BILL BLOG
Tuesday July 16, 2024
Tuesday morning in Nashville and it’s Amazon Prime Days! I’ll be working hard to hide the computer from my wife today.
It will be the hottest day of the year so far in Nashville. 97 for a high and up in the hundreds with the heat index. Imagine having to be a road worker today standing on asphalt holding a sign. Geez.
YESTERDAY
My writing session was with my friend Alex Miller and we had a good day at the rhyming office. He brought an idea, I brought an idea and we finished both of them up into songs.
Alex is still high off of his first Grand Ole Opry appearance a few weeks ago after his friend Eddie Montgomery helped open that door Alex. The kind of stuff that keeps a young artist floating on cloud 9 for a while. Alex recorded a very fun duet recently with Emily Ann Roberts of “The Voice” fame that we wrote together that should be released first of the year or so along with another duet he recorded with the great Tracy Byrd. So he’s been busy.
If Alex ever plays a show in your neighborhood go see him. You’ll see why so many folks like him…as I do.
NATIONAL ANTHEM
Last night I watched the Home Run Derby on ESPN and it was fun to watch. Teoscar Hernandez won the event by one home run right at the end over Kansas City Royal Bobby Witt. It went down to the last swing. Good TV.
But the event itself was overshadowed by the awful rendition of the National Anthem sung by Grammy nominee Ingrid Andress. Maybe the WORST RENDITION ever. Worse than the Roseanne Barr spitting and scratching version that’s also hard to forget. Roseanne was a at least an actress-comedian so for me that makes what I heard last night the worst. If you missed it, click on the link, and listen.
And then listen to Ingrid sing this great song that I’m such a fan of, “Breaking MoreHearts Than Mine”. How can that possibly be the same girl? Nobody wants to have that kind of moment.
I’ve sung the National Anthem a couple of times. Once on the ice at a hockey game, another at a Cincinnati Reds Fantasy Camp baseball game with some former Reds in uniform behind me. It’s nerve wracking. And it’s not an easy song to sing. Picking the right key is essential because of the high notes at the end. It’s more pleasing to hit a bad low note than it is those high notes. And I agree with some that “God Bless America” would have been a much better National Anthem as it’s a much prettier melody and easy for almost anyone to sing.
Ingrid said this morning that she “tried her best”. So I don’t know what happened to her last night. And I certainly have empathy for her. But man, it was really hard to listen to. I don’t know if she couldn’t hear herself, if she didn’t practice it enough, picked the wrong key, I don’t know. Maybe more will come out to help explain how a Grammy nominated singer could have had such a bad moment in front of a big audience.
HOUDINI
My northern Missouri friend Becky Denton has been filming herself singing the songs off her latest EP project and over the weekend she sent me the video of her singing the song we wrote “Houdini” that is on her album “It Feels Good”. Cool song, and sonically it’s a little different than a lot of songs I write. Which is why I think I like it so much. Check that out HERE if you’re curious.
NEXT SHOW
That will be Friday night August 2 in Huntsville, Alabama at the great Jim Parker Songwriter Series held inside the beautiful Von Braun theater there.
It’s dinner and a show and I think this may be the 5th time I’ve had a chance to do Jim’s show. This one will feature Jim, me, and a couple of Trop Rock artists Darrell Clanton and Brooke Graham. So expect to hear some “beachy” tunes that night.
HEALTH NOTE
There’s a rare sleep disorder that causes people to cook and eat food while they’re asleep. Who knew?
Some scientists are talking about a nasal spray that could wash the brain clear of Alzheimer’s disease proteins.
A stunning report from the American Cancer Society claims 40% of cancer deaths could have been prevented with healthier lifestyle choices. Some of those factors are smoking, alcohol consumption, physical inactivity, excess body weight, certain viral infections and more.
YOU KNOW IT’S REALLY HOT WHEN…
When a squirrel comes in the house to get under the ceiling fan.
PLANES
Yep…there is now a fully electric 90-passenger plane that can fly 500 miles on just electricity. If I ever booked a ticket I’m pretty sure I’m going to ask them pack a couple of gas cans.
AUTOMOBILES
Or…you can jump into a car driven by a robotic chauffeur if you like.
And you know one of these guys will be your Uber ride someday. Does one have to tip a robot driver?
HEADLINE OF THE DAY
Red Tape Holds Up New Bridges. (I always wondered what hold those things up.)
TODAY
No big “gotta do” today. So it’s a chance to catch up on anything that can be caught up while sitting under the AC unit.
Have a great Tuesday
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