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BILL BLOG Thursday, March 26, 2026   Thursday morning, the day after a Tin Pan South show. Warm today in Nashville with a high of 86 on tap.   YESTERDAY And what a great songwriter show it was last night at the Station Inn for Tin Pan South. We had a great crowd in front of us, and it was fun for me to be on stage with three other folks with whom I write a lot of songs. That would be Kristy Cox, Alex Miller , and Jerry Salley .     Kristy was just back from a long trip to Ireland, but it was awesome. She even sang a song about killing somebody, in William Henry Johnson, which seems to happen for some reason in a lot of bluegrass songs.   Alex Miller just tore them up with his song, sense of humor, and guitar picking. Especially during his song, “ Give Em’ The Byrd ”, which he recorded with Tracy Byrd himself.   And of course, Jerry Salley slayed with some big hits from folks who have recorded his songs, including the Chris Staple...

BILL BLOG Wednesday, March 25, 2026   Hump Day…Wednesday arises, and we’ll have sunshine with a high of 76 to look forward to today in Music City.   YESTERDAY I was online yesterday with bluegrass great Tim Stafford , who was at home in Knoxville, and instead of writing a bluegrass song as we normally do, we wrote a song that’s more of a country ballad.        Tim is a member of the often-rewarded and highly acclaimed bluegrass band that is “Blue Highway”, and they’ve been together since 1994. That’s a long time for any band.      The band just released its latest album, which is a collection of some of its favorites over the years.      One of those is the band’s new single, “ Tears Fell On Missouri ”, my home state! Tim also confirmed to me yesterday that he will be recording more than one of our co-writes on his own solo album that he’s getting ready to record. Some great news there.   Always, ...

BILL BLOG Tuesday, March 24, 2026   Tuesday morning arises, and it’s a little cooler for a second day in Nashville. A high of 67 today.   YESTERDAY I sat down and wrote a new up-tempo bluegrass song with Bill DiLuigi yesterday at my publishing company.   Bill doesn’t write a whole lot of “grassy” songs, so it was fun creating one with him. Bill is one of the writers in our Freedom Sings USA group who writes songs with veterans, and on Monday, May 18, Bill and I will have the honor of singing some of those songs to those veterans returning to Marion, Illinois, at the Marion Airport that day. We’re both looking forward to being part of that great event.   DOES HE LOVE YOU I have the pleasure of hearing my dear friend Linda Davis sing the iconic duet that she recorded with Reba every night during our “ Evening in the Round ” shows. Linda gets a guest up from whatever town we are in to sing part of it with her, and that’s highly entertaining. Bu...