today in Nashville, and then we will be in the 80’s for the rest of the week.   THE WEEKEND Mine started with watching a couple of our BIG trees get cut down. And watching the guys do that with their ropes, chainsaws, and climbing ability was truly unreal, and a show.      Watching them drop a really big pine tree just off our back deck, and making it land EXACTLY where they wanted it to, safely away from the deck, the house, and other trees, was just amazing. And now we have a different view for sure out of both the front and back windows. All of this was done because of that crippling ice storm that left us without power for six days and brought down so many trees and limbs in Nashville. My hats off to the men and women who remove trees. ROBOT UMPIRES Watching my Reds play baseball over the weekend, and in Saturday’s game, C.B. Bucknor , th...