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BILL BLOG Friday, June 12, 2026   Friday morning has rolled in, bringing a June weekend with it. The high today in Nashville will be 87 with some rain showers.   YESTERDAY Another day of rest, and battling a bad cold. The good news is, I’m feeling much better. I cancelled an entire week’s worth of songwriting appointments to take time to recover. That was a really good idea, because I’m turning the corner, I think.   SONG OF THE DAY Me, Brian White , Nathan Woodard , and Jason Severs are excited as we’ve received confirmation that Joe Nichols has recorded the song “ Keeping It Real ” that the 4 of us wrote several months ago. One of the great country singers. Can’t wait to hear that.   This will be my second cut by Joe, who recorded “ Crickets ” which I wrote with Lisa Shaffer and Brent Baxter a few years ago, which went on to be the title track to one of his albums. Listen for the “crickets” in this song of the day.    DANG, I’M IN...

BILL BLOG Thursday, June 11, 2026   Here it is, Thursday morning. 93 hot degrees today in Music City.   YESTERDAY I got some meds from the Doctor to help try and kick this crud I’ve got that’s going through a lot of Nashville right now. Lots of fun. Fortunately, the meds seem to have kicked in, and I’m feeling a little more human today, after pretty much just staying in bed all day long yesterday. Thank goodness.   MORE CHART NEWS I’ve been blogging about the new song, “ Here Comes the Sun Again ,” recorded by the French Family Band.   I wrote it with Sonny French of the band and his Aussie friend Angus Gill . And we both got to hear Sonny sing it “live” at the Station Inn Tuesday night to a great reception.   Yesterday, Angus found that our song has landed at #2 on a small independent chart. We’ll take it!   Hard to see it on that image I know, but take my word for it, the song is #2 right now.   Remember, their great ...

BILL BLOG Wednesday, June 10, 2026   The middle of the week has arrived. It’s Wednesday, and it will be warm. 93 for the high today.   There’s a lot to get to today, so let’s go.   YESTERDAY Tuesday was all about the French Family Band album release party that was held at the world-famous Station Inn last night here in Nashville. And boy, Stuie , Camille , and Sonny , and the band knocked it out of the park at the Station Inn, which was packed with fans and celebrities cheering them on.      I sat next to my buddy Jimmy Fortune and his wife Nina last night, who has been a champion of the French Family Band since they moved here 6 years ago from Australia and New Zealand. Jimmy often uses Stuie and his guitar player when he’s out doing shows, and Stuie also plays with “ Brothers of the Heart, ” which Jimmy is also a part of.         And I picked up a little present while I was there.     This al...