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Wednesday March 19, 2025

 

A Wednesday “Hump Day” is on us. Mid 70’s today in Music City with rain and possible storms the next couple of days. And Spring officially arrives tomorrow.

 

It’s also a packing day for another road trip…this one to Georgia. More on that at the end of today’s Blog. 

 

 

YESTERDAY

I had an early writing session with my Maryland friend Rick Lang who is in town for the week co-writing songs with folks like me. Rick has the #1 gospel bluegrass song on the charts right now “Everyday Blessings”. And Rick has had a lot of his songs go to the top of the charts. His album full of songs sung by various artists “Gonna Sing Gonna Shout” was nominated for a Grammy a few years ago. And his current album “Blue Collar Gospel” has received a ton of critical acclaim and airplay as well.



 

And yesterday before we sat down Rick texted me something he’d seen on the internet that he thought we could turn into a new gospel-grass song. By the time we sat down, I had a melody he liked in my back pocket and it didn’t take us long to add a new tune to our growing catalog.



 

Always a pleasure to collaborate with Rick.

 

SONG OF THE DAY

Let’s make today’s song one I wrote with Rick that Jerry Salley & The Oak Ridge Boys recorded that landed on the “Blue Collar Gospel” album…Songs of Rick Lang that I mentioned above. This one is the TITLE TRACK to that great album and it was the last song the tenor singer of the Oak Ridge Boys Joe Bonsall ever sang on before he passed last year. Rick and I wrote this with the producer of the album Jerry Salley.


 

 

A VIDEO SURPRISE

Check out this short VIDEO that my friend Brady Seals sent to me yesterday. I had totally forgotten about this moment. This is me interviewing the band “Little Texas” that Brady was a member of in downtown Cincinnati back when I was doing the morning show for the Country station in the Queen City WUBE Radio.



 

You’ll see me making fun of the outfit that Del Gray, the drummer and native of Cincinnati is wearing in this interview. What a true blast from the past.

 

HEALTH NOTES

A new study suggests that pain could be reduced by watching nature scenes.

 

Researchers reveal that healthy cannabis users who were younger than 50 were more than six times as likely to experience a heart attack compared to those who did not use the substance.

 

Texas is saying they believe the measles outbreak there could last as long as a year.

 

HERE’S YOUR SIGN



 

And I just remembered I flunked Algebra in High School…for what that’s worth.

 

SAME OLE AIRPORT
Republicans in Nashville voted no against renaming our BNA International Airport into Donald Trump International. Stay tuned to see if those Republicans get deported.

 

SALUTE

I just got this great picture taken of the Freedom Sings USA songwriter retreat we had in Huntsville last weekend. All of the songwriters are pictured here with the veterans that we had the privilege of writing with. My veteran Bill Hall is seated directly in front of me. I’m so honored to be part of this organization and so proud every time I get to sit and hear a veteran’s story and then convert that into a song.



 

WEIRD THINGS IN THE BODY

Doctors remove some very weird things from our bodies. One Doctor admits he removed a dozen Barbie doll heads from eon woman’s body. Her intestines were clogged. Ya think?

 

Toothbrushes, stuffed animals, contact lenses, kitchen utensils, and even a Christmas light were all removed by surgeons.  

 

I’m pretty sure most surgeons could write a funny book from their surgery experiences.

 

THEM AND US

Cleveland QB Deshaun Watson just gave his longtime girlfriend an engagement ring. A really LARGE engagement ring. He dropped 2.5 MILLION on this 20-carat bad boy.



 

My wife’s engagement ring was a whole lot cheaper. But I worked VERY hard to acquire it as it took me over 20 tries in the Claw Machine to grab it.



 

SURVEY SAYS

That on average pretty people make $20,000 more per year than those who are not so pretty. But for us not-so-pretty folks we can take comfort in knowing that a lot of that 20 grand is spent on high-end hair folks, makeup, clothing, and Botox. At least that’s what I’m telling myself.

 

FOR GOLFERS

Word is that golfer John Daly is going to be in the new “Happy Gilmore” movie starring Adam Sandler that will air on Netflix this summer.


 

 

Daly is saying that he will be playing himself and will be living in his garage and that’s all he can say for now. Okay, I’m going to have to watch that sequel for sure.



 

Makes me think about the hilarious Saturday Night Live sketch with the late Chris Farley living in a van down by the river.



 

ASTRONAUTS

Welcome home. It was good to see that yesterday. 9 months in space. Welcomed home by a posse of dolphins which was cool.



 

As I mentioned yesterday, if they had not pulled over for one of these…they would have been home a little earlier.



 

HEADLINE OF THE DAY

Woman Falls in Hospital, Told to Call an Ambulance. (Had to be a short ride I would think)

 

TODAY

I’m writing with the danged Pope today so I have to behave myself. Adam Pope to be exact. He and his wife Amy are recording a new album that he tells me will have two songs we’ve written together on it. One is a very fun ton-ue twister country song. The other is a really pretty gospel duet. Our mutual friend Darin Aldridge is producing the album so I know those songs are going to sound incredible. We’ll tackle something new together today.

 


 

 

Then this afternoon I’m packing for a road trip to Americus, Georgia which is in south GA for a show Friday night with Linda Davis & Lang Scott at the historic Rylander Theatre. Looking forward to entertaining the folks down there with our “Evening in the Round” show.



 

Here’s a little VIDEO of Linda talking about that show Friday night.

 

Have a great Wednesday!


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