BILL BLOG
Wednesday May 7, 2025
It’s the first “Hump Day” in May. And a good Wednesday morning to you. Still cool for this time of year in middle Tennessee. A high of just 68 is predicted for today with some light rain.
YESTERDAY
I drove down to Music Row yesterday and wrote with hit writer Wynn Varble and my young friend Alex Miller at BMG which is the big record-label-publishing company that Wynn writes for.
My publishing company, where I mostly write is away from downtown which is a blessing because it allows me to miss the crazy traffic that has overtaken Music City. I do not miss that.
But I got there, took an elevator (after security passed me) up to the 4th floor where all the songwriter’ hangout t and do their thing. Way too fancy for hillbillies now. We settled in and Alex shared a country swing idea he had. Wynn and I both liked it and we were off and running. Alex plays great guitar, so it was fun to hear him pick in the places that needed to be picked. Alex does this kind of song so well. In fact, his first single that he recorded and released is that kind of song “Don’t Let The Barn Door Hit Ya” that I wrote with Paul Bogart and Dan Wilson. So that’s the kind of vibe this new song has.
The song revolves around “horses” if you will, and I found out that Wynn at one time was into show horses when he lived in England for a year. Now he’s writing big hits like “She Ain’t It” for Jon Pardi to name one.
It was really good day filled with laughs and music yesterday.
SONG OF THE DAY
It would be appropriate to choose a song that Alex recorded that he and I and our friend Josh Shilling wrote one day that Alex included on his last album. Check out “Ain’t Ever Saying Never Again” born from an ideal hat Josh brought into the writing room that morning.
THE ROAD AHEAD
May 24-26 over Memorial Day weekend I’ll be in Pensacola with Freedom Sings USA writing songs with veterans with a free Memorial Day concert to honor those veterans.
June 17-18 in Heyworth, Illinois with Freedom Sings USA.
July 5 I’ll be in Louisiana, Missouri for a “Mo Mo” The Monster anniversary party and concert at Riverview Park.
For more information on these shows and others go to the TOUR section here on the website.
HEALTH NOTES
Some researchers are sounding the alarm about a potentially deadly fungus that could spread throughout parts of the US, Europe, and Asia. That fungus is called Aspergillus.
A new study concludes that children’s cancer risk from gas stoves is nearly double that of adults. The culprit is benzene.
Another study is saying that Parkinson’s patients who take magic mushrooms are seeing key benefits.
HERE’S YOUR SIGN
Wonder if the therapist can get the burger to lie down on his couch?
TRIPLETS
How do Moms tell one baby from another when they have a set of triplets? One Mom came up with something that works for her. She paints a different color of nail polish on one toe of each her babies. She says it’s really helpful when it comes medication time and making sure each one is getting treated correctly.
Now if Jellyroll ever became a Father to triplets I’m sure he’d just tattoo their names on their faces and that would work too…I guess.
GUARD YOUR PHONE
Speaking of Moms. How about the Mom in Kentucky who found out her 8-year-old son used her cellphone to order 70,000 lollipops from Amazon to share with his friends?
The Mom eventually got refunded. And she changed the settings on her phone. Good idea Mom.
EMBARRASSING THINGS
A magazine asked its readers to admit embarrassing things they’ve done. One of my favorite responses comes from a woman who admitted that she said “Congrats” at a funeral instead of “Sorry for your loss”. Whoops.
I’m sure all of us have one or two of those moments.
I can remember having to introduce the pastor from a local church once on stage when I was young. On the microphone I said, “Please welcome the bastard…instead of pastor.” There’s just no place to hide when you do things like that.
BANKRUPT
That would be Weight Watchers. They have indeed declared bankruptcy. Ozempic and other weight loss drugs have taken their space. And apparently sales are way down for these bad boys as well.
I’LL BET A WIFE WROTE THIS
“Behind every husband who thinks he wears the pants is a wife telling him which pants to wear”.
EXPENSIVE
Within 10 days the US Navy has lost two 60-million-dollar jets. A second one fell into the Red Sea yesterday off the aircraft carrier Truman. This one had a landing failure. The pilots ejected to safety in time. That’s 120 million at the bottom of the sea. War is an expensive business y’all.
HEADLINE OF THE DAY
Hubby’s Bad Breath Kills Wife. (That headline kind of smells doesn’t it?)
TODAY
My songwriting appointment got cancelled today because one of the writers has no voice and is not feeling well. So it will open up my day to get some other things done.
Have a great Wednesday!
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