BILL BLOG
Monday October 14, 2024
Monday morning is here…start of a new October week. And we are getting ready to hit the “chill” button. Just 64 for a high today and the lows will be down in the 30’s some this week. Fall just fell big time I think.
And I know Fall is fast approaching when I read an article titled “Ways To Make Sure Your Fireplace Is Safe.”
And I also know we’re getting close to Halloween when I keep seeing this everywhere.
I don’t know why witches don’t use their GPS.
THE WEEKEND
It was pretty chill around the Whyte House this week. Beautiful weather and there was a lot of football and baseball on the big screen. I’m starting to master “lazy” weekends while I’m home.
Yesterday morning though my daughter Heather Facetimed me as she and her husband Casey took a train from Paris to Versailles, France.
So I got to see the world famous Versailles gardens right from their iPhone. Technology is amazing sometimes.
So I sat there thinking what a great life they’re having as they took a train in Europe to get there, while I took my SUV to the grocery store to stock up on football snacks. Sigh.
COUNTRY FAITH
The new Kristen Leigh Bearfield single “Country Faith” that is the theme song to her TV show on “The Singing Bee” was released on Friday and we got news that “Bluegrass Junction” on XM is already playing the heck out of it which is a great thing. I wrote this song with Kristen and Bob Minner and mentioned last week that some of the proceeds from downloads and sales will go to parts of Western Carolina where Kristen is from to give a little aid to those who have suffered because of the flooding from hurricane Helene.
In fact another young, noted bluegrass artist that I write with Caroline Owens sent us this picture as she and her Mom were driving somewhere.
So we’re all hoping this might be a sign that they’ll be playing this song a lot.
RUNNING TO THE SUN
I also found out over the weekend that Seals & Crofts 2…the duo made up of my friend Brady Seals who’s related to Jimmy Seals, and Lua Croft who’d the daughter of Dash Crofts will be releasing a song a wrote several years ago that I’ve always loved next month. The song is title “Running to the Sun” and I’m really excited that this song is going to get out by these two next month. I remain a big fan of the original Seals & Crofts and I love these two as well. The two perform together quite a bit and sing some of those iconic hits of Seals and Crofts…here’s an example of their wonderful harmony on “Diamond Girl.”
SONG OF THE DAY
Today I’m selecting this song “Looking For Audrey” that I wrote with Bobby Tomberlin and Linda Davis. Bobby put the song on one of his albums, and Bobby Mackey up in the Cincinnati area has also recorded the song.
Bobby is from Alabama and is knee deep in Hank Williams history. Knows the family…hangs out with Hank Jr some so that lets you know. When we wrote that day Bobby had just visited the Hank Williams Museum in Montgomery, Alabama that houses the blue Cadillac that Hank owned.
The first line in our song about Hank stopping at a bar every night looking for his ex-wife Audrey is:
“He poured out of the back, of a blue Cadillac”.
Audrey Williams and Hank had a contentious relationship but most felt Hank never got over losing Audrey…and that’s what the song is about. Audrey used to own a cabin in Gatlinburg where she and Hank Jr. used to hangout some. Bobby knew the family members and played them our song. They liked it so much that they requested a lyric sheet that Bobby wrote out and he, Linda and I signed it. It hangs now in that cabin.
And somewhere I have a video of me and Bobby singing “Audrey” in that cabin we visited one night. Pretty awesome.
SHOW THIS WEEK
This Friday I’m in Effingham, Illinois at the Performance Arts Center with our “Evening in the Round” show starring Linda Davis with Lang Scott & me. Looking forward to that…and maybe seeing some friends from my home state of Missouri. Here’s a little VIDEO that will give you all the information you need.
HEALTH NOTES
Human bird flu cases grow with 2 more confirmed out in California.
Break dancers are reportedly getting weird lumps from spinning on their heads. Some of the experts claim they’re doing it wrong. So…there are right ways and wrong ways folks to be spinning on your head.
There’s
a rise in COVID as the XEC variant is spreading according to those in the COVID know.
HERE’S YOUR SIGN
Pretty sure this is Willie’s herd of milk cows.
HOME PRICES
Realtor.com says home prices are becoming more affordable in some cities. They listed these in their top 5 markets as far as biggest home price discounts over the last year.
5…Austin 6.6%
4…Kansas City 8.4% drop
3…San Francisco 8.9%
2…Cincinnati 9.5%
And Miami had a 12.4% drop in prices in that market
THEM AND US
Rapper Cardi B just had a birthday week in Paris and she rented a little modest Airbnb. The modest place cost $50,000 per night. Wow.
I just checked my finances. My birthday celebration will be held in a place a little more affordable.
ROBOTS AT HOME
Elon Musk is predicting all of us will own one of these robots one day that can cook, clean house, baby sit, pour us a drink and play games with us. The humanoid robots could be out by the end of 2025. It will set you back 20-30 thousand dollars to own one of these bad boys.
It they are capable of helping me find my cell phone when I lose it…I might consider picking up one.
ANOTHER HONKYTONK
You can’t swing a guitar in downtown Nashville without hitting a “celebrity” bar. And now Jelly Roll is getting set to open one to be named “Jelly Roll’s Goodnight Nashville”. They just keep coming.
One of my jokes on stage these days is that I’m thinking about tattooing my calories all over my face and go out on tour as “Bellyroll”. I should be posting tour dates soon. I’ll be playing at Cracker Barrels everywhere.
THE KIND OF STUFF THAT MAKES YOU SMILE
Check out this VIDEO of a young junior golfer hitting a hole in one in front of pro-golfer Tony Finau. It just doesn’t get any more fun than that!
THANK YOU!
Amazon Prime just announced they will not air any political ads during their football broadcasts this year. That might be refreshing. I have no idea if they’ll also disallow ED commercials…so stay tuned.
HEADLINE OF THE DAY
Woman Caught Trying To Sneak 26 Turtles From The US Into Canada By Kayak.
Not something one sees every day. Those turtles sell for a thousand each on the China black market so she could be fined up to $250,000 and spend ten years in prison. Who knew that turtle smuggling was so serious?
TODAY
I’m off to write a Christmas song with Shantell Ogden and she’s invited one of my “Hits & Grins” partners Victoria Venier to join us at my publishing company. Shantell is working on a little Christmas movie that she’s producing so I’ll be staying after the fact to play a songwriter on camera. There’s a stretch. So I’m in need of serious makeup.
Have a great Monday!
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