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The Vote...Apple On The Tree...Frank Brown Songwriters Festival

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Wednesday November 6, 2024

 

Wednesday morning. Time to pack for the beach and the Frank Brown Songwriters Festival. There’s a little rain falling this morning in Nashville and our high will be 79.


 

 

All eyes are on that tropical storm that looks to be forming into hurricane Rafael. Especially since I’m going to be in Gulf Shores where it could come ashore at whatever strength. Reports this morning are saying it looks like if it does come ashore it won’t be with a lot of strength.  

 

If it does?  Well, there will be about 200 songwriters on the coast writing songs about it…I’m guessing.

 

YESTERDAY

My day opened up so it gave me plenty of time to get out and vote. I was dreading it…thinking I might be standing in a very long line for a very long time. But I looked up voting locations and found one near where I live at an elementary school that’s kind of away from the main drag. Great choice!

 

I was in and out in 5 minutes…a breeze. And all the poll workers were friend, informative and made it so easy. Thank you to those volunteers.

 

And this morning we find out that Trump is the projected winner. On the heels of that projection comes word that Bitcoin prices hit an all-time high and the stock market surges 1,000 points. And lawns are already looking greener as political yard signs are being yanked and headed to compost. So we’ve got that going for us.

 

SONG OF THE DAY

I’m going to share a song I wrote with American Idol star Lauren Mascitti and the great Jimmy Fortune who had this funny title in his back pocket the day we wrote it. "The Apple On The Tree."

I sing this song a lot now in my shows and it always gets laugh. This is a "live" VERSION from a set I just did at the Pensacola Songwriters Festival in a round with great songwriters Ronny Bowman and Larry Cordle.

 I call it my "sort-of-gospel" song. "It wasn't the apple on the tree it was the pair on the ground".  


 

FRANK BROWN

Tomorrow morning songwriters Steve Dean & Bill DiLuigi will jump in the car with me and we’ll make the trip down to Gulf Shores for the 2024 version of the Frank Brown Songwriters Festival…the oldest songwriter festival in the country. And I’ve been playing it for a very long time now. Always so much fun. And you’re on the beach! We’ll get in around 3 pm and check into a condo they provide for us and have a chance to registered and ready for our shows.

 

I have 5 shows.

 

Friday with Brent Burns at Woodside Restaurant at 5 pm.

 

Friday with Wil Nance at the Warrior Beer Company at 8:15 pm in Pensacola.

 

Saturday at 7 pm at Perdido Beach Resort with Steve Dean & Rhonda Hart.

 

Sunday at 7 pm at the Flora-Bama Main Listening Room with Steve Dean & Bent Burns.

 

Monday a 7 pm Veteran’s Day show at the Coastal Arts Center with Freedom Sings USA to honor our veterans performing songs written with veterans. Wil Nance, Bobby Tomberlin, Bill DiLuigi, Don Goodman and Steve Dean will all be part of this show.

 

HEALTH NOTES

Women are ditching lip fillers but it’s leaving some in immense pain…one patient claiming, “It’s like I’m on fire.”

 

A color psychology expert (who knew they existed) says to relieve stress wear the color green. She also says wearing yellow will make you happier, and pink will make you feel comfortable. (Ever notice how comfortable Mary Kay representatives look?)

 

A report suggests that eating a handful of pistachios daily could improve your eye health.

 

HERE’S YOUR SIGN



 

Yes!

 

RETIRED

According to the Morning Star Center for Retirement and Policy Studies, nearly 45% of all American who retire at age 65 will run out of money before they die. Keep working folks.

 

With that in mind…Forbes just listed the best cities to retire in in each state. Cost of living being a big factor in these choices. Here are the choices for states I’ve lived in.

 

Illinois…Alton

 

Indiana…Bloomington

 

Missouri…my home state…Columbia

 

Ohio…Sandusky

 

Tennessee…Smyrna

 

Wisconsin…Madison

 

Here’s the COMPLETE LIST.

 

HOUSE RULES

Growing up…most of us live with house rules. Or Dad rules. I read an article this morning that listed a few.

 

No drinking soda

 

A nightly curfew of 8 pm until grown up and out of the house.

 

Not allowed to watch TV over half an hour and could not watch past 8 pm.

 

I’ll bet you had some as well. For me, I remember my Dad catching me trying to drink coffee at a young age. And he told me “Boy, if you’re going to drink that you’re going to drink it like a man…black."

 

He also refused to let me grow facial hair or have a motorcycle while I was under his roof.

 

When I did finally head out on my own…I bought a motorcycle, grew a moustache and to this day I drink my coffee black. I have no idea what that says about me.

 

BEYOND REPAIR

Hurricane Helene wrecked Tropicana Field in Tampa where the Tampa Bay Rays play baseball. 39 million dollars’ worth of damage and they’re saying it may just sit there abandoned before they tear it down one day because it’s unsalvageable. There’s already been a plan to build a new one so it’s highly doubtful they’ll try to resurrect what most baseball experts consider to be the worst pro baseball stadium in the country.



 

JUST A ROCK

There was some excitement as some explorers put out the word that they thought they may have found the long lost plane of Amelia Earhart. Only to have sonar images reveal that it’s just a rock in the bottom of the ocean in the shape of an airplane.

 

My guess is that someday they’ll find Amelia’s plane and Jimmy Hoffa’s body on the same day. Maybe.

 

HEADLINE OF THE DAY

Pet Pig Named “Strawberry” Gets Hammered On Garage Beers. “She Is So Drunk”. (And that reminds me of Roger Miller’s funny song “How About A Hand For The Hog”)

 

TODAY

I had a co-writer get sick last night…so today is all about getting packed and ready for the trip to Gulf Shores tomorrow morning.

 

Have a great Wednesday!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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