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Monday April 28, 2025

 

Monday morning has rolled around again. After a high of just 67 in Nashville yesterday, today the temperature will shoot up to an 85-degree high.

 

THE WEEKEND

It was pretty lazy around the Whyte House this weekend. But I did get out to catch my first baseball game of the season on Saturday night and watched our Nashville Sounds beat the Durham Bulls.



 

It was a great evening for baseball with temperatures just below 70 degrees. And I had the perfect view of the greatest baseball scoreboard ever.



 Not a bad way to spend a Saturday night.

 

BUSY WEEK

This week will be much busier as it’s filled with songwriting appointments and I have three shows in a row at the end of the week on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.  All three shows are in town, one of them a private corporate gig on Friday morning. For more details on those shows, just click on the TOUR tab here on the website.

 

SONG OF THE DAY

Today I’m choosing the song “Willing” that I wrote with my buddy Steve Dean. A love song for sure, and a crowd favorite whenever our “Hits & Grins” trio performs it out “live”. Steve sings it as a duet with our “Hits & Grins” partner Victoria Venier. And we put it on the first of two CDs that we sell at our shows. 


 

 

HEALTH NOTES

The USDA is threatening imports of beef from Mexico over fear of a flesh-eating parasite that’s spreading northward.

 

Over 63,000 pounds of rolled oats were recalled for potential plastic contamination by the company Grain Millers.

 

Data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that far fewer Americans die of stroke today than in years past. The decrease is due, in part to improvements in controlling major risk factors such as high cholesterol and high blood pressure.

 

HERE’S YOUR SIGN



 

Not going to argue that.

 

SASQUATCH

How about the artist named Ryan Henry Ward in Seattle who plans to paint 1,000 Sasquatch paintings all over town? On homes, and doors, and walls, and wherever?



 

He’s a beloved muralist in Seattle, so the city is all for it.

 

MARRIAGE

This thought from a husband. “Every time my wife packs me a salad for lunch, all I want to know is what I did wrong.”

 

RETIREMENT

A survey reveals that 1.5 million is the magic number for retirement for most folks. That should get one through the rest of their lives…depending upon where they live.

 One retiree says that “retirement is like one big sick day without the sick pay.”

 

BEER

A study concludes that Miller is America’s favorite beer at the moment. 30 states voted it as their favorite, so that’s about 60% of the country.


 Coors came in second with 8 states on board. 3 states actually chose Guinness as their favorite. And Bud?  Only 4 states. Some are speculating that controversial ad campaign they ran with a trans-spokesperson is still to blame for their declining numbers.

 

I grew up near St. Louis where Budweiser was indeed the King of Beers. I can still hear the late Harry Caray promoting Bud while calling the Cardinal games back in the day.



 

But when I moved to Milwaukee for six years? It was the late Bob Uecker doing those funny Miller Beer commercials. Sometimes it depends on where you live as to what you order at the ballpark or the local bar. 


 

 

GOODWILL

A lot of folks shop at thrift stores and Goodwill for clothes or shoes, etc. But there are some really ODD things that have been found in those kinds of stores as well.

 

A coffin, old dentures, prosthetic legs, and even this bad boy was found in a Goodwill store.

Who knew?

 

SPEAKING OF WEIRD

A snake fell out of the ceiling of a Mexican restaurant in Virginia and landed in and around the margarita glass of a couple during their “date night.” Check please!

Geez. I’m thinking the couple may go Italian on their next date night.

 

FREE BUCKS

How about the Brinks truck driving through Chicago with its back door coming open?  $300,000 fell out, and there was a mad scramble in the streets as those near raced to gather it up. None of it has been returned, and there have been no arrests yet.



 

Not a great look for a SECURITY operation having a back-door on a money truck NOT secured. Somebody had just ONE job and failed.

 

HEADLINE OF THE DAY

I Regret $8,000 Procedure To Transform Into A Cat. (Yep. I’m sure coughing up hairballs loses its appeal.)

 

TODAY

It’s back to the songwriting table today with Alex Miller, whose new duet with Tracy Byrd will be released in the next few days, titled “The Byrd”. Alex got to know Tracy when he opened a show for him in Texas to become friends with him and asked him to cut the new song that he wrote with Jerry Salley. Here’s a little VIDEO of Alex jamming on Tracy’s bus that Alex wound up buying and is now traveling in.



 

Have a great Monday.


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