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Friday January 24, 2025
Friday morning…ready for the weekend! A high of 35 in Nashville today. Meanwhile there’s a winter storm warning across 6 states with as much as 30 inches of snow on the way.
YESTERDAY
The big highlight of my day was grocery shopping with my wife. The difference in grocery shopping between me and her is significant. My wife will SHOP…me….I just fly down the aisle grabbing things. My wife can stare at an item and a label forever…I don’t know that I’ve ever read a label. She’s completely healthy…me…not so much. There are items of food in our pantry that I don’t recognize or have a clue what they are. But if it’s healthy…she’ll eat it. Health food for me is a six day old Krispy Kreme donut that’s been half eaten.
And God help us when my wife sends me to shop by myself. I can never find everything on the list without calling home once or twice and asking, “where is the dark chocolate hummus at in this danged store?!
I’m asking her to make me a grocery list that look like this in the future.
SONG OF THE DAY
The Golden Guitar Awards...the Australian version of the CMA Awards are being held in Tamworth, Australia at 3 AM my time tomorrow morning and the Kristy Cox album “Let It Burn” that has three songs of mine on it is up for “Album of the Year”. A few years ago the song “Finger Pickin’ Good” that I wrote with Kristy and producer Jerry Salley that features world class guitarist Tommy Emmanuele won “Best Bluegrass Song of the Year". Both Kristy and Tommy are native Australians but have lived and played music here in the states for a very long time now.
After we finished writing “Finger Pickin’ Good” I told both Jerry and Kristy that it would be awesome if we could somehow convince Tommy to play on this song. Kristy knows him well, asked, and he laid down some unforgettable guitar licks on the song that then went on to win the award. If you’ve not yet heard it…click the link and watch the video.
COMEDY SONGWRITING CLASS
I’ll be doing one of those this year at the Grand MesaSongwriter Festival on June 8 from 10 to Noon. The festival runs June 6-8 in Western Colorado and this class was just added to the 4 songwriter shows I’ll be part of. All that info in in the Tour section of my website.
These classes are always fun and I enjoy talking to other songwriters about how to write funny and offbeat tunes. So call me teacher Whyte on Sunday June 8.
TONIGHT
At 7 pm tonight this song “More Country Than You” will be released by Alex Miller and Emily Ann Roberts…the fun back and forth song about who’s more country that the three of us wrote. Really fun song. And here’s on more TEASE of what you can expect.
HEALTH NOTES
Actor Dick Van Dyke who is almost100 years old says he still goes to a gym three times a week. He does a lot of stretching, yoga and sit-ups.
A UK study says that eating about two servings of processed red meat a week raised the risk of dementia by 14% compared to those who ate less than 3 servings per month.
A food expert recommends smart snacking to prevent any gains you’ve made health wise. Here’s his 3 smart snacks. Greek yogurt with berries and almonds, hard boiled eggs with veggie sticks and cottage cheese with pineapple and walnuts. (I can’t believe they didn’t mention of my smart snack. Graham crackers with whipped cream on top.)
SIGN
Yes it is.
AND THE OSCAR GOES TO
The nominations are out for the Oscars this year. In the “Best Picture” category the nominees are:
Anora
The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Dune Part 2
Emilia Perez
I’m Still Here
Nickel Boys
The Substance
Wicked
How many have you seen? I’ve just seen one…”Wicked”…and it was great fun.
VALENTINE
Finally! I think I found the perfect Valentine gift for my wife this year.
She’s gonna fall in love with me all over again when I give her Ding Dongs.
THEM AND US
Tom Brady is selling his little old mansion in the Tampa area. Already more than one offer is for over 150 MILLION dollars. Some kind of fancy double-wide now.
RENTAL
And if you can’t afford to by the Brady house…maybe you can afford to rent this shark house over in Oxford for $5,000 a month
I think the theme from “Jaws” is what you hear when you ring the doorbell. Or it should be.
TODAY
I’ll be writing with Shantell Ogden who’s out in Utah. Shantell is developing a film with a cowboy theme to it…and today we’ll be trying to write something towards that online. That should be fun chasing that.
SATURDAY
I’ll be attending a big bluegrass convention here in Nashville called SPGMA
“The Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass of America. The event is held in
a Sheraton Hotel near me and a who’s who of bluegrass greats will be doing
shows and you can wander the halls and stop and hear bluegrass jam sessions at
every corner.
There’s a big award show and the Kristy Cox album “Let It Burn” is up for Album of the Year as it is for "Album of the Year" in Australia that I mentioned earlier that I have three songs on…so I’ll be rooting big time for Kristy.
So that will be a fun hang on Saturday.
SUNDAY
NFC and AFC Championship games.
Kansas City vs Buffalo
Philadelphia vs the surprising Washington Commanders. Missouri is my home state…so I have to root for the Chiefs to get back into the Super Bowl for the 3rd year in a row.
If you need me Sunday? Call my couch.
Have a great weekend!
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